DVD-Player Reviews

I bought this DVD player about more than year ago, and one year later it is still the best buy that I have seen on the market.

A. The picture quality of movies and DVD's is nothing less than outstanding
B. The mirad of options, from slideshows, to zooming, to memory, wallpapers, screensavers, and the awesome video game like intuitive controller make watching DVD's nothing less than a totally engulfing experience.

C. Some of the new cheaper DVD players pause and skip due to the amount of data on the DVD...this player has never skipped a beat..plus the dual tray comes in handy for those double DVD movies that seem to be released for every hit these days.

If you have a little more money to spend on a quality DVD player, then get this..it accepts all major connections, and when hooked up to a 5.1 surround sound set and a nice TV, you will have no need to go to the theaters!!

ATTENTION: This DVD player is for the serious Home Theatre environment. Upgrading to the world of Widescreen HDTV Progressive Scan.
The GOOD NEWS is we now can enjoy our DVD experience even more, with better clarity (Progressive Scan 480P), color (Color - Stream) and sound (HDCD).
The BAD NEWS is we must decide if we want or can afford this "BIG LEAGUE" world of Progressive Scan?
Here is the BOTTOM LINE, The Toshiba SD-6200 Cinema Series Progressive-Scan DVD Player w/component video, Color Stream Pro & HDCD sound is the player to have for this upgrade!!!!!! The SD-6200 offers the perfect base (foundation) for your HDTV (Widescreen Theatre) System.
NOTE: Progressive Scan must have an originator (SD-6200) and a compatible receiver (HDTV that is Progressive Scan Ready) for the magic to happen.
Toshiba is the Leader in making great DVD players and the greatest for those who are in the HDTV Progressive Scan Mode.
For the NON-PROGRESSIVE SCAN USERS Toshiba makes a great alternative DVD player with Color-Stream Pro and nice capabilities (SD-2150).
Good Luck!

works real well
havent had a single problem yet in 2 months.. its just sad to hear that toshiba is discontinueing the production of it

the only thing i dont like about it.. which u can get used to.. is the remote tv volume controls

after a few uses they get where u gotta push hard to get the volume to change (or at least it seems this way)

In my case I was looking for a DVD player to play Region 2 DVD's on an NTSC TV here in the States. I was surprised when I searched for a multi-region player and this one popped up for $60.00, I figured I couldn't go wrong! Even if the worst thing happened, the player didn't work as I expected and I couldn't get a full refund, it's not like I'm spending hundreds of dollars on a player - so it seemed like a good chance to take.

I was pleasantly surprised when I unpacked this player and hooked it up to my system. The first thing I did was turn it on and put in a disc, just to see if it worked out of the box. It did! The picture looked good - the sound was good!

At this point I went into the set-up menu (what strange colors to use). I set most of the settings to my preferences. I got to the equalizer settings, and although you can adjust them, the treble and bass boost caused the sound to distort. I generally leave the processing to my pre-amp processor, so leaving these off was the best solution for me. I was surprised at all the options available for the price of this player.

Another slight negative, this time about the remote - you have to point the remote directly at the player. If you are off by a little the remote won't work. I thought my remote was faulty until I discovered this.

It performed as expected when playing a region 2 DVD that I had purchased (on my NTSC TV). It does everything that I bought it for!!

This player is an excellent value at $60.00!! If you are looking for a decent multi-region player, without spending a lot of cash, this player is for you!!!

One last note - I received the product very quickly - within 5 business days!

If you are looking for a DVD player to play not only region 1 DVDs (US) but also region 2 (i.e. UK) DVDs in PAL format, this is your man. If you have a TV that only supports US coding (NSTC) this box will read region 2 PAL disks and play 'em on a NSTC TV, cool hu !
Other multi-region DVD players can't do this (as they require you to have a TV that can receive both PAL and NSTC) and the player costs 3 times the price of this beauty ! OK, I'm off to watch series three of The West Wing which was available in the UK about a month ago, well ahead of the US release of season 2.

