Advantages: Cheap and complete. Everything in one box
Disadvantages: Not as good as sytems twice as much

...them, and being the bunch of hoarders that my family is I soon had a bedroom full of bits, old record players and a rather super (super?) gramophone the size of a sideboard. I stripped out the guts, built some new speaker cabs (using the doors off my wardrobe, I under estimated how angry my mum could get) and a ‘receiver’ (using an old valve amp and tuner, rewired into a new case) which sounded great. I rigged up a multi input interface (switch) to play other things through the system, like the tape deck I wanted for Christmas. I was however stuck with a crappy record deck until my cousin turned up with his old Goodman’s. This was brilliant, it had a moving magnet cartridge made by ‘Audio Technica’ ( I had to build a pre-amp, remember those), a light alloy arm, no auto changer, too high quality for that, I was chuffed (my god! I do sound... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, light, plays home-made disks
Disadvantages: If using battery-power, not long-lasting.

...In my home I have my main stereo downstairs. The trouble is, I often like listening to music at night before I go to bed. I did have a (really old) personal cd player, but I was sick of replacing the batteries. I went into Argos and spotted the Goodmans GPS222 on display, so I bought one. ~Design~ The Goodmans GPS222 is 13 inches long, 9 inches deep (at it's widest) and 6 inches tall. It weighs around 4lbs - not very heavy - but it might feel quite weighty if you were carrying it around for a while. As you can see from the picture the Goodmans GPS222 is quite modern looking and I was pleased with the design of it. The buttons are laid out symetrically on the top of the player, which makes everything easy to find, and makes it look nice too. What you can't see very well from the picture is that the panel on the front, over... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Signal Cuts Out, Freeview Box Seperate, No TV Remote, High Price, No Scart Input To TV

...Last year I was browsing online for a good LCD TV to replace my big old TV, when I found this 17" Goodmans LCD with Freeview. So I placed my order, waited a few days for it to turn up. When I opened the Television I was happy with the size and weight of the TV. I got rid of my computer monitor and was going to use my new TV until the problems started. The first problem I found was cables. I was going to use an S-Video cable to plug the computer into the television, which should be possible, however, the freeview box connects to the television using an s-video cable so there isn't a free port. However, there was port for a computer monitor cable. So I walked to my local computer shop, paid out £5 for the over long cable, came back and plugged it in. I was happy with the results because the picture from the computer was nice... Read review

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Advantages: Slim, lite, useful.
Disadvantages: Does not record.

...it is not for me. I know what I exactly required when I looked in to my Littlewoods Catalogue. Hence, I am found a simple DVD and decided to buy this one and only this one. It's a Goodmans GDVD134. ~The Look~ ------------- It's a silver metal body with silver remote with blue buttons on the remote and blue display screen on the DVD. I liked that clearly. It's got 12 buttons on the front of the DVD, on-off, stop, ff,rew.etc. The remote is grey silver with the flexibility of extra features that the machine itself does not have. It's also got zoom, title, menu, set up, sub title features. This is very useful not only do you control from your chair but you have added control. It can be streatch up to the 2O ft of my good but must be point at the DVD to work at all. Again, the extra feature on the remote are all you could want some I... Read review

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Advantages: Good price, attractive system, good sound
Disadvantages: Doesn't last 12 months!

...We treated our youngest to a new CD/radio for her birthday. Her old Sanyo one had broken – the CD just died after 13 months! So we had a good look around and not wanting to spend a fortune we went for the Goodmans 1002 micro system from Argos. It cost us £64.99, not a bad price I feel. Now available for £59.99!! The unit its-self is very attractive, being primarily silver in colour. The main unit is 16cm x 17cm and 26cm deep with the speakers 22cm x 14cm x 19cm. The speakers are a pale wood colour with silver covers for the front, which can be removed if you wish and are both 12.5w. It now sits quite unobtrusively at the back of her little desk and seems to take up very little space. This micro system, however, is only a CD/radio, IT DOES NOT HAVE A TAPE DECK. We took the decision that really cassettes are a bit old hat now... Read review

