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At half the price of the competition this has to be value for money.
Stunning pictures and sound from standard DVD discs

i rarely write review but i think this one is worth writing about. i waited for some time before jumping into hd despite having gotten a hd lcd sometime ago. reason being i have a good dvd player arcam dv88 which plays back normal dvd rather well. but when i saw that the price is now reasonable and issues such as size and loading time has been sorted i went for this player.

what can i say the bd dvd is definitely much better as expected but what surprise me was the fact that even playing normal dvd the player upscales it very very well ....dare i say it , even better than the arcam and that cost me 5 times more. so ok i am not comparing it for analogue music playback which i am still sure the arcam is likely better but outputting sound via the digital coax the analogue is essentially bypassed and i do feel that the sound is better even with my old dolby 5:1 compared with the arcam digital output.

so there you have it ... this player even beats a much more expensive dvd player ( arcam ) albeit it is a somewhat older player in terms of normal dvd playback. in other words even if you have a very expensive dvd player it may be worth buying this one to try and i suspect you will not return it and end up trying to sell the old player....anybody interested in a secondhand arcam dv 88 let me know!

Having just bought a Full HD 37" Sony LCDTV I was keen to see what Blu-ray DVD looked like and this machine had received very good reviews in the tech mags so, as it was a very reasonable price, I decided to buy it. No doubt about it, Blu-ray is superb and well worth the wait, but what makes this player so special for me is the huge improvement it makes to ordinary DVDs. The quality of the upscaled picture is excellent, adding extra definition without any processing noise, and the sound is equally good too. It has loads of features which don't interest me (such as BD Live) but the fact that I don't need to upgrade my existing DVD collection is a massive plus for me.

I have to agree with all the many positive reviews this player has earned. At the price it is excellent value for money offering many features for HD viewing. All I would add to the many other reviewers' comments is that this player will work with any TV. As well as upscaling DVDs to look better on HD TVs it will also allow blu ray discs to be viewed on an SD TV - you don't need to wait until you get an HD ready TV to get some of the benefits of blu ray technology!

I have used this player on an old Sony 28" CRT TV with stunning results, and the player even comes with the three phono to phono lead ready to connect up! No HDMI lead though. If you want to start building your blu ray disc collection, but don't want to replace your TV yet, then you can easily start by buying this player. You even get three blu ray discs included for free at the time of writing - why wait any longer?

I had just splashed out on a new 1080p TV for use with my Virgin V+ box and was delighted with the results. I was tempted to buy a cheap Blu Ray player from a High Street catalogue store, but a work colleague urged to pay a little extra for this beauty. He had just bought one for around £200 and raved about it.

So, I took the plunge and ordered a Sony from Amazon. - How about this: Ordered at 1.10pm on Friday, delivered 11.15 am Saturday! What's more is that this was the week before Christmas. Fantastic service from Amazon.

The Sony is superb. It looks great and is full of features that set up easily. I connected it to my Internet router and it updated itself quickly and without any hassle. It is faster to start up than my old DVD recorder and even quieter than my V+ box.

The picture quality is amazing. Having no Blu ray discs at the time, I tried out a few of my old DVDs, starting with Gladiator. The upscaling is brilliant. The picture was awesome. I can hardly wait to wade through my whole collection as I am sure that each one will look so much better this time around.

Are there any niggles? Well, if I was to be really picky, I would suggest that the remote feels a little cheap. But who cares? I want to watch the screen, not the remote!

Go on. If you own a full HD TV, treat yourself. It's almost rude not to!