Choosing the Budget But Big DVD Player

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DVD Players on The Rise

Our love affair with DVD players can more or less be explained by saying that cutting ties with the former fling (VHS) was costly, but worth the pain. In our article's situation, DVD players tend to dredge our bank accounts to the bottom, but the results can be worth it.

Superlatives in the DVD world: Meridian 800 DVD player, starting price $19,950

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Huntingdon, England-based Meridian manufactures DVD players aimed at HDTV and large analog set owners. Source: NY Times

Why go DVDs? 

Bonus sections in the DVD disk only whet the curiosity of buyers to go after these hi-tech players. Why wouldn't they, given the movie distributors' offer that the disk contains never before seen footages and special behind the scene features?

Movie viewing has really carved a place of its own in the home. We are able to rent DVDs through the mail and they come without hassle, and if we need blank disks for burning, DVDs are sold at local grocery stores. We have reached a point where everyone is able to afford a DVD-player. And so everyone has some sort of home entertainment system going.

What Cnet says... 

According to Consumer Search, "while the emphasis at CNet.com has gone to high-definition players, editors still cover some standard-definition DVD players."

Here are the latest release players from CNet, some belonging to high-def category, where all (except the Xbox at 8.4) scored a minimum of 8.3 points.

Gateway Connected DVD Player and Ethernet 10/100 Card (shown at right, upper item)
This DVD player offers easy access to PC-based photos, music, and video over your Ethernet network.

Microsoft Xbox 360 (20GB) (shown at right, lower item)
The Xbox hits two birds with one stone: The power and performance of a high-end gaming PC plus a digital media package!

Denon DVD-2930CI (not shown)
This player packs two giants: image quality and (unfortunately) price.

Read about the other two hot DVDs by clicking here.

Read the cross-product review here.

DVD players on eBay 

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DVD Players on Amazon 

Sony DVP-FX930 9" Portable DVD Player - Black

Amazon Price: $166.10 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Sony DVP-NS710H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player, Black

Amazon Price: $61.99 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Panasonic DMP-BD60 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player, Black

Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Samsung DVD-1080P9 1080p Upconverting DVD Player

Amazon Price: $69.00 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking

Amazon Price: $124.98 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

CNet's Latest 

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New YouTube Voting (Plexo) 

NES DVD Player 0 points

Awesome Complete Car DVD Media Player-1 Din w/ Bluetooth 0 points

Awesome Large Touch Screen Car DVD Player w/ Bluetooth 0 points

LG 8" Portable DVD Player 0 points

What Consumer Search Chose... 

From their consensus report which reports how many times a product was commended by any of the mentioned reviewer-publication:

1.The Philips DVP3140/37 (shown at right, topmost) seems to stand out in reviews as a great low-cost pick.
2.Among upconverting DVD players, the OPPO DV-970HD and OPPO DV-981HD (both shown respectively below the Philips unit) have received excellent reviews.
3.The Philips DVP5960/37 (shown at right, bottom) is an inexpensive upconverting DVD player with solid image quality that will impress buyers not scrupulous with the engineering side.

Read about the two top DVDs that CS picked by clicking here.

Want to compare estimated prices? Read the full report? Click here to see the cross-product review.

Click here to see great bargains on eBay. See the top brands covered!

What's Up?

So what will it be? The Denon or the Oppo? Or perhaps the Philips? Or maybe a safe choice like the Sony? Or why not all of them in an Xbox 360?
In any case, try clicking the "See the Top Brands" link above to see what's up at eBay right now.

Great Stuff on Amazon 

Sony DVP-FX820 8-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black

Amazon Price: $157.88 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Sony DVP-FX930 9" Portable DVD Player - Black

Amazon Price: $166.10 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Philips PET702 7-Inch Portable DVD Player

Amazon Price: $79.99 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Coby Electronics TF-DVD7107 7-Inch Portable DVD Player

Amazon Price: $74.99 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking

Amazon Price: $124.98 (as of 07/04/2009) Buy Now

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Reader Feedback 

RyanRE wrote...

I have heard that Sony's PS3 actually has one of the better Blu-Ray DVD processors on the market. Great lens and thanks for commenting on mine. ***** to ya.

ReplyPosted May 27, 2008

beachbum_gabby wrote...

cool appliances. Great reviews about a DVD Player. 5*

ReplyPosted May 22, 2008