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7- Schneider DVD 856 Reviews

  • Full review by
    Gambit.
    on 8th Mar 2003


    User Rating : 9
    Respect : 0

    Good Points: Plays VCD's, CD's, CDR's, CDRW's, CDG (karaoke things) and more Easily made multi region Cheap Good Looking (mine dont look like the pic on this site tho?)

    Bad Points: Control is badly set out

    General comments: I got the 856 after takig back a Bush DVD player because it went mad saying everything was the wrong region My good points list pretty much covers it all really theres no disk (that fits in the drive) that this machine wont play and mine was only £65 its just an excellent machine. I have no problems so far with image or sound quality and i'm even getting multiregion DVD's soon which it will play using the region code
    Gambit's review and ratings     | 110 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    slayer788.
    on 13th Nov 2002


    User Rating : 6
    Respect : 0

    The Schneider Dvd856 is value for money and runs smoothly
    slayer788's full review     | 43 words

  • Review by
    Happy Owner.
    on 22nd Jul 2002


    User Rating : 8
    Respect : +1

    I bought this Schneider dvd856 DVD player because my Tosh won't play CDR's, I have watched Region 1 & 2 DVD's, DVDR's, VCD, SVCD, and MP3's all worked fine. Not quite sure how the Karaoke feature is supposed to work, I borrowed a CD+G which played the music, but no graphics on screen.
    Happy Owner's full review     | 64 words

  • Review by
    Juddy.
    on 6th Jun 2002


    User Rating : 9
    Respect : +2

    I was looking for a cheap player as a present that would play anything I threw at it and with the Schneider DVD 856 I have found it. The picture was spot on and the audio damn good as well. I'm not one of these who connects 40 speakers to a DVD player, I want a machine that will play discs on my TV, I'm not bothered if it doesn't make the tea and mow the lawn, I have a girlfriend for that. Summary, 99 quid for a very good machine, looks pretty nice too.
    Juddy's full review     | 125 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    Keith M.
    on 23rd May 2002


    User Rating : 1
    Respect : +2

    I had one of these Schneider DVD856 DVD players which was great but it wouldn't play some dvd's so I exchanged it. The exchange unit had a different startup screen so I presume different firmware: I've now had three of these units all with the same problems. Major problem: when navigating back to the root menu these players can lockup and you have to eject the disc. The zoom goes into slow motion so you can't watch a widescreen film slightly zoomed in, instead of pan and scan. The audio outp ...
    Keith M's full review     | 233 words | 5 comments added.

  • Review by
    carl.
    on 14th May 2002


    User Rating : 7
    Respect : +2

    I thought I'd give this Schneider dvd856 DVD player a try as it was well spec'd and the only one in Asda's. It's well built and region select is via the "8421" method (no macrovision hack). Picture quality seems good with no visible pixelation. VCD performance is also good. On the downside, the major gripe is that the sound level output (regardless of setting) is a lot lower than broadcast. So unless you've got a clever tv to compensate for this it's *very* annoying. Also it got stuck during the ...
    carl's full review     | 177 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    Foln. Rank: Lance Corporal
    on 31st Mar 2002


    User Rating : 2
    Respect : +1

    A new DVD player at Asda for £99, the schneider dvd856 looked well spec'd, with plenty of outputs and MP3 support (and DTS support too). Picture was rock solid and showed no artifacts or pixelation etc. Sound was nice too (the 3D effect only works for audio CDs) and it even played the Creed VCD no problem. But... Playing Die Hard 1 and 2 and the Die Hard 2 extras disc all resulted in the player locking up and reverting to standby (after around 4 to 10 minutes). Would also lock up at the ...
    Foln's full review     | 274 words | 1 comment added.


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