Harman Kardon DVD22 Multi Region DVD Player

Advantages: looks fantastic, beautiful picture (depending on connection),
Disadvantages: expensive, reliability problems with brand

...armed with my brand new (in 2005) DVD22 I was hoping for a long and happy life with a brand that is famed for its build quality. ### LOOKS ### The Harman Kardon DVD22 is a very attractive looking DVD player; being Silver and Black with a small but bright neon blue power light on the left hand side (which turns orange when on standby) a central DVD Drawer and the display (which shows a counter) on the right hand side. The various DVD control buttons reside along the centre of the unit, on the border between the silver and the black colour coding on the unit. The colour scheme of the unit matches the AV Amps that Harman Kardon produce (of which I have the AVR7300) ### FUNCTIONS ### Obviously being DVD player the unit will play DVDs, it is also a multi region player (after a firmware upgrade via CD by the guys in the shop at no...

sjp1966 12.10.2007 · Read review
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Harman Kardon Soundsticks, awesome sound quality...

Advantages: Rich sound, super clarity, deep base, look great, robust, high quality
Disadvantages: Simply none!

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Speakeeze 24.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Harman Kardon SoundSticks II

Celestion AVR300 DVD & AV Receiver

Advantages: Slim Format; great sound (when properly set up)
Disadvantages: Brief manual; clunky menus

...This is a great looking system, and has a great sound but only after you have worked out how to get the best out of it. The manual assumes a certain level of knowledge regarding AV and Hi-Fi set up and terminology, which is not always useful. I certain amount of trial and error may be required but the Average Man in the Street. To compound this the remote is a clone of an old panasonic tv unit that appears to have been reprogrammed to handle the Celestion controls with little thought of ergonomics. However, if this unit finds itself in the hands of an AV officinardo, and the style and sound deserves it to be, and who has a unversial remote, then the owner should be presented with a rich and rewarding movie sound and sharp clear images. The component output was top of the line when the AVR300 was released and still is the best way...

duncs52 21.03.2006 · Read review
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Harman Kardon's DVD-49 is Disappointing

Advantages: Best of industry digital-to-analog conversion, especially DVD-A and SACD
Disadvantages: The audio interface is sub-standard for Harman Kardon

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StJAUX 08.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Harman Kardon Harman Kardon DVD 49

Harman/Kardon stylish sounds

Advantages: Superb design, excellent sound, easy to set up
Disadvantages: Some dubious build quality issues.

...Harman/Kardon seem to be taking the multimedia market seriously by releasing a speaker set that wouldn't look out of place in a modern living room/study. With a design that is a welcome change from drab beige boxes, you are sure to attract admiring glances from your friends. These speakers really do look the part with their slim stands, contoured driver enclosures and the imposing black-grey finish. The subwoofer is a neat round cylinder that can be situated on your desk without too much bother. The setup of these speakers is very easy. Every plug is colour-coded to the corrosponding input on your sound card, and the speaker plugs are even shaped so there it's impossible to connect them the wrong way round. The speakers themselves tend to slide around on smooth desks, but its nothing a small blob of Blu-Tac wouldn't fix... So...

JasonTye 27.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Harman International PC multimedia speaker system

To Harman-Kind

Advantages: Harman? I'm not to blame
Disadvantages: The revolution is gathering pace

...- Women Friendly Work Legislation ? Is it fair? = To Harman-Kind You don?t have to too hard in the mountain of bills that the Home Office has had to endure, with this administration; that there will be one called Women Friendly Work Legislation. The document is finger-printed to the hilt by Deputy Leader Ms Harman?s man sized grease buckets. All in aid of extra coverage under the ?Equality? file at Westminster; except it?s not. WFWL, outwardly shrills a war-cry to all straight talking, no holds barred, imbalanced ideologies that is at the core of feminism. Throw down your tank-tops and lipstick stained Cigar. I?ve a long heavy night for you loading my dish-washer and reading the ?Lady Etiquette?. I know whom is to blame. It is obvious that Harman has clouded the air with Cuban cigar?s that has wafted into...

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Denon is music and movies to your ears!

Advantages: quality, amazing sound, good looks, value for money
Disadvantages: no HDMI input (but thats changed on newer models)

...Denons AVR-1907 is now discontinued. However, there are models that follow on from its greatness and improve as they go. The model numbers go up in size according to the model, funnily enough. So at this price point, this particular Denon AVR has gone from 1900 to 1910 (as the current model) thus the model before the 1907 was the 1906 and the one after was the 1908, well, you get the idea. Which each release the general product is improved. There are models both up and down, with Denon?s flagship Audio-Visual Receiver the AVR-4810 leading the way with 9.1 channels and more inputs than you can shake a stick at. Of course, the price reflects the quality. The AVR-4810 is priced around £2,600. For those of us with less money to burn the models in the lower range of the spectrum are a more reasonable price yet still offer outstanding sound...

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Sound quality matches the style!

Advantages: Great sound and look superb
Disadvantages: I wish i could show them off more!

...the table. The two satellite speakers are heavy in weight for their size and give remarkable definition and with the bass boost twist at the back of the sub, you'll be amazed how easy the balanced tone can be adjusted. The speakers are great at high volumes. I am yet to turn them up fully! They also sound very soild even at low volume. I would almost say the sound is crisper and clearer than my £250 sony hifi. ---Appearance--- These speakers look the business! Harman Kardon share designs with Apple computers and this is shown. The satellite speakers are set in a clear casing which shows off the wiring superbly. The satellites are made up of 4 dome tweeters and have a heavy blue rubber stand. The sub is the centre piece. I am dissapointed that i do not have room for this on my desk as it looks so good! Almost like a jelly fish the sub is...

sam_mule2k 18.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Harman Kardon SoundSticks II

Great things come in small packages

Advantages: Fantastic sound quality
Disadvantages: Short lead from sub to pc

...looking. After about five minutes of looking at boxes and not being able to make up my mind, the advisor suggested the Harman / Kardon SoundSticks 2 stating that they were brilliant. So I had a look, opened up the box to take a look and was surprised at what i found. The speakers are tiny! About 30cm tall with four small tweeter sized cones inside. This immediately put me off because I KNEW I wanted some loud speakers but the design is fantastic, they look really stylish and sleek (just like me :P ) The price was right at £139 and my best friend that came with said he had heard them before and thought I should definately buy them. So..... I did. When i got home I unpacked the box and just placed everything on my desk to have a look. The sub looks like what I can best describe as a jellyfish, with a clear plastic shell. I like...

leethal 19.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Harman Kardon SoundSticks II

We are so gonna party all day

Advantages: Awesome quality
Disadvantages: You ought to be kidding

...heard them play a last week and decided on them. I tried to reason with him that they were too expensive. He shot back that they were better than the 6.1 and the creature II and value for money for the quality they delivered, in fact, they were lowly priced for the quality they delvered. It was infact a steal. Another friend too had the same opinion. And we decided that we buy these. The result - orders were placed for two sets - one for us and one for my good friend. Purchased them through PCW @ £109.06 each with free delivery. They have those light touch volume controls on the right speaker just like the creature II and a bass control knob on the rear of the bass tube. The speakers can be instantly muted by touching the two volume control buttons together on the right speaker. Also Harman Kardon has ensured that the speakers...

liberoxtreme 02.02.2005 (09.02.2005) · Read review
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