Having owned a standard 'box shape' design of DVD player for a little over a year and a half now, I purchased Sony's newest model of Picot, the DVPPQ2. This was a buy made mainly because of the players rather fancy and compact style, most notably the sleek, rounded flip-top design, and the customisable lid design inserts, which immediately set it apart from most other players on the market. Though this is a unique idea at present, changing of the customisable front lid inserts is a little fiddly, using a catch release system inside the lid that can put you off changing the covers on a regular basis.
It was only when i came to unpack and set up the player though, that I realised beneath the glossy silver-and-grey shell there was also an excellent quality dvd player. The read time seemed to be noticeably faster than other players i had been used to, comparable with any other compact or traditional DVD player i had experience of. The player is not region-free when purchased, so excluding making specific modifications to the unit or remote, it is locked to the region it is purchased in (UK in this case), so DVDs from america, for example, will not play on the unit.
Setting up the Sony player should prove simple, even to a newcomer to the DVD market, the power supply is clearly marked and connects to a standard wall power outlet, and despite the numerous visual/audio inputs, the wires on the scart lead are colour coded. I did find however with my unit, that the scart lead supplied was not very durable, as the connectors to the television broke after a couple of months use, and did require the purchase of a specific replacement scart lead with the correct connectors to go back into the DVD player. There is also a headphone ouput included, for listening to the player privately, and an S-video output, if you wish to take full advantage of the TV virtual surround sound.
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Dec 3rd, 2004
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