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★★★☆☆

“I'll skip to the chase, I'm on my second player now...”

written by jonnyboy on 17/10/2003

Good Points
Cheap
Plays MP3
Zoom
all cables and batteries included

Bad Points
** skips/judders every 5 or 10 mins while playing dvd's **
poorly laid out remote control

General Comments
I'll skip to the chase, I'm on my second player now and I'm about to take this one back, I will not be getting another one. On every DVD i've tried every few minutes there is a small judder, it's as though it's missed a few frames, audio is still ok but video isn't. Sometimes you don't notice it and someone else will other times vica versa, so depending on how well your concentrating depends on whether you notice it.



On some DVD's there can also be a slight pause, normally at a scene change. In The Matrix there are at least 2 times this happens consistently, at 3m 13s and 1h 42m exactly. It happens twice so it's not the layer change that does it and I've also tried the movie on another DVD player and it doesn't suffer the same problem.



Luckily ASDA offer a 3yr warranty and a 100 day refund or replace scheme if your not happy in any way. I will be returning this Pacific and may swap it for the Philips DVD625 (not seen any reviews yet) or just get a refund...any suggestions?



ALso I'd be interested to see if anyone else can test the Matrix on their Pacific and see if it is also affected.

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