Having worked for Sanyo for the last 2 years, i first saw the prototype of this DVD player about a year ago. Then it was a poor excuse for a DVD player, with quite clearly more effort placed on size rather than features and performance.
Iam happy to say its come along way since then, not ... Read review
Advantages: Slim and small, looks stylish and good Disadvantages: OSD looks rubbish and very basic
Having worked for Sanyo for the last 2 years, i first saw the prototype of this DVD player about a year ago. Then it was a poor excuse for a DVD player, with quite clearly more effort placed on size rather than features and performance.
Iam happy to say its come along way since then, not only being very slim line and compact, but also with all the usual features that you would expect from a DVD player. Its performance is very good, ... ...but it may have been because my sample was a very early release player.
Nevertheless, this is one stylish and great looking player, with good performance and not bad price wise if you shop around. Sanyo products are very well manufactured and this player is no exception! ... more
Having worked for Sanyo for the last 2 years, i first saw the prototype of this DVD player about a year ago. Then it was a poor excuse for a DVD player, with quite clearly more effort placed on size rather than features and performance.
Iam happy to say its come along way since then, not only being very slim line and compact, but also with all the usual features that you would expect from a DVD player. Its performance is very good, and it handles DVD's effortlessly. It has built in 3D mode to give a 3D effect on the audio as if you were listerning in surround. It also comes with optical digital out connector round the back as well as the usual scart interface.
The player looks the dogs, sounds great and performs very well.
The downside is that the on screen display is a bit poor. Its probably about standard to most other 'cheap' end DVD players, but having seen the OSD on the DVD/Video combi unit, it makes me wonder why they didnt use that OSD instead.
The video/DVD combi has a 3D type display, with high resolution graphics and looks like a computer screen. This advanced OSD would have suited this DVD player alot better.
The other downside i found was that the manual said the player will play everything from DVD, MP3, Audio, VCD and SVCD, although i had problems trying to get it to play a video CD (SVCD) but it may have been because my sample was a very early release player.
Nevertheless, this is one stylish and great looking player, with good performance and not bad price wise if you shop around. Sanyo products are very well manufactured and this player is no exception!
