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Aiwa XD DV 480
by manhunter
When I started to have some problems with my previously reliable Ariston 2000 DVD player, I returned to the same retailer and asked them to recommend a player which was a little bit more "Future Proof" and within my budget of £200.00. Almost without hesitation the salesman recommended the DV480 to me. At first glance, ... I thought that the player looked a little odd (maybe because it was gold/silver and my previous player had been black), so I suggested maybe a Pioneer player would be better for me. However, he was quite convinced about the qualities of the AIWA player, so, being a self-confessed novice when it comes to HI-FI's etc. I took his advice.
Good man!! The player is excellent. Notorious discs such as Gladiator, Hannibal and the Fifth Element all had problems with my previous hardware, but here they play beautifully. Even though I have the player only connected to the TV via a SCART lead (i.e. I have no expensive hardware or AMP), the quality of playback is universally excellent, particularly when compared to the previous player, which was used with the same TV.
The remote control is large and packed full of buttons, so there is no need to use the controls on the player. Also, the drive is extremely quite in terms of disc access. Standard requirements and features, I know, but that was not the case with the previous player I had believe me!
I am not sure how suited this player is for the more advanced DVD enthusiast, because there is not an array of ports and connectors on the back panel. For me though, this was ideal. "Plug and Play" was definitely the order of the day here and I was delighted.
Overall, this is a quiet, compatible and stylish unit which offers great playback. It is also Multi-region capable, but this has to be done via hardware rather than by using the remote. Don't be put off by this though, as most retailers will offer this service for you as mine did. Region 1 and 2 d
iscs now play perfectly on the single unit :)
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Aiwa XD DW 1
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The awia xd-dw1 is a top of the range dvd player.Not only does it play dvd's but it plays them onto its own screen,which explains the price tag. It is packed with features such as dolby digital surround sound.It has a built in stereo sound output socket for headphoes,and it has 24 bit cables so it can run at breakneck ... speed.It can also play standard audio cd's as well as dvd-video format dvd's.
It is well styled, in that it is small,and lightweight.It is not so small that you cant see the screen,but the screen is actually generously sized and displays the video in vivid colour.
It is easy to control with an easy to set up system and one touch keys that make it simple to use.In addition to this it comes with a remote control so you can sit back and relax whilst watching your dvd.
Although,there are some downsides to it.It has a short battery life which can be annoying if you are in the middle of your favourite film when the power cuts out, but there is a power socket on it so you can charge its batteries whilst watching the film on mains power.
Another bad point about it is that it is very easily damaged because it only has a thin skin,so if you do buy one then make sure you take care when using it.
So in conclusion I would say that it is an origional idea,but is very costly but is a good idea if you do a lot of traveling.
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Aiwa XD DV 480
by mark_87
I've had this DVD player for about a month now and have tried many different formats of disc's, they are: -DVD- this player plays these very well, the picture and sound quality is excellent. DVD's usually have 5.1ch sound(Dolby Digital And/Or DTS) which is used for home theatre systems. ...
-VCD(Video CD) (version 1.1)-
these were made before DVD, they are written on a normal CD and are operated in the same way as CD's (they can be written at home using a CD-RW drive and a normal CD-R disc), they are not as high resolution as DVD and only have stereo sound.
-VCD(Video CD) (version 2.0)-
these are the same as VCD (version 1.1) but are equipped with PBC (playback Control) which means they can contain Menus, Search Functions, or other computer-like operations.
-Audio CD-
this player will play ordinary audio CD's just like any other CD player would.
-MP3 CD-
(these cd's will only play in a CD/DVD player that has MP3 CD playback)
this is a very good feature on a DVD player and is one of the main reasons i bought it. It allows you to download music tracks from the internet or copy tracks from your own cd's and put them onto a CD-R/CD-RW in MP3 format using a CD-RW drive. the reason for doing this is because a CD can hold a lot more MP3 tracks than standard audio tracks(in fact about ten times more) a normal CD can hold around 20 audio tracks where as a MP3 CD can hold around 200 tracks that can be organized into folders that you view through your tv screen, also all tracks are named so you don?t need a list of the tracks written in the CD Case.
(MP3 tracks are not quite as good quality as a normal cd track but you can hardly hear any difference between them)
This player also has all the connections that are needed by many people,
-for the audio output it has two digital connectors (Optical and Coaxial) which are used
for connecting to an AV Receiver equipped with Dolby Digital and/or DTS decoders, and there is an ordinary audio out(analogue) for connecting to a TV or Hi-fi system.
-for the video output it has a composite connector and a S-Video connector which gives slightly better picture quality
-for both audio and video in one it has a 21 pin scart connector
Setting up the unit is quite easy, but if you do find something a bit confusing the manual explains everything quite clearly.
Overall the DVD player is very good, The picture and sound quality is excellent, it has all the normal features such as Multi-Angle and Multi-Language and it also has some extra features that are quite useful like MP3 CD playback, CD-R/CD-RW playback, up to 100x search speed, and 4x and 16x Zoom.
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