DVD Players > Akura DVD Players

Advantages: Very, Very Cheap; Does What It Says On The Tin
Disadvantages: Big , Quite Heavy, Don't Know When It's On

...a deep blue background with Akura DVD stamped in the middle of it. That's it, no fuss, just here I am let's get on with it. I left the remote alone for a while until I had established the basics were functioning. I say the basics, what I really mean is I made sure the disc tray popped out when I pressed the button on the front of the player. It did, that was the first hurdle over with. I decided to act cautiously and placed a DVD of 'A River Runs ...
...tray. I figured that I wouldn't be losing a great deal if the player ate this particular epic. The tray itself is very thin and quite flexible, I certainly don't think that cup of tea old ladies are supposed to rest on them would be above the ground for very long if this tray were used. Still a DVD weighs far less than a cup of tea and the tray didn't collapse under the strain. The tray drive mechanism isn't particularly smooth or quiet, but it does ... Read review

Advantages: good sound, good picture
Disadvantages: remotes rubish. no s-video

This was my previous DVD player that I Had bought to replace my SD 140 that was getting a bit buggy. it`s a nice small cheap player that been a brand name is step up from the £20 chepo players out there. It`s main selling point besides the make is that it offers progressive scan witch means that if you buy some "component" cables and set the player up accordingly you will get the best quality picture that standard definition can supply (providing ...
...LCD`s do) The picture is fairly good with vivid yet natural colours and movement is quite fluid. the main down side is that the picture is`t super sharp but then again this is a budget player so fair do`s The sound is very good for the price in fact I used the player as a backup CD player for my denon hi fi when it wouldn't play ball on some of my CD`s! The remote is a bit dinky and a bit cluttered but the player it`s self is layed out well and ... Read review

Advantages: top quaility spec and make. mulit region
Disadvantages: remote not well thought out. Cant play VCD`s or MP3`s from the box

I got this for an Amazing £99 (the silver model is £79)witch is good considering It used to cost a penny shy of £200!. Forget getting a cheap Upscaling Samsung or Toshiba this is the real deal! The sound is great and it will make a respectable CD player in its own right especially as it can play SACD`s and DVD audio disks. and the Picture though HDMI is very good too, the only criticism is that the can be some Jagges due to it been an older player. ...
...a nice brushed aluminium cover but the buttons are a little plain and helpful features don't really stand out there are plenty of adjustment options but the menus are a bit basic looking as the user interface is exactly the same as used on most budget players. As far as connections go it has all the video sockets from basic composite video right up to HDMI (inc scart and DVI) and in addition to having stereo connectors it has optical and electrical ... 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