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Alba DVD45
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Average Ratings for Alba DVD45

  • Image Quality3.3 stars
  • Sound Quality2.7 stars
  • Features1.5 stars
  • Ease of Use2 stars
  • Value for Money1 stars
  • Overall rating1.1 stars

6 Reviews For Alba DVD45

  • barry373 23rd Mar 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Good Points: Hard to think of any.


    Bad Points: Unable to play VCD, or DVD-R, changed their customer number to an 0870... causing added expense!


    General comments: VCD's will not play, and neither will DVD-R. Discs that do play are 'stuttery' and mainly unwatchable.
    When I tried to contact Alba, on their 'customer service' number a terse recorded voice tells me to hang up and dial an 0870 number instead. As these numbers are premium rate (in all but name - the biggest con in telecoms) I will bin the DVD player and buy another make.
    Steer clear of Alba.

  • Kilty Rank: Corporal 30th Dec 2004

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    Bought an Alba DVD45 as a Christmas present last year out of Argos because of the price. As soon as I used it I could tell I would not like this DVD player, the tray took a long time to eject and I thought this was a bit wierd but just part of the players function. It played retail DVDs quite well for its lifespan, but struggled with most DVDR media and I do not like the fact it did not play VCDs. After one year and one week of use it broke down, it now gives "Incorrect Disc Format" error with a ...

  • emilabey 18th Sep 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Bought 1 of these DVD 45S in January worked fine -- for six days then started to lock up, jump to different places on the film, come up with wrong DVD format (on disks that previously played OK) right oh bought from Argos so took it back for replacement. Everything work great for 6 months then suddenly same thing again locking, jumping etc.
    Spoke to Argos about another replacement and was told "We'll have to look at it" What does that mean? we might change it if we fell like it?
    I supose the s ...

  • matzu Rank: Lance Corporal 27th Jan 2004

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    If (like me) your budget doesn't stretch to a full on surround sound home cinema system, you might be tempted to get one of these cheap Alba DVD 45 dvd players from Argos or such like.

    Fair play, I did. But, when does paying 'only' £30 for something mean you have to get something rubbish? I bought this a few days ago, first there were no leads so I had to go back and fork out a fiver on a scart lead. No worries, still only £35 spent, lets plug it in and...! oh. Incorrect Disc Fo ...

  • wormy Rank: Lance Corporal 10th Jan 2004

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    The Alba DVD 45 wont play no dvds and dunno what to do about it. error message wrong dvd format! taking it back this weekend as the box was open and is it suppossed to have like a red colour?

  • Lotusmark2 Rank: Lance Corporal 31st Dec 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Ok let me start by saying ALBA DVD 45........WHAT!!!!
    I would never of thought that I would be putting finger to keypad in order to praise an Alba product but here goes.
    I was after a cheap and cheerful DVD as a second unit for the bedroom so all the big brands were out as I set a max budget of £60.
    I have a 2 year old Samsung 511 as my main unit and playing the Alba back to back with the Samsung the colours are more vivid a deep on the Alba.
    Function wise, ok the Alba only has the bas ...