First of all thanks to he reviewers here who gave me confidence in buying this product. It arrived very well but after unwrapping it I took out a little photocopied sheet saying: Read this first. Setting of region code. Plus a halfway complicated way how to set it with your remote and some hidden menus. I thought: NO. I dont want to set the code everytime I watch a different DVD. I wanted to buy a codefree player!! For a minute or 2 I was a little upset. Until I got to the hidden menu. And it gives you the nice option to select countrycode 0 (from 1 default for US). And thus makes it a nice code free player. Plus in case you ever come accross one of those rare, evil DVDs that refuse to run in codefree players. Then you can always reset it to any other region.
This is a nice, good looking player. Great value. Well yes, Yamakawa did emply a colorblind menu designer while they released this product. So lets hope you will not have to fiddle with the menu a lot. Other than that. All is good.

Whodany

We bought this as a secondary player for our bedroom TV. It's light and easy to use, and has a good picture and sound which is all we care about. We've been using it for about 6 months and have had no problems at all (we've watched at least 30 movies on it). For a simple "pop in and play" DVD player, this unit has easily been worth what we paid for it. It looks like this model has been discontinued and replaced by the MDV411, which I can't speak for.

The Magnavox MP3 DVD Player is just plain wonderful! The picture and sound quality this DVD player has to offer are excellent! This DVD player also has very good durability. It comes with a good DVD remote that has everything you want on it, and it is very easy to use. You can buy good surround sound speakers to go with this product and hook them up to the Magnavox MP3 DVD Player, which is great for any one who wants a good home theater system. The Magnavox MP3 DVD player, unlike other expensive DVD players, is very easy to hook up into any TV that is capable of having a DVD player hooked up on them. It plays all types of DVD Videos, CDs, and even MP3s. The price for the Magnavox MP3 DVD Player is outstanding! For A spectacular DVD player, with wonderful sound and picture quality, the easy to use Magnavox MP3 DVD player was at a very low price..... I recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a great DVD player that is at a very good, and low, price.

I bought this player and it is easy to use with a great picture and easy setup. Didn't realize how lucky I was until I bought OnDVD to make photo CD-Rs of family digital photos and none of our relatives DVD players would play them. We are buying another MDV410SL as a gift for the grandparents!

I bought this recorder a month ago and have recorded 20+ TV shows and a few movies on it. I was a little skeptical about this device at first, as I read many reviews about how DVD recorders seem to eat through DVD discs with mis rights and have other problems. However, this recorder has worked flawlessly so far. I have been recording on cheap Imation DVD-R discs without a problem.

I have recorded in the 2 hour and 4 hour formats. The 4 hour format is actually much better quality than I expected. So much, that I have been recording TV shows (Sopranos, Deadwood, Elmo, etc.) in this mode for later viewing.

I do have two minor dissappointments. 1) the technical specification stated that this unit has both optical and coaxial digital audio outputs. This is not true. It only has an optical digital audio output. This is a problem for me, as I don't have enough optical inputs on my receiver and have a coaxial connection to spare. 2) the recording schedule feature is a bit odd in that it requires you to turn off the recorder to record a scheduled program. This is a bit annoying, as I'd like to watch the event when it comes up. Because of this, I have to wait for the recorder to start recording before I can watch TV through the DVD recorder.

This was a very good thing to get. i just wish that there were 2 of me .it takes along time to get all of my old tapes on DVD. good price but the only thing is that it is too picky about what kinds of blank disc it will record to.you have to be carefull what kinds of blank disc to buy.

Unlike some lesser brandnames, this Panasonic DVD recorder actually works. I've heard that with some other brands, you can get failed burning sessions, which would waste your blank DVD media. Also, since this Panasonic uses the DVD-R ("dash" or "minus" format) instead of DVD+R ("plus" format), the discs you burn are compatible with *more* DVD players. For my money, I'd stick with DVD-R all the way. Also, be sure to get high-quality blank discs for better recording quality and longer shelf lives.

