Well, it plays.. (Alba DVD45 Slimline DVD Player - (Silver))

Member Name: Popalee

Product:	Alba DVD45 Slimline DVD Player - (Silver)
Date:	04/11/05 (116 review reads)
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Advantages: simple to use

Disadvantages: temperamental, movies freeze

There is one good thing you can say about the Alba DVD45- it's cheap. And it does play DVD's and music CD's, which is what it's designed to do.

However, as it gets warmer the DVD's tend to freeze for no apparent reason (what we like to call the dramatic pause). This will usually happen toward the end of the film, at some crucial moment. There seems to be no way of getting it started yet, you just have to wait. The warmer the player gets the more this happens so if you are watching 2 or more films in a row, you can expect them to be plagued wiht dramatic pauses.

One interesting quirk of ours is that it seems to be pre-set for subtitles to come on. For some reason, sometimes you can't get rid of them. Believe me, being able to read the dialogue in Van Helsing added nothing to the movie!

Also, it takes a while to load the DVD in the first place, and sometimes seems not to work at all.

The picture quality is good, not spectactular (although I guess this is also related to the TV that you are using with it)

Sound is fairly ordinary.

It is very easy to install- just connect a few wires to your TV and it's done. A remote control is included, which is quite bulky.

Overall, I would say spend a little bit more and get a better quality DVD player.

Summary: try something else

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