Typical price: £60
What is it: Budget DVD player with a massive number of formats supported
What we think: It looks cheap, but the DV100 has so many features for its asking price that it's a decent budget buy
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 27 July 2005
Tags: Nissan, Nissan DV100, card reader, outputs, power button
We like:
Amount of codecs supported; respectable video performance; connectivity
We don't like:
Card inputs have some format support issues; looks cheap; manual badly translated; relatively poor audio quality
You might also need:
Component cable, Scart cable, DVD software
CNET UK judgement:
Nissan is a very small player in the DVD market, but its ability to combine a stack of features for a miniscule asking price is very commendable. If you have a collection of DivX video and MP3 audio sitting on your computer, then this will let you play them as easily as you would a DVD. While it will look out of place underneath a premium flat screen, it can still provide it with a decent picture, and because nothing else touches it for features at this price, we admit to having a soft spot for it
Full review:
While major manufacturers such as Toshiba and Sony have the lion's share of the DVD player market, the smaller players are starting to snap at their heels. Usually originating from the Far East, brands such as Liteon, Mustek and Lafayette are shipping DVD players and recorders over here with the 'pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap' mentality. Continue Reading...
Latest user reviews
February 24, 2006
Posted by: Marc Saint
"Although a cheap player, it plays nearly every format you throw at it."
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