DVD Forum Reviews

I have recently purchased the Encore 450 DVD player and I have to say it is the best player in my opinion. Possibly the main factor in its favour is the price. Generally it retails for £199 which is not the cheapest but for what you get its superb. Not only do you get an incredibly sharp DVD image which would be expected it ...  Read the complete review

Yes I am impressed! I recently treated myself to a dvd player and I really am impressed although I have found I now want to buy films instead of rent them or just watch them! The sound and picture is crystal clear and you really can see the difference from vhs and not just minimal it's alot of difference! I think at the ...  Read the complete review

Nearly every movie produced today is available on DVD, and many older movies are being moved to this format(albeit slowly). Often, a movie comes out on DVD before it comes out on video tape, because the manufacturing and distribution costs for them are so much lower! By bringing outstanding picture and sound to our favourite films, the ...  Read the complete review

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is without a doubt the audio-visual medium of the future. All the big players are in DVD now as far as equipment manufacturers and movie studios are concerned. DVD compared to VHS is the equivalent difference between CD’s and Cassette. Cassettes have pretty much disappeared from our world as they ...  Read the complete review

I must admit I watched a DVD the other day round my mates and it was out of this world. I am sure the quality had something to do with it but the reason I enjoyed it so much was because my mate has got the biggest t.v. in the world ever! Thats what impressed me not so much the DVD because we watched a video afterwards and that also was good. I ...  Read the complete review

The JVC dvd player is brilliant, easy to use and packed full of great features,It has all the ouputs you need including Dolby 5.1 in optical format plus it come region free.all this for under £200 now thats what I call a bargin. It also comes with super vhs output that jumps upthe picture quality. The only thing it dosent have is an ...  Read the complete review

PART 1 - DVD the abridged version ================================= DVD is the format of the future or at least until something better comes along such as the film on a chip, etc ... But that's still around 5 to 8 years away from the consumer market. DVDs are user friendly and you don't have to wait for the things to rewind ...  Read the complete review

DVD is the future today. Imagine being immersed in a movie with sounds coming at you from all directions, with picture quality that looks so good it could be real! DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc not Digital Video Disc. It looks exactly like a CD in every respect. The difference is what it can do. A DVD can store at least 4 Giga Bytes ...  Read the complete review

The DVD is a really good idea but i think that it will take at least two more years to really take off, this is because if you want to record on to DVD's then you need to go out a buy a DVD Rom which cost even more than a DVD player. these writers are goning to come down in price soon but until then people are going to keep using video's, ...  Read the complete review

There is too much misinformation floating around that is stopping people from buying DVD's. The times i've stood in a shop looking for a dvd film when somebody next to me will look at them in disgust and say "i'm not paying £15 - £20 for one of them when i can get it cheaper on video". Not true, you can now get ...  Read the complete review

DivX really is legal, contrary to popular opinion, it is just what yoo can potentially doo with this software that makes it illegal. Basically DivX is the MP3 of video, allowing users to shrink MPEG movies down to approximately 10% of their original size without a noticable loss in quality. There are many types of MPEG video, but the ...  Read the complete review

As well as superior picture and sound quality which never deteriorates, plus the convenience of having a movie on a disc, DVD offers much more: chapter stops, so you can jump to your favourite part or where you left off, without rewinding or fast-forwarding (although DVD does offer you this option); subtitles on most movies which can be turned on ...  Read the complete review

I think the person who invent the DVD player was a genius because the picture quality it beyond believe and the sound it total ace. I think in the future the DVD player will become as standard as the Video player. I’ve got a DVD drive in my PC and it excellent but I want to get a PlayStation 2 because it plug straight into the TV which ...  Read the complete review

If you are looking to purchase a DVD player I recomend that you have a look at this one. It can be found at www.scan.co.uk. It costs around £175 and can play DVD,VCD,MP3. The other great feature about this product is it can be changed to R0 really quickly. It supports both CDR's & CDRW's. The unit is Black in colour and very light weight ...  Read the complete review

I purchased a DVD player nine months ago. The picture is fantastic, far better than the traditional video and they broadcast in surround sound – enabling you to play the DVD through a suitable amplifier and receive cinema like performance. - Nobody who enjoys watching films could complain at that. However the discs vary in sound quality ...  Read the complete review

The thing that really impressed me about this player is that for a sub-£200 machine the design is fairly stylish and rugged. Not just that but the hand set is quite chunky with well-laid out, not-too-fiddly buttons. Setting up was a piece of cake - the LG comes with all the necessary gubbins including a Scart lead and a digital coax ...  Read the complete review

I first expereinced DVD at my mates house. Before I expereinced DVD, I thought it was basically the same VHS without the process of Rewinding and Fastforwarding so whats the point? How I was wrong. When I watched my first DVD (MATRIX, the) I noticed that the picture was so much sharper than that of VHS. There were no blured or fussy ...  Read the complete review

Where Lazer Disc left as a fad the DVD player seems to be here to stay. The Digital Video Disc system offers you a clear, crisp picture quality, something that VHS severly lacks. The DVD also offers a better sound quality than the VHS system. A DVD is released at the same time as the VHS version goes on for rental, they are slightly my ...  Read the complete review

VCRs are very cheap nowadays. I remember our 1st VCR in about 1983. It cost about £400 then! Even the top of the range ones do not cost that now! You can get one for about £60 in some places and they do the job. This is where DVD falls down. At the moment, it is new technology. New technology is always very expensive when it first arrives ...  Read the complete review

About 3 months ago, I purchased a Freecom 10x4x32 CD-RW drive. For anyone into writing programs, or anyone who has to backup lots of data regularly, the benefit of a CD-RW can be immense. Plus, you can (illegally) copy your friends CD's on it! Many people wouldn't think of buying a Freecom drive when they see it, so I am going to ...  Read the complete review