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| Value for Money | 10/10 |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 9/10 |
Full review by
Mark_L.
on 19th Oct 2002
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+11
Good Points: Picture, sound, MP3, built-in DD5.1 decoder, styling, CD-R/RW compatible, navigation controls on player, NTSC-to-PAL 50 conversion.
Bad Points: Not much: disc tray a bit noisy; loses the Toshiba 210's Time Search function for Video-CD, although it works for DVD.
General comments: This is my first review, so apologies if I miss something, and I haven't tested half the features so far.
I got this Toshiba SD-420E DVD player from the above site as they offer it as a multi-region player, and also as an option you can buy it 'VCR-friendly' (i.e. Macrovision defeat).
I went for the latter option, at £219 including carriage, to be able to record Region 1 or Region 0 discs to tape. It works well in this respect and gives me back a sorely missed feature from the Samsung 709.
What I've tried: playback/recording of Region 2, Region 1; Video-CD on CD-R and CD-RW discs.
I haven't tried MP3 playback, Audio CD playback, or the built-in DD5.1 decoder yet; if I get a chance I'll add comments to this review as I test these features.
Overall, I'd say this is a great player, with no compromises on quality to obtain the features I wanted in one player. It has fun features like the Blade Runner-esque picture zoom, a built-in DD5.1 decoder, great picture and sound, and thanks to DVD Magic, Multi-region and VCR-Friendly. I'd say, get one.
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