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Acoustic Solutions DVD-421
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  • Value for Money4.8 stars
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  • Overall Rating3.7 stars

13 Reviews For Acoustic Solutions DVD-421

  • gazzario 26th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Multi Region
    Small unit
    Plays MP3's
    Macovision hackable
    Damn cheap!


    Bad Points: Not great build quality
    Bad remote response


    General comments: The DVD421 is quite simply a little gem of a machine for the price, I purchased it for £54.99 from Richer Sounds. I was fairly impressed with the picture quality through an S-Video lead, but the 'normal' setting through a Scart lead wasn't all that good at all. If you have an S-Video socket on your TV then you'll be fine with this unit. Whilst the picture isn't as good as my old Toshiba SD2109 you can't really complain considering the price.

    Sound isn't too bad at all and compared favourably with my Toshiba model.

    You won't believe the size of unit itself! It's tiny and makes my Toshiba look like a behemoth! It sits quite snugly on top of my Sky digibox.

    The remote control response isn't too hot however. You have to make sure that you point the remote directly at the IR sensor on the 421 to get it to respond. It is annoying, but I can certainly live with it. You do have to be quite heavy handed with the buttons on the main unit too.

    So - if you don't have much money to spend on a DVD player (and you have an S-Video socket on your TV) this could be the baby for you!

  • George. 17th Apr 2003

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    The A S 421 is excellent value for money..........but, mine only lasted 2 months and then took on a life of its own.
    Sometimes it refused to recognise the dvd or anything else for that matter.
    Sometimes it played fine and then just stopped and refused to start again.
    Other times it became jerky or blocky.
    I have today returned/exchanged the unit at Richer sounds.
    They were helpful with no arguement and hopefully I can be up and running within the next few minutes.
    Overall: Whatever you buy ...

  • Alan. 29th Jan 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Other reviewers have commented on the box being light and panel buttons needing a hard push, but I've no problems here - considering the small size, it's heavy enough to stay put, especially with a Digibox on top.
    The remote control does have a narrow angle of operation - you need to be within about 30 degrees of the IR receiver window. The remote allows control of the line out volume, so if you're connecting to an amplifier, you get remote volume control. However the volume level is quite low ...

  • Ourlad. 29th Nov 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    So far so good - bought mine last week from Richer for £69 and it plays everything I want (even though the muppet from Richer said it would not play VCD in order for me to buy a more expensive model) with the hack codes, see
    http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/full/Acoustic421.asp
    Like the quality of sound and picture - Lord of the Rings was amazing.
    Not had any probs from the remote yet like other reviewers.

  • the G Scott. 20th Nov 2002

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    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 ...

  • stretchmonkey. 14th Nov 2002

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    I originally had an Alba 108 purchased from Argos, but I wasn't happy when it turned out that it couldn't play VCDs, despite the picture on the back of the catalogue that featured a version of the model that could. I found out about the hack from this site, but found it too annoying and unreliable, plus I also found out from this site that there were various models of DVD player around that could be hacked to disable the macrovision. I had been looking into the possibility of buying an expensive ...

  • Matt Jones. 21st Aug 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I purchased this Acoustic Solutions DVD 421 DVD player from Richer Sounds in Plymouth. I was surprised at the small footprint of the unit. Having set it up, I tested it with both audio CDs and DVD films. Picture quality with the DVDs is impressive, even when zoomed in. Some older music CDs seem to have a slight static hiss, but for the money, you can't argue! The problems I have found with this unit are the narrow pickup angle and poor response from the remote control, and you have to be 'heavy ...

  • mat. 27th Jul 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    The performance of this Acoustic Solutions DVD 421 DVD player is very good. Sound is punchy and crisp, but can be a little hard with vocals, especially with 'sh' and 'ch' sounds (I'm comparing to my Marantz 6000OSE though). The only problems I found with it is the pausing for a second in the middle of a film, and with some cds I have it is noisy and vibrates a lot, mostly on the first track. The former appears to be a software problem, the latter is cured by putting a big weight on top of it :-) ...

  • KwiK. 26th Jul 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    After having an LG 2880, I decided i wanted to go multi-region after seeing this Acoustic Solutions DVD 421 DVd player in Richer Sounds. So I went down to buy and when i got home unpackaged this and sat down comparing the size of the 421 to the 2880 for 5 minutes! This player is tiny!

    Set it up and put in Final Destination to test it and was greeted by a better picture and audio then my previous player. No problems such as layer changing glitch as well (which was noticeable on my old player). ...

  • Garch. Rank: Lance Corporal 24th Jul 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I just bought this Acoustic Solutions DVD 421 DVd player from Richer Sounds at London Bridge (www.richersounds.co.uk) for £69.95. This unit is so compact that the box that it came in is as big as some of the DVD players that I've seen!

    On opening the box it comes with manual and remote plus batteries but no connections, although for the price you can't really quibble about. 40x30x5cm thick it's one of the smallest DVD players around, setting up was easy having that it had a number of d ...

  • . 21st Jul 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Okay, like many others here the Acoustic Solutions DVD 421 DVD player is my first foray into DVD players and I like it so far. I don't have the money to buy a Sony or Pioneer and I'm not really into Home Cinema, plain old stereo suits me fine.

    This is unashamedly a budget system, multi-region at less than £70, can't be bad.

    Especially if you realize that this machine can EASILY be configured to turn Macrovision off and therefore for those who want it provides the ability to copy from ...

  • Impressed. 11th Jun 2002

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The DVD 421 DVD player from Acoustic Solutions is simply excellent value. Haven't had any distortion and plays all the formats I need.

  • AJGB. Rank: Lance Corporal 5th Jun 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    The DVD 421 DVD player from Acoustic Solutions looks great - shiny and silver. Much smaller than your normal box. Have noticed a slight cracking sound on two occasions in the digital sound, though could be my cables.