LG DVD 5253 Review

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alan.'s Review of LG DVD 5253

4th Dec 2002

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Excellent dvd player for the money.


Bad Points

No bad points, not as far as i am aware of.


General Comments

i originally went out and bought the Dansai 955 but i wasn't happy with the picture - i found it to be blurry and the sound seemed to be dull through my Marantz sr6200 amplifier - so i took it back to Tesco's and went to Curry's and bought an LG DVD 5253 dvd player and i must say the picture and sound quality is a lot better than the Dansai. Even when i play my music cd's on it the sound is good. Currys are now selling them for £89 with 3 free dvd titles...and i have hacked it to become multiregion. So there you have it. Thats my opinon....

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  • Spartakus. on 11th Dec 2002

    Thinking of buying a LG5253..thanks for the review.

  • Deno. on 14th Dec 2002

    Can you let me know the hack codes to multiregion player. Does it play CDR, VCD & Mp3

  • Andy. on 17th Dec 2002

    This is about the only review of this player on the net. 'What Hifi' seem to like the player too - and as it's only 360mm wide, it will fit on top of the VCR. According to the LG site (www.lge.co.uk) it doesn't play VCD (but can be hacked to do so apparently), but it should handly CDR's and MP3's out of the box. Here's hoping I can find one in time for Christmas.

  • MarkyD. on 28th Dec 2002

    Top DVD player for the price!! Better than a lot of other cheap models plus if you have an LG tele(I do) you get a remote that works both and other funky features all in all can't go wrong for 89 quid. Top picture and performance

  • Bald Eagle. on 31st Dec 2002

    Having just bought a LG DVD Home Cinema system it is useful to get supporting views on the quality of video and audio. System purchased was DA-3520, with tuner, amp and dvd in one slim box, plus normal speakers. Price from Currys was £199.99 in Xmas sale. Useful to know how to make it multi-region. Advice please.

  • Rumour. on 6th Jan 2003

    Multi region and VCD http://www.area450.co.uk/lg5083hack.htm http://pub59.ezboard.com/fchoosefirstfrm18.showMessage?topicID=8.topic

  • thijs. on 2nd Feb 2003

    This region hack works perfectly!

  • jl. on 7th Feb 2003

    I've found the hack to have a colour problem with region 1 discs. I get a swap to b/w after inserting the region 1 disk, and the movie has all the colour mixed up (red seems to be blue etc) - but it plays ok as black and white - menu works, etc - any ideas? - the hack seems fine with region 2 disks, (default) - bought in uk LG5253 from curries Jan '03

  • al. on 10th Feb 2003

    What hack are you refering too..colour change? Where did you get this hack from?

  • Jamiejinx. on 11th Apr 2003

    This colour problem could be because your Tv doesn't convert to NTSC rather than the normal PAL. Region 1 disks will generally all be NTSC. Try it on a newer TV and you'll see if thats the problem.

  • §corps™. on 18th Jun 2003

    Hi,

    I have an LG TV, Video and dvd player bought as a package deal . The dvd player is a LG 5253 i have done a hack to play vcd's and it works fine, am wondering if there is a hack for this player to enable dvd-r to play on it as well? many thanks

    §corps

  • sizzles. on 3rd Jul 2003

    Good review. The only problem I find with mine is colour reception which I can't seem to find a way to change. My TV is new so that cna't be the problem but all the films I play through the DVD seem to have a distinct greenish tinge. Any helpful comments or instructions would be gratefully received.