Sony DVP NS305/S

I got this dvd player when it first came out all those years ago, for it's time it was a very good and gimmicky but as times gone on it's become more and more obselete and as price have come down this shouldn't be first choice anymore. The player itself is quite bulky and heavy, it's quite long which means I can place all my other electronics on top of it such as my tv. Other than that all it is useful for is playing dvd's and since it's got dirty it's also lost some of that aspect as it skips some scenes or doesn't play them. The remote control is easy to use and has many functions on it well laid out, unfortunatly with new models coming out and ...  Read the complete review

It was on my shortlist, but was not top. From reading some magazines, and reading some online reviews, then 305 is a very adequate DVD player in regards to functionality. There is no point in going into the tekky stuff as there are other reviews that has that info. As with most of the mainstream Japanese manufacturers, it is not possible to make it DVD region free, without a hardware modification. Hardware modifiation is where the thing needs to be physically opened, and something done inside, usually a special chip added. Some of the Korean, Chinese or European manufacturers make their DVD players updateable through some menu in the players ...  Read the complete review

I am no electronics buff. I love what consumer electronics do for me in terms of entertainment and an easy life, and I'm pretty good at setting them up and using them when I've got them, but I've never had the urge to find out what all those letters, numbers and symbols mean in terms of performance, function and capability. Some I am familiar with, but lots I'm not. Which left me at a bit of a disadvantage when I went out to buy a DVD player. There were literally scores of the things to choose from, at widely differing prices, and as I strolled along the aisle in Comet staring at those information cards that tell you the spec each player I just got ...  Read the complete review