(Ignore the DVD-RAM format. No DVD player I know of except some Panasonic models can read DVD-RAM.)

I'm really happy with the great build quality and great price I got with this model. I didn't need one of those Panasonic models with a built-in hard drive, so I saved money. But if you want TiVo-like capabilities, check out those HD-equipped models.

The best virtue of this Panasonic is it does a great job at what it's supposed to do. I'm sure better models are already in the channel, so I'd say if you can wait a bit longer, wait a bit longer. Otherwise, the Panasonic is your best bet for value, quality, and durability.

I went shopping for a portable DVD player and the store I went to had about 14 different portable DVD players plugged into the same video feed playing The Lord of the Rings DVD. This portable DVD player blew all its competitors out of the water - including the two Panasonic models I came to look at. None of them had a picture that could compare to this one. The colors are rich and the black is as dark as I have ever seen. The sound produced by the external speakers is pretty good too, the movie is sometimes hard to hear in a noisy vehicle so headphones may be required on a road trip. Two headphone jacks are on the side of the unit. I have not experienced any problems with viewing angle when watching a movie with two people with the player inbetween us.

The Toshiba SD-P2600 is by far the best DvD player on the market at under $500(Sug 699.99), It is loaded with features, Progressive Scan, SD/MMC Card Slot, 8.9 inch screen, Remote Control Anti-Skip & Car Cord Adapter, and much much more.... Car Cord Adapter is to short.
It comes with a 3 1/2 Hour battery, but I got 3 hours 50 mins wow! the built in Speakers go louder then most Portable DvD Players, But that is not saying a lot, get some Sennheiser Headphones or Earbugs, and or some Portable Speakers or Pc Speakers like Creative Labs SBS 350 2.1 just plug into one of the 2 Headphone Output Jacks, and you will have a Kick A_S System!

I looked around for about a month before I made my purchase of the Toshiba. There are a lot of players out there but after reading all the reviews and going to the stores to see them work the Toshiba was hands down the best for the money. Samsung was a close second but what I liked was that the picture on the Toshiba was brighter and sharper. The Toshiba also has a better angle so two people can watch a movie together with not having to sit on top of each other. The sound is great and with the head phones on you really could hear the surrond sound. When I was done buying my case , ear phones and airplane adapter it cost me a little more but well worth it. I really can't see why you would want to go any larger and spend more money because they are getting to the point that for a couple hundred more you can get a laptop. You will not be disapointed with this player.

After reading the glowing reviews about this product, I, too, bought this player. Now after only 7 months use, the the DVD player starts and stops, stutters every few seconds. None of my (newly purchased from Amazon) DVDs will now play all the way through without this truly aggravating display.

We had a Sylvania combo VCR/DVD and decided to replace it because was a POS for so many reasons. We researched several combo VCR/DVD units (Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Samsung). Only the Broksonic and the high end (expensive) Sony and JVC were getting good reviews. We have been very pleased with the Broksonic. Plays DVDs that our old DVD player would not. VCR works ok. Sound and video are great. Easy to program VCR. Remote control button layout is a little scattered but ok. MP3 player sounds great. Song titles are shown on TV but there is not enough room for long titles.

I am horrible at buying gifts. Last year I bought my mother a DVD player that she used about 3 times and complained about for the rest of the year because she couldn't work it. This was a perfect choice for her.
This Broksonic DVD/VCR is so easy to use. If you aren't familiar with all those red/yellow/white cables and what to do with them. This one can plug directly into cable ready tv's with a normal tv cable. That was something I didn't think of when buying it. I'd only read the reviews that it worked well. The ease of installation as well as operation makes this perfect for anyone. It is the perfect addition for those that aren't electronic's savvy or just want one unit instead of two.

