Philips DVD 634

TWO MAJOR FAILURE'S IN 5 MONTHS Looks great, plays all kinds of formats and should be good value for money. BUT.....purchased this machine for occasional use in bedroom (perhaps once a week). In 5 months, this machine has failed twice. First failure after just 5 weeks (but product not replaced by Philips - but repaired) Both times it will not recognise ANY disc put into it. The first time round, a new Laser was fitted (requiring the machine to be sent back to Philips) and currently the machine is back with Philips again, the repairer tells me the Laser has failed again. On the same day from the same store, I purchased ...  Read the complete review

This DVD player is definitely a good purchase for £100 but I wouldn't pay any more for it. I bought mine from a catalogue as they had 20% off all electrical goods, and I?m glad they did, when I got the player out of the box I was disappointed at the look of the thing, it looks two years old with it's push button on/off switch and fascia which to be honest is a little bland. Not to be disheartened I plugged it in and off I went, the motor in it was noisy on the start-up but that quietened down after a while, the picture quality was as to be expected from a DVD player but certainly nothing exceptional as was the sound quality. I have had problems ...  Read the complete review

I got one of these for £60 when I upgraded my mobile phone. So knowing nothing about DVD players, I bought it, figuring if it was no good I could take it back. I was really surprised by it. Excellent picture quality and playback, it comes with a DTS decoder built in and a zoom facility that you normally only find on more expensive players. It also has a soft-hack to make it multi-region which is very simple to find ;) and do. All in all for £60, it's a steal. The player is slim, sleek and doesn't look so inexpensive. The remote is a bit small and the button fiddly though. The firmware isn't great either but if I can work it without ...  Read the complete review