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| Value for Money | 8.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 7.5/10 |
Full review by
dogist
on 20th Feb 2007
User Rating : 9
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Good Points: Picture good Excellent sound
Bad Points: Some noise on DVD replay
General comments: You can connect this cheap DVD to several thousand pounds worth of amplification (krell/bryston) and I assure you it will not disgrace itself, imaging, bass, treble and midrange all excellent and as good or perhaps a little sharper sounding than my old micro mega stage 2 dedicated (1994CD player).
Sound is excellent in my opinion.
I also have a pioneer dvd717 £400 pounds and the sound is disappointing/boring.
dogist's review and ratings | 77 words
Review by
Yaaz
on 30th Dec 2003
User Rating : 6
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Overall fantastic 5.1 player for its time, mine is still going strong after an internal clean, the whole drive mechanism can be removed and cleaned , remote is cheap and black, silver would have been nice, bit on the large side. 5 stars due lack of support from the makers, do the player justice buy a 5.1 speaker set to realise the full potiential. Yaaz
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Review by
mriceman1974
on 24th Nov 2003
User Rating : 9
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I bought my Acoustic Solutions DVD551 in feb 2003 for £119.00 from Richer Sounds and it now sells for £49!
Within Couple of months noticed picture going "Blocky" with the picture turning into liitle squares and pausing, then in October had to have it replaced for new unit from Richer Sounds - they replaced it straight away without argument - which may or may not indicate a fault problem they know about.
Picture quality is fine but sound is a little low.
It's definately worth ...
mriceman1974's full review | 103 words
Review by
Moz.
on 28th May 2003
User Rating : 4
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I suspect if you wedged an LP in an AS551 DVD player, it would have a go at playing it. It has a wide variety of play modes for a small budget.
However, the remote control was designed by monkeys, and the worst thing about it is the tremendous amount of heat it generates if used for more than about half a movie. This is, I suspect, what causes the enormous pauses and occasional outright failures in the player. I was trying to have a bit of a Buffy season five marathon tonight, but right after ...
Moz.'s full review | 158 words
Review by
leesutcliffe.
on 10th Mar 2003
User Rating : 9
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I chose this for a birthday present, I'm not a big hi-fi techie but here goes.
I originally wanted a new CD player as mine was old and I wanted one with optical output so I could record minidisks.
I decided that I might as well get a DVD player, they play CDs as well, I looked on the richer sounds website and found the 551 to have all the features I wanted.
so far I have had no complaints at all, as it was only intended as a CD player I have been very impressed with the quality of DVD video.
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leesutcliffe.'s full review | 196 words
Review by
JB.
on 27th Nov 2002
User Rating : 7
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I've only had this a few days and have already found quite a few bad points. Having said all this I would still recommend it to others, particularly those on a budget.
JB.'s full review | 176 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
S Maramreddy.
on 13th Nov 2002
User Rating : 4
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I got impressed by looking at the reviews posted in this site. I exchanged 2 pieces and both had the same problems
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Review by
Otto.
on 4th Nov 2002
User Rating : 6
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-1
This is a very versatile machine but the faults I have found worry me. The fact that the discs jam so frequently is annoying and the noise the player makes is surely louder than it should be. Providing Richer Sounds can rectify these problems I would recommend it.
Otto.'s full review | 118 words
Review by
andrew.
on 31st Aug 2002
User Rating : 10
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This Acoustic Solutions dvd551 DVD player is brilliant. got it from richersounds for £119 it plays anything. bought the sharp dv740 first but took it back and got this one which is miles better.
andrew.'s full review | 38 words
Review by
markbulsi.
on 27th Aug 2002
User Rating : 3
Respect :
-1
The DVD551 by Acoustic Solutions is a good looking, cheap dvd player but is somewhat lacking in quality. It plays everything. My player has been sent off for repair so hopefully when i get it back it will be a very good bit of kit. If it works when i get it back i would give it a 10/10!
markbulsi.'s full review | 109 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
amy.
on 10th Aug 2002
User Rating : 0
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lots of features but all you can hear is the background noise and not what the actors/actresses are saying!bummer!
amy.'s full review | 31 words | 3 comments added.
