The Yamada Family Chronicles

Advantages: Beautifully animated, entertaining and amusing in places
Disadvantages: Slightly too long - perhaps not to everyone's taste

...at children. Whilst it's easy to considered and dismiss them purely as 'cartoons', they often have great depth and appeal that goes beyond age and as such can be enjoyed by whole family's, children, or even just adults who enjoy "good drawings". 'My Neighbours The Yamadas' is a stylistic move away from the animation usually associated with Studio Ghibli. According to the blurb on the back of the DVD, writer-director Isao Takahata used "?digital production to create the feel of a moving watercolour sketch." The movie is about the lives of the Yamada family, which consists of the mother and father Matsuko and Takashi, their young son and daughter, as well as Matsuko's live-in mother. In some ways, the movie is also a move away from the typical Studio Ghibli style of story telling. Rather than being one long plot, the movie is more a series...

BlueMidget 09.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of My Neighbours The Yamadas (Animated) (DVD)

Sometimes small is beautiful with DVD players

Advantages: Size, price, performance, quality
Disadvantages: little green light

...I have just gone out to buy this DVD player. I needed one just to use in the bedroom so didnt want to spend loads of money on it. I spoke to a friend who recommended the Yamada 2600 dvd player, he said he had purchased one over a year ago and was well pleased with his. I had purchased a cheapy player from Asda (pacific model) not too long back but the picture kept breaking up because the disk kept sticking. This is a common fault with cheap players, the mechanism is just no good and its filled with cheap components. Anyway Asda gave me my money back with their no quibble guarantee and so I went to buy this player from Richer Sounds where I spend most of my time and money these days!!!!. I could not believe the technical specifications - - Multi-region dvd player - Dolby Digital & DTS SPDIF Digital out - Dolby Down-Mix dual...

stelladrinker 14.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Yamada DVD 2600

DVD player for girls with a passion for fashion

Advantages: remote, nice design, portable
Disadvantages: battery pack is a bit bulky

...I am sure anyone with a similar aged daughter to mine (9 on Sunday) will have had exactly the same situation as me last Christmas. My daughter came to me with an Argos book in one hand and one hell of a shopping list in the other! When we added it all up, it came to about £700 (and she's good at maths so I think she was pushing things a little there!). We whittled it down a bit (!) and it still left her spoilt rotten. Now, I had really good intentions to stick at that list... but it didn't happen! Most of you will have seen the many Argos adverts prior to Christmas with the half price offers. I caught the end of one and saw this Bratz portable DVD player in the pile of toys shown on the advert so went online for a look. I had been considering buying it since my friend bought it her daughter for a birthday present and told me...

lizngaz 14.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bratz Portable DVD Player

  DVD Player that can play DivX .avi files and more!

Advantages: Plays DivX AVI and MPEG files, Supports lots of formats, Looks good, Karaoke,
Disadvantages: DivX 3.11, 4.02 plays slightly slanted, cheap plasticy remote, Doesn't play some NTSC encoded files

...I've wanted a DVD player that was capable of playing DivX files for a while because of all my anime and por...errr....other video files..., but the players cost more than normal DVD players so resisted for a while. I've seen brands such as KISS and Yamada but later came across this DK Digital DVD-500 DivX DVD player after the prices have dropped. It only cost £41.98 (61.52 Euros) from SVP Communications (AKA Blank Disc Shop). -= The Player =- The player looks sleek with a black and silver design. Black at the front with silver at the top and bottom curving in towards each other at the middle, which I think looks really good. The player itself looks quite durable and the tray isn't flimsy like some I've seen. The LCD display shows the numbers in green and other details such as TRK, DVD, etc in red. I think it's very easy to read...

