written by Ian Foster. on 10/08/2002
Good Points
Picture quality
price
Bad Points
Irregular pauses
Low sound output
General Comments
Exclusive to Debenhams stores, this player clocks in at a paltry £100, which isn't going to break the bank.
Easy to set up (plug in supplied scart and power and go), the picture quality is super sharp and non of the dvd's I threw at it showed any pixelation or artifacts. Phantom menace pod race was sweet, and the fights in crouching tiger were flawless.
Colour handling was also fanstatic. Will also play single layer DVD-R's without a problem.
The problems start with the sound. Which is pretty low, but jacking the tv volume up sorts that out.
The reason I'm not keeping mine is the intermitent pausing.
the player will hold a shot for a second then play on.
it has done this on every disk I've played so far.