the G Scott.'s Review of Acoustic Solutions DVD-421
20th Nov 2002
Overall Rating
- Value for money
price, multi-reg and macrovision cracked easily
Bad Points
picture
General Comments
I boought this from Richer sounds for eighty quid (timed it badly). At first was chuffed. Good picture, good soound but after a few minutes of watching I could see that there was something not right. Where there should've been smooth colour gradients there was staggered effects. When I was watching large dark areas there were huge pixels that seemed unsure of what exact colour they were supposed to be. It was way more distracting than any effects generated by a video so I returned this player to the shop. Smoked jerked across the screen rather than flowed. I did think it may have just been a symptom of such a cheap machine but I took the films I'd been watchiing to my mums house and a sixty quid 'Apex' machine and the picture on that was much better. Richer Sounds didn't have the 421 in stock so they exchanged it for a 451 at no extra charge. There is still some small grainy pixelation but it is reasonably easily ignored. The colour and brightness on the 451 isn't as good as the 421 though. It seems to flatten skin tones to an ugly orangey peach and it seems dull. Still trying to decide whether to keep this one or not.If I had any spare money I'd definitely change it. The most tempting thing though is the Macrovision crack. My TV is old and only has one scart so it is easier for me to play the dvd through the video. (I have tested it 'direct' though, to check it wasn't causing any of the picture problems!!)
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As it?s hooked up to my little 14? portable TV I wasn?t all that worried about picture or sound quality, so I just picked the cheapest one there, the Acoustic Solutions DVD 321 at GBP70.
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As it?s hooked up to my little 14? portable TV I wasn?t all that worried about picture or sound quality, so I just picked the cheapest one there, the Acoustic Solutions DVD 321 at GBP70.
www.caboose.org.uk
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