written by leesutcliffe. on 10/03/2003
Good Points
Looks good, can play various formats including mp3, lots of connections at the back for customizable sound.
Bad Points
none... yet!
General Comments
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.
hooked up though my amp I get amazing sound, admittedly like other folk I did have some problems when I was playing Monty Pythons holy grail, but being a computer techie I wasn't going to give up, I simply fiddled with the audio settings on the remote and presto!! it worked a treat!
the CD sound is good too, much better than my old player.
I would recommend this to any first time DVD buyer.