FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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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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Step into Mythology at Haw Par

Advantages: Exotic. Unusual, Colourful.
Disadvantages: Very commercialised

...One of the most bizarre yet intriguing tourist spots in the Island Republic of Singapore just has to be Haw Par Villa,at 262 Pasir Panjang Road. To get there you can take a SBS bus,disembark at Pasir Panjang Road, or take a 20 minute taxi drive from Orchard Road. There is fun for everyone at this fascinating place that provides an insight into the world of Chinese mythology. The Chinese heritage is a colourful tapestry of ancient myths and legends,woven from thoroughly fascinating fables and old folklore. At Haw Par Villa,you can lift the veil of mystery and magic that surrounds Chinese culture in a spectacular,exciting,way. There are multimedia theatre presentations, live performances,age old statues including giant statues of Buddha, and many other symbols providing an interesting depiction of ancient Chinese myths and legends. If...

ashford 22.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Singapore - Haw Par Villa

A watering can for me

Advantages: good for watering my plants
Disadvantages: none

...Water all plants need water, so if you are a gardener a watering can is tool that will be an essential. I have a Haws 660 Practican Water Can one I inherited from my dad , he can?t have had it very long looks quite new . I have looked on line and found you can buy this Haws watering can for £13.45 at http://www.twowests.co.uk or £13.99 at http://www.greenfingers.com. There are several sizes of Haws watering cans this one is 6 litres it is a green colour. There is a red 6 litre capacity watering can that is designed for weed killing this has different spray head/rose. Design~~ This is a plastic blow moulded can. There is the small golden Haws logo printed on the front top of the can it has a curved handle and a spout brace. There is a moulded plastic parking point where you can pop the rose for storage. This can has...

mumsymary 24.06.2009 · Read review
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The Gardeners Friend

Advantages: A hard wearing watering can from Haws.
Disadvantages: None at all.

...watering can for no more than a couple of quid but how long it will last is another matter. I have had my Haws Practican for a few years now, a robust green plastic watering can that meets my everyday gardening needs. Haws produce good quality watering cans and accessories so you expect to pay a little extra. The six litre Practican is made from strong, durable and frost-proof green plastic, although the can holds 6 litres I never fill it to the top, I would far rather just fill it half way and make lighter work for myself. The Haws Practican comes with a five year guarantee, I am more than sure that mine has long since run out but the can is still as good as the day that I bought it. The Practican is designed for outdoor use, the straight handle allows for short reach and the opening in the top for re-filling is an ample size...

Sarahjh1 02.07.2009 · Read review
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One for PMT sufferers, Grrrrrrr

Advantages: stops the pains
Disadvantages: none, some people cannot take it

...I always know when my periods are going to start as my mood changes and I start to snarl and things that I find funny do not amuse me one bit. Then you wait for the Menstruation Cramps and that just about finishes me off. The pain I get is severe in my legs at the back and front and my stomach and poor Mr Bubbles stays well away until a couple of days later until I come back down to earth and resume life as a normal person. I would normally go off and buy, everything I could from the chemist, Ibrufen, Anadin, Beechams, in fact anything but what made me start to look towards alternatives was the fact one day I had gone to buy a large box of tablets and it cost me short of £10. After picking myself up from the floor, I started to find out what the alternatives were. Black Haw goes back to the early 1800s when women could not just...

BUBBLES171 15.03.2004 · 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

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

FREE DVDS

Advantages: up to date dvds, four weeks free hire with 3 dvds at a time,
Disadvantages: see review

...My recent quest for FREE DVD hire I visited and many DVD web sites that offered a free trial. Now call me tight (no that wasn?t an invite), but I like bargains and freebies and am not ashamed to say so. My quest took me to enough sites to hire DVDs for about four months so far (with plenty to come too). My latest free DVD site also happens to be the best I have tried for several reasons (see rest of op); the site in question is Blockbuster.co.uk. Other sites that I have had free rentals from and then cancelled have all been similar, two weeks free trial with two DVD?s per time ? which in effect gives you about four free DVD?s. With Blockbuster?s things are different slightly ? which add a great deal of benefit to us the customer. Firstly, you get FOUR whole weeks free rental, which equates to at double the length of time most...

dabmim 18.06.2004 · Read review
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A Wedding in the Middle of Nowhere

Advantages: Great views
Disadvantages: Overpriced rooms

...My girlfriend and I are currently at that age where many of our friends are taking the plunge and tying the knot. These weddings have been taking place up and down the country and are slowing allowing us to visit places and indeed hotels that we would never have visited otherwise. It was at the second such wedding this year that we travelled to Hawes in the middle of North Yorkshire for the union of two good friends at Simonstone Hall. Built in the 1700's, Simonstone Hall is situated about a mile and a half outside the bustling town of Hawes. Unfortunately, I don't know that much about the history of the building itself but today it is a 20 bedroom, luxury hotel set in a stunning location with views across the hills of Wensleydale. Thanks to it's remote location it comes across as a haven for walkers and those hunting in...

StereoMike1983 24.11.2007 (20.11.2007) · Read review
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Review of Simonstone Hall Country House Hotel, Hawes

DVDs, DIVX, and looks fantastic.

Advantages: DVDs, DIVX, and looks fantastic.
Disadvantages: none

...Before I bought this DVD player Id never really owned a DVD player before. I had however had and still do have a ps2 on which I used to play my DVDs. I never really went and still don’t go on this so much so I was going to sell it and buy a DVD player. In the end I decided to just keep the ps2 and to get a cheaper DVD player than I was looking for in the first place. The main reason why I wanted a new DVD instead of the one in the ps2 was so I could play divx format DVDs on it. The DVD player in a ps2 doesn’t recognise this format and scene as I have several divx movies already on disk and on my laptop to put onto disk then I wanted a DVD player that would recognise and play this format. Another plus to this format is that it saves space on disks as it compresses movies into smaller file sizes without compromising...

techno_man_37 09.02.2008 · Read review
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