It's got a good clear picture and easy to read remote and menus.
As someone else mentioned this would be great for your children's dvd's.

For the price it's a good buy. It's a basic system without a lot of the extras the others have but it works well.

The bag is too small. Sure it hold the DVD player and has two side pockets, but it can't hold a typical portable DVD player inventory. With my 7" Audiovox came, 6' power cord, an A/C to D/C converter, an auto power cord, an adapter for the battery pack, S-Video link for a TV, RCA plugs link for older TVs, remote control, and earplug type headphones. I added a better pair of small walkman like headphones. That packed the bag tight. No room for DVDs in their cases. My suggestion is get a small padded Laptop bag. OH YEAH, one other thing, the bag looks like a black leather pocket book.

I have an Audiovox DV-1680 personal DVD player. Its screen is 6.8" an has many, many accessories. Everything fits in this case LIKE A GLOVE. Even 2 DVD movies in one of the side pockets. If you really care about your equipment, this is a must and a bargain for the price.

I bought a portable dvd player to keep my kids entertained in the car. I bought the case logic to store it in to keep an expensive item safe. It is small and lightweight but the padding on it is sufficient to make me feel my dvd player won't get broken. There was a bonus with this that I did not realize. I drive an suv with a console between the 2 front seats. When you strap the dvd into this case for viewing, the flap holds it in place in the console of my suv. That was a bonus as my kids can watch a movie on car trips without me holding it so everyone can see.

After a power fluctuation, my JVC player would only play G-rated movies, even with the parental controls turned off. Found out that the EEPROM needed to be reset and it solved the problem. I haven't had any problems with it where multi-layers is concerned. In fact this is one of the few machines that I haven't had that problem with. Anyone having problems with their machine should see about resetting the EEPROM. Great player otherwise.

EXCELLENT ! BRAVO ! I, too, own this player. The bright blue flourescent digital readout face is visible-friendly.The JVC XV501BK even has the appearance of a high-end DVD player. It also rivals more expensive players with regards to sound and picture quality.The construction of the chasis feels solid. This player, although not a Denon, could still give Sony and Toshiba a run for their players. After comparing it with other players close to or surpassing this model's price range and features, JVC has blasted away some of the competition. The consumer gets more bang for the buck ! Sony is way overpriced...

There are TONS of DVD titles available (minus the StarWars Trilogy or the Indiana Jones Trilogy). In fact, I receive very informative DVD new title release information updates every week from a highly reputable movie video company/retailer over the internet. Also, cost production ,by far, is cheaper and faster for manufacturers than the old VHS standard (more mechanical moving parts). Plus, while you can still record on VHS, you cannot get the outstanding resolution and clarity of dvd in both picture and sound. S-VHS may rival DVD but it doesn't cut it...

As usual, the horror story review below has one grain of fact and the rest is false.

I just bought this player, and the picture quality is nearly perfect, by far better than any in it's price range (if you use the SVideo or Component out) and almost as good the several thousand dollar Sony Reference Player.

As far as not being able to read dual layer discs - that's not true - the player has problems with the movie Cruel Intentions, but that's because of parental lock problems with disc, and has nothing to do with the laser. Sad, but true. That movie is being recalled for that reason. Should you try to play this movie you'll have to 'hard reset the player' - to find out how to do that call JVC - not enough room to write it here.

Don't let the problems with one lackluster DVD (which is going to be reissued anyway) prevent you from considering this player - most DVD players have some issues with some discs or amplifiers or lip-sync problems, etc. Knowing the issues with a player beforehand is better than just assumming your DVD player has no issues and is perfect.

Usenet groups are a great source of information. If you hear a horror story about a product, always go there and voice your concerns, you'll most likely find what's really going on. Trying to squeeze useful information from an electronics 'superstore' sales person is pointless - they can point out the store's restroom and are pretty useless after that.

