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"Samsung DVD-H1080 DVD Player Review"

1 DVD Player (approx. £50)

Published on 7/2009

On test: Samsung DVD-H1080

Samsung have genuinely excelled recently in design aesthetics for otherwise boring rectangular home cinema devices. The DVD-H1080 DVD player demonstrates this amply, finished in a glossy deep translucent black and shaped like a rounded flat pebble. Review details: Single Test. One DVD player was reviewed and rated on design, features, performance and value. → Test results

"LG DVS450H 'floating' DVD player"

1 DVD Player (approx. £90)

Published on 12/2008

On test: LG Electronics LG DVS450H

The problem with most 'design' consumer electronics, is that usually quite a bit of substance has to be sacrificed to achieve enough style to justify the typically high price tags such systems usually command. However, the LG DVS450H, an impressively well designed DVD player at a surprisingly affordable price could be the best of both worlds. Review details: Single Test → Test results

"Toshiba XD-E500"

1 DVD Player

Published on 8/2008

On test: Toshiba XDE500

After Toshiba's defeat in the recent high definition format war, the company went back to the drawing board and decided that rather than jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon, they would concentrate their efforts on upscaling technology to improve the viewing on standard DVDs on high definition displays. The XD-E500 is the fruit of their labour but how close have they come to living up to their own hype? Review details: Single Test → Test results

"Philips DVP5980 DVD Player"

1 DVD Player

Published on 6/2008

On test: Philips DVP 5980

A bargain DVD player for those who have a massive DVD collection but want to experience high definition. How does it shape up? Review details: Single Test → Test results

DVD Players

DVDs have replaced the traditional VHS to such an extent that some shops in England have taken the bulkier, easily broken blank video tape off the shelves and now exclusively stock DVDs and CDs. The trend to opt for a DVD player has perhaps reached its zenith but there are now more and more affordable home cinemas systems and DVD recorders on the market that demand for DVD based systems will continue to be high for as long as DVDs continue to be made. DVD technology offers a very good picture and sound quality using the DVD's native MPEG2 compression format and modern DVD players are also capable of decoding the newer compression formats like DivX, XVID and even WMV9, which offers high density 1080 quality from file sizes no larger than standard DVD movies. DVD players are often ''slim'' and so take up less space and are less obtrusive in modern homes. When buying a DVD player you should take care it has all the necessary connections, RF is rare and almost non existent, but there are different formats such as composite, SCART, component video and S-VHS so be sure to check which are supported by your television. Component video offers the highest quality but SCART is most common and should be found on all television sets made in the last ten to fifteen years. What can also be considered the most important thing when looking for a DVD player is whether the remote control fits easily in the hand, but thankfully these are often kept just as sleek as the players themselves.

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