Review by
bobski100.
on 9th Aug 2002
User Rating : 5
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nice machine if you dont want to play vcd
bobski100.'s full review | 22 words
Review by
IrN-ChRiZ.
on 13th Jul 2002
User Rating : 6
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This DVD551 DVD player from Acoustic Solutions is quite a good budget buy and has plenty of features but I found the picture quality lacking in quality compared to some of the other budget players on the market. The picture shows "artefacts" on areas of solid colour and in dark areas on most dvd's played.
This used to be put down to the encoding of the disc and on many older region 2 movies this is true. However with newer movies this is no longer the case.
Regardless of the movie you ca ...
IrN-ChRiZ.'s full review | 157 words
Review by
Mark.
on 10th Jul 2002
User Rating : 10
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I purchased the Acoustic soloutions DVD551 DVD player for my daughters bedroom (from www.richersounds.com for £119) after studying the reviews on this site.
It plays just about anything from any region with no problem. The player came with the region hack which worked first time when entered.
The picture and sound quality are very good for the price it also plays mp3's. If you want a budget player that looks good you can not go wrong with this one.*****
Mark.'s full review | 103 words
Review by
Steckers.
on 1st Jul 2002
User Rating : 9
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+1
Bought this DVD551 from Acoustic Solutions as my first DVD player and am very impressed. Especially considering the price. Looks very stylish and so far have had no problems.
Went for this one because I was told that I could play region 1 discs in colour on my tv which isn't NTSC compatable (has some kind of PAL conversion mechanism!?!?). However, haven't tried yet - has anyone else? How did you get on?
Steckers.'s full review | 78 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
spudgunn.
on 22nd Jun 2002
User Rating : 9
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My friend purchased the Acoustic Solutions dvd551 DVD player and we tested it straight out of the box with a region 2 and 1 (even a region 1 RCE coded) disc and they all played first time with the hack. Played it through a JVC TV with 3D phonic connected with a scart. The sound was good through this setup. This is an ideal entry level or second DVD player for the money - £119.
spudgunn.'s full review | 99 words
Review by
kantankeroos.
on 26th May 2002
User Rating : 9
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I was recommended the DVD551 DVD player from Acoustic Solutions by Richer sounds as I was looking for a player with on-board decoder. (I am slowly making the move from PC DVD with 5.1 soundcard and Creative 5.1 speakers to proper setup with DVD, AV amp and speakers, and fancied this as a viable intermediate step). I can tell you this approach works well and would recommend it to anyone as a serious altenative to £500+ DVD & 5.1 speaker packages available!
Anyway, I digress. What can I say ...
kantankeroos.'s full review | 203 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
TC.
on 23rd May 2002
User Rating : 6
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I bought this Acoustic Solutions DVD 551 DVD player from Richer Sounds as my first player just to see what DVDs were like. It was a smart looking little thing for the money but the first problem I found was that the sound level was way too low. An Acoustic Solutions Support chap I emailed admitted that the sound output of this box was known to be less than most of it's contemporaries but it was so poor I thought it was faulty and took it back. No problem was found so I was resigned to putting th ...
TC.'s full review | 224 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
eddy.
on 16th May 2002
User Rating : 9
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Very impressed with this DVD551 DVD player from Acoustic Solutions. Quality is very good indeed. I bought it as a second machine as my £250 + main player does not play vcd or cdr the picture is very similar. I can, and have recomended this machine to others.
eddy.'s full review | 46 words
Review by
Sock_Monkey.
on 6th May 2002
User Rating : 9
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The DVD551 DVD player is a top machine!!!
It's a bargain! Unless you want a designer label machine, this one does the job nicely.
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