Deru 01.10.2005 (08.11.2005) · Read review
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Yamada DVX-6700

Advantages: It plays EVERYTHING
Disadvantages: Cheap construction

...My Christmas present to myself this year was the ?Yamada-DVX-6700? ? which looks like a DVD player, works rather like a DVD player but offers a special something extra - this unit not only plays DVDs but many other digital formats too. The device cost me ~£55 ? to make it price comparable with other DVD players? It replaces a CyberHome ?CH DVD 400? which only plays bone-fide DVDs ? and cost the same 18 months ago. The build quality of the Yamada is best described as ?cheap? ? but? don?t get me wrong ? it looks OK next to the TV ? only if you look closely is it obvious that every component has been made to the tightest of budgets ? everything from the flimsy eject-tray to the front-panel plastic buttons and cheesy digital display which might have looked modern in the 1980s. To criticise the unit on aesthetics, however, is to...

bristol_steve 16.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamada DVX 6700

One for the DVD Player

Advantages: A different take on a musician on the road, amusing and touching
Disadvantages: None!

.... The DVD also includes some public access TV footage Pickard shot in 1991, an interview with Chris Difford dating from 2002 and an audio commentary from Tilbrook. This review has previously been published by me on dooyoo under the same user name...

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Review of Glenn Tilbrook - One For The Road (DVD)

DVD's a Plenty!!!

Advantages: cheap, compact, great bargain
Disadvantages: none

...Woolworth?s Worth It DVD Player Well having completely given up on our Liteon DVD recorder which cost us a fair bit of money but was totally useless at recording anything let alone simply playing a DVD with ease we decided to get a new DVD player. It is usually me that buys these sorts of things and then I have to get my boyfriend to give me half the money. He doesn?t often like spending money without a lot of thought so we end up never really getting anything when he does the shopping!! However imagine my surprise when he walks through the front door holding a Woolworth?s bag containing a brand new DVD player, I really couldn?t believe my eyes! This DVD player from Woolworth?s only cost £19.99 pence and that I think is a total bargain. Looking in the Argos catalogue the cheaper ones in the book pretty much start...

newby2 05.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Woolworths DVD Player

DVD player with a bad stutter

Advantages: Upconversion to 1080i, HDMI, DIVX Playback
Disadvantages: Not very Durable, Both my players have broken

...A great DVD player with Upconversion to 780p/1080i, HDMI and component video outputs as well as DIVX playback. Pity that it will only play for 60minutes before playback grinds to a halt. I bought this player as I've not long upgraded to a HDTV. I was noticing a bit of picture derogation using my old player (connected via SCART) and decided it was time to upgrade. I was not happy buying a Blue ray or HD DVD player until for format war has finished, so i was looking for a player with HDMI output. As soon as I saw the SD-5000 I was impressed with the slim design and the front of the player has a great finish and I knew it would look good underneath my TV. Once connected to my TV via the HDMI ( note no HDMI cable was included with the player I felt a little disappointed with this) The picture was improved instantly and there was...

harry1511 07.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Toshiba Toshiba SD-5000 DVD Player

YAMADA DVX 6600

Advantages: cheap and plays 99% movie format
Disadvantages: nothing

...I bought my Yamada DVX 6600 last year at around £70, this was when DVX dvd players were starting to be used. I'm sorry but i cannot remember where i purchased my player from but it was from a online shop off the net, so i guess they are easy to find. Well, what can't the Yamada play?? i don't know because my Yamada can play everything ive tried, from dvd's, vcd's, jpegs, wma, xvid, dvx. The Yamada is supposed to play 99% of movie fromats but up to now mine has played 100%. The Yamada is a stylish silver unit that is slim and easy to function, and has the caperbility to play 5.1 surround sound, with the correct speakers of course. Comes with a remote control that you can change various functions such as PAL, NTSC, screen size, volume control etc. ITs easy to install just basically plug a scart lead into the unit and into your tv...

silkyuk9 14.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Yamada DVX 6600

A Stunning DVD Player

Advantages: Plays Almost Everything, Quiet Operation, Great value
Disadvantages: Slightly poor build quality, but just treat it nicely!

...machine is fantastic!!! I have never had a problem with it, i seriously recommend this dvd player, and i've used it daily for about 4 months now. There is a great forum available on the internet called My-Yamada which has loads of helpful stuff about the player, Now go and buy one!!!!!...

SuperJuan 15.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamada DVX 6700