dvd player

The best way to spend £1,000

Reviews There's an upscaling Denon DVD player, which will help you get the best out of your DVD collection, and doesn't require you to buy your favourite films all over again on a next-generation disc format.

1 June 2007, 11:12

Oppo DV-980H review

Reviews If you were to ask someone if £155 was a reasonable sum of money for a DVD player, they would probably say no. But there are many reasons to spend more on a DVD player than that £30 job from Sainsbury's, not least because modern, flat panel TVs...

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: oppo, cable, cd dvd, hdmi

6 October 2008, 16:22

Nissan DV100 review

Reviews While major manufacturers such as Toshiba and Sony have the lion's share of the DVD player market, the smaller players are starting to snap at their heels. Another manufacturer to join the fray is Nissan, which is releasing this DVD player to catch...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: nissan, dvd player, silver, remote control

27 July 2005, 13:30

Toshiba XD-E500 review

Reviews Upscaling DVD players have been around for a while now -- they offer a better quality of picture to people who aren't quite ready to make the jump up to a Blu-ray player. An upscaling DVD player, it's designed to eke out the very best from your...

Editor's rating   6.9

Tags: toshiba, signal, ray, blu

9 September 2008, 17:39

Toshiba SD-150E review

Reviews Now available for less than the discs you put inside them, the DVD player has dropped in price far quicker than the VCR ever did. If you were an early adopter of DVD, you might have bought a player costing upwards of £350, and chances are it was...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: toshiba, discs, budget, dvd player

25 July 2005, 14:56

Toshiba HD-E1 review

Reviews Although the Xbox HD DVD drive add-on beat it to launch by a few weeks, the HD-E1 is to all intents and purposes the UK's first HD DVD player. The high-definition resolutions available for HD DVD are 1080i and 720p (plus standard-def 480/576p and...

Editor's rating   8.2

Tags: toshiba, ports, high definition, compare

8 January 2007, 16:29

iLuv i1055 review

Reviews The iLuv i1055 is curious creature -- a portable DVD player with an iPod dock tucked into the rear. DesignThis is a large piece of kit and is enormously difficult to hold with one hand, but for a very good reason: it's a DVD player and an iPod dock.

Editor's rating   5.3

Tags: iluv, kids, dvd player, car

13 April 2007, 15:27

Buffalo LinkTheater review

Reviews As the DVD player market continues to grow, manufacturers are looking to add more functionality to their disc spinners. The company's first entry in the AV market is the LinkTheater, a box that looks just like any other DVD player out there...

Editor's rating   6

Tags: buffalo technology, dvd player, high definition, connectivity

3 October 2005, 18:26

Samsung DVD-HD870 review

Reviews With all the bluster about HD DVD and Blu-ray, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was the end of the road for the humble DVD player. In reality, however, the DVD player has plenty of life left in it yet.

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: samsung, dvd player, high definition, remote control

15 August 2007, 14:20

Toshiba SD-360E review

Reviews Using scaling and de-interlacing technology, the player can take a standard-resolution DVD picture and 'upconvert' it to 720p or 1080i, which it then outputs to an HD-ready TV via an HDMI cable. Moving round to the back, the connection selection is...

Editor's rating   8.1

Tags: toshiba, adjust, pick, remote control

25 July 2006, 16:23

Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB review

Reviews It's a DVD player/recorder with a built-in Freeview receiver, allowing you to record TV shows to DVD, as well as burn footage from a number of other sources, such as a camcorder, via DV or S-Video in.

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: panasonic, dedicated, dvd player, discs

25 April 2007, 17:33

Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive review

Reviews It's quite amazing to think that the first real HD DVD player to officially go on sale in the UK is an add-on for a games console, and that it costs only £130, but that's what Microsoft and its partner Toshiba have managed to deliver.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: microsoft, dvd player, menus, console

4 December 2006, 16:31

Toshiba HD-EP35 review

Reviews The HD-EP35 is a top-end HD DVD player, although it doesn't replace the HD-XE1, which Toshiba maintains as the top-of-the-range model, and features better upscaling and gold-plated output contacts. With both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: toshiba, enabled, sort, dvd player

14 December 2007, 14:03

Archos AV4100 review

Reviews If you do want to use the device as an ultra-modern DVD player, you'll be pleased to learn the package also includes a remote control. You can't record from your DVD player by linking it to the recorder -- the majority of discs contain Macrovision...

Editor's rating   7.7

Tags: archos technology, dvd player, hard drive, remote control

3 June 2005, 9:19

Philips DVDR5500 review

Reviews It's a DVD player/recorder with a built-in Freeview tuner and a number of external inputs. If you're looking for a straightforward way to record TV and camcorder footage to DVD, then the Philips DVDR5500 might be just what you're after.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: philips, discs, ram, info

5 March 2008, 10:27