Advantages: Simple, competent, and easy to operate Disadvantages: Not a recorder
...of products that typifies what Sony does at their best.
1 What it is.
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It is just a DVD player.
So it does not record your latest TV show and play it back to you in real time.
It does not have a TV tuner of any kind built in, and even less does it boast freeview digital as some of its bigger brothers do.
It does not burn your programmes to a dvd disc or store your content digitally to a 350 GB on board hard drive.
It just plays ... ...plays.
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You may have suffered one of those embarassing moments when you are asked to play your friend's latest home-burned dvd of the family's holiday pictures. As your fears mount that you are in for an intolerable hour of meaningless snaps dubbed with a track of 'You raise me up', repeated for the whole hour, you suddenly realise that the disc is incompatible with your rather ancient dvd player.
The sense of relief when you hand ...
trevorbrock 31.10.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony DVP-NS 15
Advantages: Slim; compact; dual player - CDs & DVDs;user friendly;inexpensive Disadvantages: Have not encountered any yet; what you see is what you get.
This is a basic player which is what the description says on the box and is all that I needed. If I want to record TV programmes I use my VCR. If I wanted a recorder also I would have expected to pay more for a multi-function machine.
It is user friendly although there is some confusion - whether on the part of the machine or me I'm not sure yet, as I've not had it that long - when first inserting the disc and I have to retry the play button. (I ... ...on my TV though which may cause it to be slow - ?).
There is a remote control and the CD player was also a bonus, as far as I'm concerned, when comparing the price (although getting a £10 discount via the Tesco bonus card, which is where I purchased it, did help!) . All in all, I am well satisfied and cannot understand paying out £hundreds for more bulkier machines. ...
WestieFan 31.12.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sony DVP-NS 15
No Setup - Just put your batteries in and off you go. Our remote controls are generic ... more
replacements 100% guaranteed money back if not entirely satisfied. Put-Batteries-In-And-Go (This remote has been made for this Tv / Dvd / Freeview box etc, only,so no setup required, no codes to put in) Specifically manufactured in our factory for this make/model. Every remote control is tested before it is dispatched. Our remotes are NOT universal - so you do not need to set them up or put codes into them, just put your batteries in and off you go. Each remote is generically made for the specific DVD / TV / Freeview.
Postage & Packaging:£3.00 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
No Setup - Just put your batteries in and off you go. Our remote controls are generic ... more
replacements 100% guaranteed money back if not entirely satisfied. Put-Batteries-In-And-Go (This remote has been made for this Tv / Dvd / Freeview box etc, only,so no setup required, no codes to put in) Specifically manufactured in our factory for this make/model. Every remote control is tested before it is dispatched. Our remotes are NOT universal - so you do not need to set them up or put codes into them, just put your batteries in and off you go. Each remote is generically made for the specific DVD / TV / Freeview.
Postage & Packaging:£3.00 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...