Advantages: Beautifully animated, entertaining and amusing in places Disadvantages: Slightly too long - perhaps not to everyone's taste
at children. Whilst it's easy to considered and dismiss them purely as 'cartoons', they often have great depth and appeal that goes beyond age and as such can be enjoyed by whole family's, children, or even just adults who enjoy "good drawings".
'My Neighbours The Yamadas' is a stylistic move away from the animation usually associated with Studio Ghibli. According to the blurb on the back of the DVD, writer-director Isao Takahata used "?digital production to create the feel of a moving watercolour sketch."
The movie is about the lives of the Yamada family, which consists of the mother and father Matsuko and Takashi, their young son and daughter, as well as Matsuko's live-in mother.
In some ways, the movie is also a move away from the typical Studio Ghibli style of story telling. Rather than being one long plot, the movie is more a series ...
Advantages: It plays EVERYTHING Disadvantages: Cheap construction
My Christmas present to myself this year was the ?Yamada-DVX-6700? ? which looks like a DVD player, works rather like a DVD player but offers a special something extra - this unit not only plays DVDs but many other digital formats too.
The device cost me ~£55 ? to make it price comparable with other DVD players? It replaces a CyberHome ?CH DVD 400? which only plays bone-fide DVDs ? and cost the same 18 months ago. The build quality of the Yamada is best described as ?cheap? ? but? don?t get me wrong ? it looks OK next to the TV ? only if you look closely is it obvious that every component has been made to the tightest of budgets ? everything from the flimsy eject-tray to the front-panel plastic buttons and cheesy digital display which might have looked modern in the 1980s. To criticise the unit on aesthetics, however, is to ...
bristol_steve 16.02.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Yamada DVX 6700
Advantages: cheap and plays 99% movie format Disadvantages: nothing
I bought my Yamada DVX 6600 last year at around £70, this was when DVX dvd players were starting to be used. I'm sorry but i cannot remember where i purchased my player from but it was from a online shop off the net, so i guess they are easy to find.
Well, what can't the Yamada play?? i don't know because my Yamada can play everything ive tried, from dvd's, vcd's, jpegs, wma, xvid, dvx. The Yamada is supposed to play 99% of movie fromats but up to now mine has played 100%.
The Yamada is a stylish silver unit that is slim and easy to function, and has the caperbility to play 5.1 surround sound, with the correct speakers of course. Comes with a remote control that you can change various functions such as PAL, NTSC, screen size, volume control etc. ITs easy to install just basically plug a scart lead into the unit and into your tv ...
CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-Audio, SVCD, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD, CD, Video CD
Type
DVD recorder
Dvd features
DVD Additional Features
JPEG photo playback
General
Height
6.6 cm
Depth
31.6 cm
Width
43 cm
Product Type
DVD recorder / HDD recorder
MPN
DVR9000H
System
Features
Progressive scanning (line doubling), time shift function
Max Recording Capacity
96 hour(s)
Parental Lock
Yes
A/V System Recommended Use
Home
Audio system
Output Mode
Stereo
Digital Audio Format
MPEG 2 digital output, Dolby Digital output
Surround Sound Effects
3D Surround
Remote control
Technology
Infrared
Type
Remote control
Connections
Connector Type
1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ) - front
1 x composite video/audio output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
1 x SCART ( 21 PIN SCART ) - rear
1 x component video output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
1 x SPDIF output ( RCA phono ) - rear
1 x SPDIF output ( TOS Link ) - rear
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire ) - front
1 x SCART (RGB) ( 21 PIN SCART ) - rear
1 x RF input - rear
1 x RF output - rear
Miscellaneous
Cables Included
SCART cable
Audio cable
Manufacturer's product description
The DVR-9000H features an 80 GB hard disc. Films, which are recorded on hard disc, can also be copied on DVD for archiving or vice versa. The DVR-9000H records in four different quality levels up to 96 h on hard disc and up to 6 h on DVD. The TimeShift function makes time shifted watching possible that mean recording and delayed watching at the same time. The Easy Guider function leads you through the recording menu step by step. The DVR-9000H features video, scart and component video output (for Progressive Scan signal), digital optical and coaxial audio output. On top a CVBS and DV Link input on the front panel make fast and easy connection of a digital video camera possible.
