Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic DVD-S54

DVD S-27 the best a man can get

Advantages: looks good, great picture and sound playback, slimmline, easy to use
Disadvantages: no obvious disadvantages

...I have owned my Panasonic DVD S-27 now since late 2004 after a number of magazines rated it as a good quality entry level player and I liked the design and range of features it offered for what was at the time a reasonable price (£149.99). Being rather slimline for DVD players of its time, the front loading unit is only 5.5cm high and 43cm in width, which meant that it could sit on top of my TV within the cabinet without blocking the remote control sensors. I was mightily pleased with the performance, picture quality and sound that came when playing DVDs through the S-27 but my enjoyment was multiplied when I upgraded my TV to a Plasma LCD with surround sound. At the recommendation of a friend from work I tried running DVD's through my XBOX 360 as he had mentioned the picture quality to be much better than his own DVD player...

tristangodfrey 07.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic DVD-S 27

Excellent for DVD s

Advantages: excellent site for DVD's
Disadvantages: none

...A brilliant place to buy DVD?s which are delivered straight to you?re door via recorded delivery within a week. Not bad since they come all the way from Europe and back. The site is excellent and you can pick up some top DVD?s at competitive prices. Forget Amazon.co.uk, play47.com is much better. The customer service is first class, they e-mail you to ask you if you have received your DVD and if you were satisfied with their service. A very reliable site and one definitely to recommend to anyone wanting to buy a DVD....

sid 18.12.2000 · Read review
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YAMAHA DVD-S 557 this is THE DVD player of all time.

Advantages: Brilliant DVD player, perfect quality
Disadvantages: cant think of any

...Yamaha products are really good i have several in my living room and this is only a small portion of the full thing. This DVD player plays DIVX files which is always useful, it plays CD's and DVD's made from your computer (pirate). It is the best quality DVD player i have ever had, mine is liked to my Pioneer 44" plasma television and the picture quality is amazing. I also have the YAMAHA RX-V457 sound system hooked up to it aswell and it really does deliver the best way to watch dvd's at home. My setup is better than going to the cinema the picture and sound quality is simply the best. This is an essential part of my collection, forget about BLU-Ray this is the future! LOUD! & CRYSTAL CLEAR. If you arent interested in blu-ray just yet this is the thing and it has lasted me years with no problems what so ever! This dvd player...

plainpaul 22.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha DVD-S 557

Go here before buying any DVD`s

Advantages: Cheapest prices, easy to use
Disadvantages: You won`t use it and will waste money!

...I nearly always search around before buying on the internet and try and get the best possible price. So therefore I often look around voucher codes sites, on hotukdeals, cashback sites like Topcashback (reviewed) and just generally look around. Therefore I also use price comparison sites to find the best prices for things. Find-dvd.co.uk is the best price comparison site for DVD`s. To use it you simply search for the DVD you want. E.g. I search for Casino Royale. I now get a list of the films that match my results. The number 1 result on my list is the DVD and that is normally the case. Other items included the blu-ray version, deluxe edition and the UMD version for the PSP. As you can see all these results are relevant and it is so easy to use the site. Now I want to find out the cheapest price and where it is from I just click...

mariofan123 14.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of find-dvd.co.uk

A very capable machine

Advantages: Plays almost anything
Disadvantages: Expensive

...I bought this to replace my Pioneer DV525 which, like all Pioneer CD/DVD players do, had died with a duff spindle motor. I was therefore trying to avoid Pioneer this time. But the Pioneer was a tough act to follow, it cost around £300 and was always renowned for outstanding pictures. Note there is a Jargon Buster at the end of this review in case it leaves you behind. I considered Sony, but for me CD Text was a must-have, and I had too much conflicting information on whether Sony models support this. What?s CD-Text? This displays the tack titles on an audio CD on a suitably recorded disk. Some pre-recorded CDs have CD-Text information, and all CDs recorded on a computer using a decent software such as Nero can have this. I landed on the Panasonic DVD-S47, which supports CD Text, DVD-Ram, DVD-R, DVD-Audio (only in 2...

colin99 13.05.2004 (17.02.2005) · Read review
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Review of Panasonic DVD-S 75

DVD yay!

Advantages: Reliable, robust DVD player
Disadvantages: Bit on the chunky side

...I got my Yamaha DVD-S520 for Christmas 2002. It was purchased from Richer Sounds for £129.95 (plus £9.99 delivery), though nearly a year and a half on I imagine you might be able to pick one up a bit cheaper. I also paid a little extra to get the region free version of this player. I had decided to get a DVD player after many months of attempting to watch films on my computer through the DVD-ROM drive. Due to some technical problem with my computer, I was unable to watch many films through to the end. This wasn?t even remedied after buying a hardware DVD decoder card, an extremely frustrating situation as you might imagine! It was time to cut my losses and buy a decent player. Due to space limitations in my mini Aladdin?s cave of a room, I wanted a DVD player that I?d be able to watch through the TV card of my computer, so it was...

PaulL_UK 26.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha DVD-S 520

A great DVD player if you're not into HD yet

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

...With the plethora of DVD recorders out there, and now the availability of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, does it still make sense to buy a plain old DVD player? 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 HDMI output and upscaling of of its sister product 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...

PGregory 20.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic DVD-S33

Slim, sexy, silver, shiney my new Panny!

Advantages: Picture Quality, Price, Sound Quality
Disadvantages: None

...which sound great through this player. There are again several enhancements to change the sound and to add extra depth and other effects to film sound tracks. Additional Info: Multi-Format Playback: DVD-Audio (2ch.), DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, (Super) Video-CD, HighMAT, JPEG, MP3, WMA, CD-R/RW Multi Re-Master Processing Depth Enhancer One Touch AV Enhancer Audio/JPEG Navigation Menu Optical/Coaxial Output (digital) Has progressive output as well. Rear connections: Digital optical out for sound Seperate S Video output socket 2 Phono Audio connections 1 Scart connection 1 power input lead connection. Conclusion: I bought mine from Richersounds after having a look at their website for £49.95 - this player retails for around £110.00 look around for Richersounds. Richersounds have details of lcoal...

Kennyd90 03.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic DVD-S 47

One of the best

Advantages: one of the best
Disadvantages: cost?

...Everybody, must have heard of amazon.co.uk, it?s probably the best book site going. Well organised, efficient and well known. However, I wouldn?t say it?s the cheapest so be careful, other site are much better and offer competitive prices. It?s got an excellent search engine which can find almost any book you are looking for, it also not only find you the book you want but find you other books by the same author. You are then given a small passage about the book you are going to buy, which can be helpful. Delivery is not free but it?s very quick, I had my book delivered to me within three days, which I thought was good. You can also buy DVD?s of Amazon.co.uk at descent prices but check out other DVD sites before you do. I like the homepage it?s good, got a lot of text but it doesn?t hurt your eyes, and it?s...

WAD1-2-3 19.12.2000 · Read review
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