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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2021
This was a replacement for a Sony DVD player that just died after many years of excellent service. The Sony was given to me. It did everything but BluRay. When it came to to replace it, I didnt go for another Sony. No reason other than I am cheap, and my needs are simple. I just waned a disc player than included BluRay. For about $100 all in, this player is hard to beat.
You need the remote to drive it. There are buttons on the front panel, but they are few and not well marked. The only output is HDMI. From what I can tell there are many DVD players that offer outs other than HDMI or HDMI and other outputs but once you start looking at BluRay players, its not uncommon to encounter only HDMI as the interface. The TV that it drives does not have HDMI but D/A, so I needed an HDMI converter. That was another $22. I was NOT prepared to replace the TV (monitor) for an HDMI port. The 3 cable D/A (stereo plus video) output has been good enough, and I really don't need to be able to count cat whiskers on the screen.
Its powered by a wall wart thats rated at 12V and 1A. Read: it takes very little power to operate - less than 12 watts.
Chances are your requirements in video entertainment are much more sophisticated than mine. That doesn't mean that this player won't rise to the occaision. What it really means is that my bar isn't that high and so long as it plays "discs", I'm happy. Yes, it will play audio and burnt CD and DVD just fine also. The player itself is dead quiet, small and almost invisible except for the green LED when its powered up. It does what I needed a player to do, and then some, I'm sure.
You need the remote to drive it. There are buttons on the front panel, but they are few and not well marked. The only output is HDMI. From what I can tell there are many DVD players that offer outs other than HDMI or HDMI and other outputs but once you start looking at BluRay players, its not uncommon to encounter only HDMI as the interface. The TV that it drives does not have HDMI but D/A, so I needed an HDMI converter. That was another $22. I was NOT prepared to replace the TV (monitor) for an HDMI port. The 3 cable D/A (stereo plus video) output has been good enough, and I really don't need to be able to count cat whiskers on the screen.
Its powered by a wall wart thats rated at 12V and 1A. Read: it takes very little power to operate - less than 12 watts.
Chances are your requirements in video entertainment are much more sophisticated than mine. That doesn't mean that this player won't rise to the occaision. What it really means is that my bar isn't that high and so long as it plays "discs", I'm happy. Yes, it will play audio and burnt CD and DVD just fine also. The player itself is dead quiet, small and almost invisible except for the green LED when its powered up. It does what I needed a player to do, and then some, I'm sure.
