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Philips BDP8000 review

The Philips BDP8000 is a great 3D Blu-ray player that offers excellent picture quality. The only downsides are its high price and relative lack of online video services. Read more

£200

24 January 2011 by Ian Morris

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Oppo DV-980H review

First things first -- we love this DVD player for ignoring DVD region coding. But that isn't all it does: the Oppo DV-980H does just about everything else, too, including producing 1080p pictures. It may be expensive, but for what you're getting, it's great value and will be worth it for those who want to watch their DVDs in amazingly high quality Read more

£155

6 October 2008 by Ian Morris

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LG DP391B review

LG's demurely named DP391B deserves a more conspicuous moniker -- it's easily one of the best portable DVD players we've ever seen. With a glorious screen, handy kickstand and tonnes of features, including DivX playback and photo display, it's just the thing for dull journeys Read more

£200

13 August 2008 by Ian Morris

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Sony BDP-S500 review

The Sony BDP-S500 Blu-ray player is an excellent performer. Both standard definition and high definition material alike looks beautiful, providing scenes with sharpness and strong colour. Audio quality is also crisp, but does this player measure up to the PlayStation 3? Read more

£299

23 April 2008 by Ian Morris

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Sony BDP-S370 review

We really can't complain about the Sony BDP-S370. It's cheap, but this Blu-ray player offers speedy disc-load times, excellent picture and sound quality, and decent codec support. It also provides great online features, such as access to BBC iPlayer Read more

£119

15 July 2010 by Ian Morris

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Toshiba XD-E500 review

If you're looking to make the most of your DVD collection but you aren't up for a Blu-ray player, this Toshiba upscaling DVD player may be a good bet. Play with the three different upscaling modes to find your ideal picture, but watch out for some behavioural problems Read more

£120

9 September 2008 by Ian Morris

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Panasonic DMP-BD75 review

The Panasonic DMP-BD75 is a perfectly capable Blu-ray player, but it costs too much and doesn't offer the online video-streaming capabilities of cheaper Sony and Samsung machines. Read more

£140

7 March 2011 by Ian Morris

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LG HT902TB review

If you have a casual interest in surround sound, the LG HT902TB offers everything you need in one low-cost system. Using six speakers instead of virtual surround sound, it's an authentic 5.1 system. Priced at around £250, it could be your way into home cinema without spending a fortune Read more

£250

12 September 2007 by Ian Morris

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Pioneer BDP-LX71 review

If you aren't feeling the credit crunch, Pioneer's £600 BDP-LX71 is an excellent Blu-ray player with superb picture and sound quality. It has wonderfully simple menu systems that are a breeze to configure and we love the connectivity options. If money is no object, and you already have a Pioneer TV, you should buy one Read more

£430

24 November 2008 by Ian Morris

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Best Blu-ray players

Blu-ray players are no longer exorbitantly expensive and other problems, such as long movie loading times, are being ironed out too. Here are four you should definitely consider Read more

15 December 2009 by Ian Morris