£9 DVD Player!

drivinscool · 28-01-2007, 9:36 PM

I'm sure most of you will have heard that Asda are selling a DVD player for just £9.
Well, here is my mini review.....

The player in a Durabrand model 'compact' player DVD-1005.

I bought one for my inlaws as their Sony DVD recorder refuses any PC or home created discs (unless they were made on the Sony unit). So for £9 I was just looking for an occasional player so they could watch family camcorder stuff etc.

I was plesantly suprised to find that for the tiny purchase price you actually get a full function remote, MP3 playback, Digital coax out, SVHS out AND full RGB scart out.

You even get batteries for the remote!

As soon as I got it home I unplugged my big chunky expensive scart from my Toshiba SD-350 and shoved it into the durabrand, grabbed a range of discs (DVD-R, DVD+R DVD+RW and some originals) and switched it on.

I could tell the picture was going to be much better than I had expected even before I'd loaded a disc, the menu was colourful but crisp with no visible flicker or colour flare. When I tried all the DVDs they were ALL great!

The audio via scart was good too, not as good as the picture but very acceptable. I didn't try the digital out.

The only criticism of this little player is the top loading design, it's not a great hassle to slam a little lid closed but it does limit the positioning of the unit.

You don't get DivX or Progscan but it's only £9!

I was so impressed I went back and bought another for my sons bedroom, and I won't get mad if he breaks it, cos it's £9!

Anyboby else got one?

bsuttie · 28-01-2007, 9:57 PM

I'm waiting till next month when they're going to be given away in packets of cornflakes. Only problem is there's not much room left in the packets for the cornflakes . . .

Voyager03 · 29-01-2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by drivinscool

Anyboby else got one?

Yep. I bought one.

Seems more than fine. Was even set on region 0 out of the box.

hot-fuzz · 29-01-2007, 5:52 PM

i was in asda today and couldnt find this. Could only see one of the same brand (unsure of the model no.) but it was £17.97.

Is there a link online??

BorisVS · 29-01-2007, 10:54 PM

Managed to get my hands on one - no complaints for £9.

Everything you need to get up and running with DVD; apart from a TV!

I'd have paid an extra quid for a built in screen!!

loz · 29-01-2007, 11:03 PM

Bit expensive for me.
I am waiting for the price to come down.

wardi · 30-01-2007, 6:46 PM

But are they any good?

I need a cheap secondary one as the 2 I have upstairs are not working quite as I would like. One of them is about as old as you can get for a DVD player and then other one I think is just dusty!

GrumpyZombie · 30-01-2007, 6:49 PM

hmmm, £9 is not too bad I guess... but does it play both blu-ray and hd-dvd disks or do I have to buy the expensive £18 model to get these features?

ykhan16 · 31-01-2007, 10:07 AM

Unbelievable! The cheapest CD players cost about a pound more!

Its frightening to think that in several years time we'll see that same thing happening with HD players!

Broadz · 31-01-2007, 10:14 AM

Weird isn't it, when you buy a £9 DVD player to play a £14.99 DVD disk on?

GrumpyZombie · 31-01-2007, 6:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Broadz

Weird isn't it, when you buy a £9 DVD player to play a £14.99 DVD disk on?

Completely off-topic I know

... but I've bought well over 300 DVD's in the last year and Firefly boxset was the only one which cost me more than a fiver.
With all the money i've saved ( and using female logic ), I should now be rich enough to buy myself a decent turntable at the Bristol show. Perhaps if I buy a few of these £9 dvd players, I'll have saved enough to afford a haircut and some shoes?