DVD Players > Panasonic DVD Players > without Show View > 70 GBP to 139 GBP

Advantages: Picture and sound quality, plays most file formats, huge array of options
Disadvantages: No HDMI or upscaling

...If that player is the Panasonic S-33, then the answer is yes. Barring the HD formats above and SACD, it will play just about any format you throw at it. Its DivX playback is probably one of the reason you are reading this. Of course, you can get most of these playback features with a cheapo, low-quality player, but read on... The DVD picture quality on a standard TV is, quite simply, stunning for a DVD player at any price. However, it lacks the ...
...S-53, so this player is perhaps not the first choice if you have an HD TV. But on my CRT telly, the picture is above broadcast quality in my view, with no visible compression artifacts or edge effects at all, even on fade-ins/outs where you would normally see a certain degree of posterisation/dithering with other players. The audio output is clean, sharp, and pretty noiseless; orchestral music is particularly well served here (Alien and Bladerunner ... Read review

Advantages: branded player at a cheap price
Disadvantages: none

...as LG, Sony Jvc and Panasonic that i know will perform their task better than their nameless contemporaries. This leads me onto the Panasonic DVD-S 511 which i find fits the criteria correctly. Okay, it's not as inexpensive as the £30 Grundigs you could get, but its guaranteed to give you good quality movie playability. I brought this for £60, so below the price quoted by Ciao. For this i got a good dvd player that does what i want it to do coupled ...
...complaint, Panasonic will resolve it. The Performance So how does this player perform. Well, it does what i want it to do, which is provide a platform that shows movies to a very high standard, without technical or mechanical or electronic difficulties. Picture playback is great, stunnig indeed and with the surround sound system it packs a punch. Very easy to use with appropriate functions and easy to install and get going. It plays in all recognisable ... Read review

Advantages: Slim Design , Multi Region Function and Wife Friendly
Disadvantages: Will not support DVD+R media

...effect that matched exactly my Panasonic AV Control Receiver SA-XR15.They look very classy together in my home cinema corner. The player is very easy to use (even my wife has a go!!!) and the playback is of high quality.The sound is very good and picture perfect. This is the best player I have owned but make sure that nothing sits on top of it as it heats up and distorts playback. It is multiregional and plays DVD-r, DVDRAM, CD, CDr, MP3/WMA and ...
...as being important but I have a double layer DVD writer which will only write +r discs !! However this player is so good that I will not use the double layer function until I have to replace the player. The manual is very comprehensive and easy to understand.The player is fine when there is nothing on top of it. I found out the hard way when I tried to put my av controller on top of it!! The remote is ok - its more down to what you prefer but it ... Read review

Advantages: USB, DivX, multi-region
Disadvantages: Periodically loses multi-region, no USB access from remote

Had this player for over a year now and has been brilliant all round. Used remote hack to make multi-region and changed video system from PAL to NTSC (hold Pause until display on player flashes) to stop judder on playback. Has played everything I've thrown at it. It did lose it's multi region setting recently but used remote hack to re-set factory settings and then Zoran file burnt to CD to access region setting menu and now fine again. One drawback ...
...have to press a button on the DVD player to access the USB stick and this can't be done on the remote. Not a major problem though. Has HDMI out which provides better picture quality. Coaxial out for digital sound. Decodes Dolby 5.1 and DTS. As a bonus, it looks pretty sleek too. ... Read review

Advantages: Great quality
Disadvantages: Not very advanced interface

This DVD player is the one that i have in my lounge and is a great one in my eyes and i think i will have it for years to come. It goes very well with my sony LCD HDready television and was very easy to set up and also very quick. It plays pretty much anything and has great quality and is very easy to use, i.e. the remote is very simple layout but with most features available. Plus this dvd player is also a great buy because it is under £100 and ... Read review