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Schneider DVD 857
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19 Reviews For Schneider DVD 857

  • Guest 8th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Schneider DVD 857 plays just about any thing had it over a year never had to be repaired once. good DVD player with 5.1 sound although spare parts hard to find..

  • blackestknight Rank: Lance Corporal 15th Jun 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I think the Schneider DVD 857 DVD player is pretty good but i have had it a while now and it is starting to reject discs I have made.
    DVD + RW it generally doesnt have a problem with and usually DVD- are ok.
    Recently though It has started refusing to play DVD-disks I have burnt same project on a dvd+ RW and it worked ok first time tried it two days later it wouldnt play opened and closed the player it loaded fine.

    What is with this player ?
    I have tested the discs on other dvd players a ...

  • rburgess2003 Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 15th Feb 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    what can you say £49 for the Schneider DVD 857 which is a great DVD player well done asda this has got to be the best make player out there ,cant wait for a dvd recorder now come on asda.

  • Mooncalf Rank: Corporal 4th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    This Schneider dvd 857 player seems to be able to handle all formats of payback, including Jpeg. Music playback is pretty good, brighter than the(admittedly quite old) CD player it replaces.

    Lots of options to enhance playback of DVD's, and looks OK too. Remote multi region hack (well documented elsewhere) accepted no problem. Biggest gripe is the remote, which is not very intuitively laid out and cluttered. Otherwise, I am well chuffed.

  • Technofrog. 22nd Aug 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Yet again I have to heap prase on Schneider for the 857.
    Multi region using the 1,3,6,9 codes.

    If you want a good value deck forget the rest buy this baby.

  • Tony 6th Aug 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I purchased the Schneider DVD 857 from Asda and Couldn't believe that the price had been reduced to £37.99. It plays everything, once in the cabinet it looks expensive, came complete with all leads possible, and 3 year warrenty. I need some more discs to test fully, but first impressions are excellent.

  • S Reid. 16th Jun 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I paid £250 for my last DVD player and when the broke down last week I decided to take a chance and get low price player. Only had this a week but so far I am really impressed. Its handled evrything I've thrown at it so far (Region 1 DVDs, VCDs, Audio CDs, and MP3s). The picture and sound quality is great for the price paid (£59 from Asda).

  • Nige. 7th Jun 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Been looking for a little while now for a replacement DVD for my Samsung 709. Looked at many around the £100 mark without any improvemnt on my old machine, infact many were worse. Saw this machine in Asda reduced to £58!!! took it home, plugged it in. It plays everything I want it to play very, very well, with a better picture and sound than I am used too. I've got the full 5.1 set up which runs very well. Don't just sit there go and get one...infact for the money get two.

  • chewyshaun. 18th Feb 2003

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Dont get me wrong its a great little machine for the price, it played bulkpaq dvd are fine but I couldn't get it to play any VCD XVCD SVCD or XSVCD flawlessly, it would always distort the movie about 40 mins through. I used 6 or 7 different brands of media and datasafe blue turned out the better result, its now back on the asda shelf and I am awaiting my Kiiro 838d.

  • Vicar. 1st Feb 2003

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Fantastic machine, if the S-Video output worked. Tried to get Asda to reduce the price as they are selling faulty machines - but they wouldn't. Didn't withdraw them from sale either. You can buy the Umax DVD2100 which has all same features but works (!) for £64.99 saving £25. In light of this I returned the Schneider and bought the Umax from Silicon Group. Have also seen the Umax for £75. It's a better buy for a fully workling machine, and cheaper! Sorry Schneider, but good eff ...

  • Steve. 12th Jan 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I bought mine for £89 at Asda. I have played multiregion DVDs, VDS, CDR, MP3, AVIs, JPEG images.
    It's great value for £89.

  • maz. 4th Jan 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I cannot fault this player . Have played vcds and also cds with picture formats and mp3s sound very well. Was £90 when bought in August, might have gone down since. There are some hacks for it region etc. But havent tried them as yet.

  • tooney. 28th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Schneider dvd 857 is a good machine

  • vdub. 19th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good value for money, and 3 year guarantee from Asda. And now Region hacked so I can buy cheap DVD's from Oz

  • Jamie. 15th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I've just purchased the Schneider DVD-857, a pure bargain at under £90. It plays everything I want it to play, and the two lights at the front make the unit look attractive. For the price I payed and the way it looks, you'd think it was an expensive model. I'm very happy with my purchase, and I believe that anyone who is purchasing a DVD player should try out this model. As I said, it plays everything!!

  • Alistair. 13th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Looks better in the cabinet than on the shelf, so that was a plus. I had difficulty with my Philips 623 playing certain VCD's, so took half a dozen assorted VCD's and MP3 disks into Asda and had a play with the display model. Everything played faultlessly.
    Add budget priced (excellent quality) Videologic 5.1 surround sound speakers at £80 from Argos, and you have a very nice home theatre system for £170.

  • Expert. 7th Dec 2002

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Good all round player

  • Magicom. 11th Sep 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I've stuck with my Sony 336 DVD player for over 2 years cos it looks great but don't play anything! (well it could just about manage VCDs if I used PRINCO CDRs!!) I was gonna get the cheaper Schneider 750 but stumbled upon this great website and was put off it due to them being restricted now.

    So I got the Schneider 857 DVD player. While not as stylish as the Sony 336, it's still a good looking unit and the 2 blue lights either side of the disk tray set if off well... but does it work?
    well ...

  • davey. Rank: Lance Corporal 17th Aug 2002

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Schneider dvd 857 DVD player is very good for only £99. Plays vcd's well, also good that it has dts. But only plays r2 dvd cannot find hack that works, so can anyone help!!!