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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
review of player and ancilleries, 1 Mar 2008
aspects of this package are very good, however this is coupled with some very poor parts.
DVD playback - the playback is good, relatively smooth and quiet. it plays well and even managed a scratched dvd my older player struggles with. it does play region 1 and 2 and dvdr's.
Tv reciever - the analogue one is basic and as you would expect. the digital part is quite good, picks up the channels you would expect and managed to locate a few my upstairs set top box couldnt. very pleased with this part though it has to be said the travel aerial is useless and you need to invest in a powered aerial to have some hope of finding channels. I have not tried it in a car but i doubt this would make a difference
Games - the games are basically a selection of old NES (first gen nintendo system) games. Whilst im not planning on replacing my 360 for it it is fun to see the old mario games and similar. i havent had chance to play them all but have no doubt there are easily 300 games. the downside is the controller, it is the cheapest bit of kit i have seen in ages. it broke nearly instantly and id predict any replacement would also break as they are so badly made. im hoping my 360 controller will work (as they are both usb interfaces)
screen - the screen is as it looks and gives a good picture from most angles, the colour is a little poor specifically red/yellow aspects. the adjustments do little to affect this colour and people tend to have a strong yellow/red look. This does let the unit down compared to similar models.
Sound - speakers are fine and produce a loud enough output. they are no worse than other systems i have seen and the earphones are a preffered was of listening to the player.
Other - i havent used any of the card/usb readers so cant comment on how they work, the remote is also ok though not laid out in the most logical manner. the battery is externally mounted and as yet havent used it so cant comment on its life.
build quality - the overall feel of the items are clunky but sturdy. apart from the cheap (and i cant stress that enough) games controller it feels ike it would work.
overall - i only rate this a 3 as the bits that i was interest in (dvd and tv aspect) work well (even through the screen is a little poor). other aspects were a bonus. if you are after a portable system that does everything that is below standard price then this system does the job.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great product!, 2 Jul 2008
I love this! I bought it for my daughter and she loves all the games. The picture on the DVD player is great. The ariel for freeview is not very good. However, I plugged an old ariel of mine in and with a bit of maneuvering I managed to pick up most channels. When you plug it into your main outside ariel you can pick up all channels easily.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
FEATRONICS Portable DVD Video 7 in 1, 17 Dec 2008
Delivery time was unexpectedly quick, that's not to say that I wasn't expecting a good service, but it was rather speedy.
The title is a bit brief even with the 7 in 1 bit, so here goes with the full whack.
Portable DVD Video 7 in 1 with Matrix TFT LCD - DVD / MPEG 4 / SD Card Reader / Analogue TV Tuner / DVB-T. Comes with a remote control and all the necessary leads, and external battery unit, earphones and a very handy black zippy case for the unit to fit into.
The unit seems a bit uninspiring at first look, in the obligatory silver plastic case. It is reasonably slim with a small footprint, that's its size and not carbon.
On the left hand edge are to be found the power input and USB game socket, with a whole host of sockets on the right-hand edge, including SD card reader, USB input, headphone socket, AV in/out and antenna. On the top of the base are buttons for controlling the device, volume, channel selection and all that you would expect.
The easies thing to do was plug in the power, shove a DVD in to see if it worked. Who needs the instruction book and who reads them anyway? Picture quality was very good and sharp for a small screen, just what I needed. Sound was reasonably good, again for a small unit, if a little limited, but with the option of extending the sound earphones or to speakers via the earphone socket. Controlling the player from the unit itself or the remote control with a thousand buttons on it was a breeze.
Moving on to the TV facility. No real point in spending to much time with the terrestrial side of it save to say it worked when tuned in. Now to the Digital Video Broadcast Tuner (DVB-T) which is what I was after anyway, living in an area of the country going digital sooner rather than later. Hope you all know about the changeover and make sure you get only digital equipment. Anyway, fiddle with a few buttons on the base unit and tune in the DVB which set up some 50 odd channels, lost count after this. It set the channels up automatically anyway with an option to fine tune them, with the ability to adjust colour, brightness, screen size (16:9 and 4:3) and so on.
Came with a load of leads to help to connect to other devices, like a big screen TV, and a host of games on CD.
This player is what I wanted it to be, small and portable with a host of features and I recommend it accordingly, especially for the price paid, bearing in mind that others are much more costly. 4/5.
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