Alba DVD 109 (Alba DVD 108)

Member Name: GaryBirch

Product:	Alba DVD 108
Date:	29/12/02 (1669 review reads)
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Advantages: Plays VCD's, Plays MP3

Disadvantages: slightly bigger than 108

Having travelled along to Argos with my reservation number for the Alba DVD 108, I was told at the till that this dvd player would not play VCD's and that I may recieve a different model to the one shown in the catalogue. Thinking that this rarely happens I promptly paid for it and picked it up. The actual model I was given was the slightly larger but nicer looking Alba DVD 109.

I got it home, connected it to the tv by scart and hi-fi by phono and started to play.
It's a very simple machine to operate with a short booklet of instructions that would only take the slowest of readers 5 minutes to get through.

The picture quality was great and the 2x and 4x zoom very useful when your nagging wife doesn't like widescreen! Once I'd sorted out which setting to have the stereo sound on for my non dolby pro logic decoder hi-fi, (couldn't tell much difference), I was blasting out the sound with much pleasure!

Although it only says on all packaging and instruction book cover that this DVD player is DVD/CD/MP3 compatable only, and despite being told it would not play VCD's, I am pleased to say that it DOES PLAY VCD'S. Without any pressing of buttons to change stuff, it played my two VCD's perfectly.

Haven't tried MP3 yet and don't know if it's multi region or not yet.

Other than that, this DVD player at only £69.99 is a fantastic bargain.

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