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Advantages: Good memory
Disadvantages: scrolling display makes a clicking noise during music

...I was reluctant to buy the I-Pod because it keeps changing so much so I decided to go for the cheaper option which is the Goodman GMP38G6. It's got really good quality sound and the headphones are very comfortable. The menus are very difficult to navigate and Goodman's should work on this. One glitch I noticed is that when you're listening to music you can hear the screen display scrolling the artist and song name. It makes a very faint clicking noise as it scrolls. I phoned the helpline which is detailed on the back of the device but they weren't any help at all. It's definitely no-where near the quality of the I-Pod but is better than most mp3 and mp4 players. You can record voice but you can't easily use it to store other types of files like photos or MS office files but with some effort it is possible. You get a mini CD... Read review

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Advantages: Slim, Easy to use.
Disadvantages: None

...recharge it with the charger that comes with it in 5 hours and also comes with a car adapter so you can watch or recharge in the car. Great for camping! Highly recommended and without doubt in my opinion the best for the money by a long chalk. Others you may want to look at are the pioneer and the LG 7" which was very tempting. This player comes as region 2 only but a very simple button pressing sequence opens it up into a region free player. Terrific. Now the important bit, DONT BE PUT OFF IT BEING A GOODMANS! I was sceptical as Goodmans stuff is um...er usually crap, but this is high class kit, spoil yourself. One more thing..........The mp3 player software is top notch great sounding mp'3 through any amplifier you choose, I use a pioneer pc 5.1 system (£70) and it sounds awesome. Ok Update time - It is very trippy on vcd playback sometimes... Read review

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Advantages: Good value - long playback time
Disadvantages: Perhaps lacking some of the features of more expensive models

...I got this CD player mainly for playing on long boring coach journeys but it has proved useful at home too. There was one that was £10 cheaper (also Goodmans) but what attracted me to this was that unlike the cheaper one, it had 20hrs playback time. I figured the extra that I spent on the CD player, I'd more than make up for it in buying less batteries. The player also came with a AC adaptor, 10sec anti-shock, bass boost and a facility for recharging rechargable batteries. It's also pretty nice looking - blue & silver. You can also buy a car kit to convert it for use in the car. There are players with alot more features but this has proved very good value for money, especially as I already have a mini system at home.... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, portable, decent features for the price
Disadvantages: Bad quality indoor aerial, initial technical fault

...the scrolling text that you get at the bottom of the screen during news and sports programmes.) The sound quality isn's great as it only has a small mono speaker at the side. It definitely isn't dolby surround, but it does the job if you're not looking for a home cinema! The video works fine and quality is reasonably good (depending on the quality of the cassette you are using, of course!) Rewinding and fast forwarding is a little bit noisy, though. Other useful features of this TV: automatic tuning; Teletext; Sleep timer; headphone socket: Scart AV socket. Size: W 379 x H 400 x D 374 (millimetres) Weight: 12.3 kg In terms of reliability, I've had the Goodmans TV / Video for about 4 and a half years now (bought for approx £100) and it's still going strong. If you want a fairly no-frills, inexpensive and reliable TV / Video combi then it... Read review

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Advantages: Plays cds, dvds, cdrw, jpeg
Disadvantages: None

...I needed a new dvd player and decided to go to a well know stockist of quite a few brands. Untimately I was looking to keep the cost down, somthing that has all the toys with a fraction of the cost. The unit in the end was purchased from Currys. I came accross a goodmans GDVD157, on first view the unit looked modern, I liked the general look of it. The price was £36.99, which is a very good price for a good DVD player. I liked the fact that it was CD, CDRW, MPEG, JPEG, and VCD compatible. One feature I liked about this unit is that you can play your downloaded pictures from your computer, save them to disc and play them on your dvd player. it plays them as a slideshow, holding each picture for a few seconds, then moving on to the next one. You can still pause the picture should you require to do so. Playability... Read review

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