The only thing I wish this player had that it doesn't is a K2 Interface to reduce jitter. Only the 7xx series has it - but it's a pretty high end feature. You'll really like this player and the remote is awesome.

Don't worry - the problems are because the 'Cruel Intentions' DVD this player has problems with are not to specifications, this DVD player is great.

Pioneer has outdone itself in the audio arena, as this unit flawlessly plays CD and CD-R discs (even with blemishes) better than any CD or laserdisc player I've owned. Frankly, the 3-disk tray has only been used for music since I made the purchase 10 months ago. Unfortunately, the DVD player's abilities do not rate as highly with regard to video. First is the loud, obnoxious POP! and black screen that occurs during layer switching on the DVD. Second, rented DVD's have never played "clean" from start to finish, often being interrupted with what looks like old-fashioned vertical hold problems. At first I thought this was typical, but friends do not have the same problems. Even on newly purchased DVD's the player can produce a loud POP! and skip a few frames when a new chapter switches in. Outstanding features, but a disappointing end to a promising, diverse player.

This was the first and(aside from a playstation 2) the only DVD player I have purchesed so I can not make any comperisons to other DVD player systems, but I can say that this is a very good quality DVD player system that I highly suggest you buy, unless what your looking for is a DVD player with the compasity to hold more than just three disks.

I made one mistake after bought this DVD player and that was trying to hook this up to a T.V. a little over ten years old. If you have a T.V. about that old don't try to hook this DVD player up to it, because the sound won't work right.

I recently purchased this DVD-changer, and I'm thrilled with it. There are more than enough features to keep you busy, and it's a very good looking unit. But what's most important here is that the video and audio are INCREDIBLE! Really, you can't go wrong, especially for the price. The remote isn't any worse than most out there these days. Unless you spend big $$$, they always give you a cheap remote. But I'm notoriously picky about video equipment, and the Pioneer has exceeded my expectations.

Brief highlights include: Built-in digital decoder with outputs for coax and optical, as well as six analog outs. Component, s-video, and composite video outputs. User-friendly menu system with graphical on-screen interface. Picture adjustment for regular, cinema, or animation (cinema is stunning). Beautiful color and clarity. Fast access to layer-switches, and scene changes. Onboard memory for retaining setup options of 15 DVDs (very handy), and the unit will remember where you stopped viewing up to 5 discs if you can't finish a movie.

The only thing missing is a zoom feature, but believe me, you'll never miss it.

All in all, a superb player. If you're looking to get into DVD and would like to preserve some rack space, toss your CD-changer out the window and buy this thing!

This time at least I also received function along with the style. I love this litte DVD player. It travels great, hooks up easily and tne only problem I had with setup involved an antiquated (early 90's) receiver. The small footprint makes it perfect for a bedroom or kitchen set up with a nice CRT tuner.

Why buy a plain silver box when you can have this little item? Just get used to the phrase: "*That's* your DVD player?!"
The functionality is just right for someone who isn't planning their living room around a gigantic home theatre. It plays DVDs and it plays them well. The CD player function is also good for people like me who don't necessarily have the space for a stereo as well as an AV setup. The slideshow feature for photo CDs has come in handy, too.
I have yet to run into the problem some people have had with SVCDs, but then again, this is not really an advanced machine. It does what it does, and it does it well. I rate it high because for someone like me, limited on space and with no need for supertechnology from my DVD player, it's perfect.

Easily the best simple DVD player I've ever had, and no problems with any type of disc I put in it.

One earlier review complains that it's "sold as a portable, but it really isn't" etc. This seems to be the main complaint there. But it's NOT sold as a portable, it's advertised as being "transportable." No, you can't watch a thing sitting in the car or the bus or the train. But if you want to bring it with you on a trip and watch something in a hotel or a friend's house (assuming they don't have a player themselves), then it's pretty good. Small, compact, no muss, no fuss. (Clearly, some people need to read more carefully...or look at the picture...)