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Sony DVPFX720 DVD Playe

Advantages: ease of use
Disadvantages: pricey

I found this dvd player very easy and versatile to use. It is very easy to turn on and allows the user to easily choose which av format is required. It is sleek and stylish and will look good in any h9ome rangine from medium to small. Its durable and the remote control operation is very simple. The instructions are a little on the complex side but even the most elderly owner will be able to grasp what they are aiming at. The price is the only thing ...

djcarsuk 27.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DVPFX720

display is not correct

Advantages: SONY. good contrast
Disadvantages: no 3x4 display (gets stretched to 16x9). poor support in Australia

...On Sale. Good news. Sony knows about good pictures. Oh yes! Hang on- the player doesn't have 3x4 playback!!! Oh dear. All 3x4 movies are stretched- Makes everybody look like Danny deVito! Worse: and here the drama starts- the wide screen display 16x9 has a fault! it is horizontally non-linear, meaning: the center of the picture is compressed, whilst the left + right are stretched. a circle looks like an egg! Ok, I used test cards to prove it, and ...
...the unit to a Sony approved workshop here in Sydney, they didn't see (didn't want to see?) the fault. "We re-set the unit. It is normal" Thanks, I had done that a couple of times already. It went back, several months later it still wasn't fixed. Now I'm in dire need of a service manual, will try myself! ...

videokojak009 21.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony MV-65 ST

Watch movies on the GO with another BRO

Advantages: 8" screen, support of multiple DVD formats, JPEG & MP3 playback,
Disadvantages: Mediocre integrated speaker system

...portable DVD players out there. Sony have really produced a GEM of a portable DVD player in the form of the DVP-FX 850. Sony are renowned for their ability to create magnificent electronics both for the average consumer and for large organizations. This portable DVD player is no exception to Sony's policy of producing high-quality products. To play a DVD you simply press a button located just above the DVD drive, which opens up the area in which ...
...if you visit the official Sony electronic shop you may be able to persuade them to give you a better deal. It often works in areas with low levels of customers. I recommend this to potential buyers, but with the release of 160 GB media devices such as the iPod classic I am certain that not many people buy portable DVD players anymore. There will be a minority who purely want to enjoy a DVD on a reasonably sized screen even though they can store ...

yassarikhan786 11.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DVP-FX 850

The Force Was Not Strong on this One

Advantages: Nice look, nice to tilt screen, good battery
Disadvantages: cant share, poor brightness

The Sony DVP-FX810 is one of few portable DVD players from Sony, which boasts a 3 hour battery life, the ability to turn and tilt the screen 180 degrees, turning it into a tablet player, and a sleek fresh design. So obviously, I saw it, and decided, hey why not give it a go. You see I have children, its sad but true, and since the beginning of time, or at least as far back as I can remember, children have argued and bickered amongst themselves, ...
...go for, obviously, was the Sony DVP-FX810. Now, obviously, it was the sleek design which caught my eye, Sony had moved away from the traditional silver of other players and had gone all black, with a nice shiny hard cover for the screen which just adds to the aesthetics. So it had caught my eye, and now for the hard part, handing over £190, yes yet another goodly sum of money invested into the kids. And then it was done, and I now had a new toy. ...

xxDanmanxx 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DVP-FX 810

Cool dvd player, wish it had a bigger screen

Advantages: style and design, tinyness, dual ability CD/DVD
Disadvantages: small screen

After having this particular DVD player for 2 years, I can say it's good, and is very robust, but it's not as good as the DVP-FX1 I bought. The reason? The screen! It's sooo tiny! The styling of this is unique and well.. unsurpassed... I liked it so much, I actually bought two of them whilst I was last out in Japan. I bought this for around £550 whilst out there, thereby saving at least £300. The player is region 2 again, but that's no prob, but ...
...There are no external speakers for this, so headphones must be used. The screen is attached to a long cord, which helpfully can be detatched if you're using this solely as a CD player. The screen is tiny, which is a shame, so if you're planning to watch anything with subtitles on forget it! you won't be able to watch it! The screen, althought tiny is good and the colours are nice and vibrant. The viewing angle isn't too great, but this isn't really ...

waga 10.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DVM1