Advantages: slimline, cheap, easy to use Disadvantages: instruction manual!
Welcome to my first (and probably only) ever DVD player review. I hope you are sitting comfortably (not too comfortable...don't want any sleeping during reading!).
For christmas my dear old Mum decided to buy us a DVD player so that we could finally leap into the 21st Century. That DVD player was the nicely title Compacks DVD 800 available at Safeway for a fantastic price of £35.99. Shockingly cheap yes, but definitely not nasty, as I hope you will find out later!
And before you ask, yes I did request for this to be added! And no, the name is not a wind up!
Looks:
A nice slimline case that actually fits nicely beside (yes BESIDE!) the video recorder sat ontop of our 18 year old CO-OP TV set.
The front panel doesn't exactly scream 'modern' at you, and actually reminds me of a 1980's hifi seperate. from the brushed steel ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Compacks DVD800
Advantages: SMALL, TIDY AND EASY TO USE Disadvantages: VERY FEW CONTROLS ON THE UNIT ITSELF
I bought the Compacks 6972DVD player and found it to be an excellent product.
ADVANTAGES
This small (9" x 9.5" x 1 3/4") sleek looking Silver unit, can be tucked away in to the smallest of crevises. It is easy to use and comes packed with features that you would normally have to pay a great deal for. It will play any region (0 - 9) and for the price that I paid I could not have asked for anything better. (£19.99 inc postage). It comes with a lightweight easy to use remote that has the usual features A-B, OSD, Open, Power, Prog, Audio, Subtitle, 4 speed modes (X2 - X16) Pause, Play and Title, not to mention the standard command buttons, and much more.
Very easy to get started, just plug in using a standard Scart lead and bobs your uncle....
DISADVANTAGES
The remote is your control, if you lose it, it would be very difficult to ...
Advantages: small/compact, fairly stylish design, good all round quality (sound/display etc) Disadvantages: remote is quite small....gets lost easily!!
my boyfriend and i purchased this dvd player from amazon for £17.99 when our old dvd player broke in May. i was slightly sceptical about Compacks Dvd6972 as the brand is not that well known, and because it was so cheap, i thought the quality may be compromised. But was I wrong! It was easy to set up, and is only 23cm x 24cm in size. it fitted perfectly on top of my Freeview box i have and it's design also blended in quite well with the rest of my entertainment stuff! it is a sleek, silver kind of design, so would probably match a lot of peoples existing set ups in their living room.
the picture quality is superb. i dont own a HD tv yet, but on my normal old crappy tv the picture is clear and bright. the sound is great too, and it is great for playing your cd's on as well as your film dvd's. i still cannot believe that we paid less ...
