SVP Techwood DVD3030 Upscaling HDMI DVD Player �19.99+pp

jacquini · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

Techwood DVD3030 Upscaling HDMI DVD Player

Ever wished your DVD movies would look cleaner and crisper whilst watching them through your HD Ready LCD/Plasma Television?

Using the latest up-scaling technology, Techwood's DVD3030 HDMI DVD player can breath new life into the picture quality of your DVD movies, enhancing both the colour and definition of the images from your DVDs and pictures on a High Definition (HD) display.

Specifications:
Playback media supported:
DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, CD Audio, VCD, SVCD, MP3, JPEG

Connectivity:
HDMI, SCART, composite video, digital coaxial audio, stereo audio

HDMI Video output support:
- 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i

Specifications:
- Multi Region: Yes
- Progressive Scan: Yes
- Video data format: 4:3, 16:9

Package Contents:
- Techwood DVD3030 DVD Player
- Remote control
- SCART cable
- Batteries
- Manual

HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, console gaming system, or an AV receiver and a compatible digital audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital TV.

Make sure that you connect with an HDMI cable to get the very best out of this DVD player (or any HD device). Please note that there is no HDMI cable included in the box. If you don't already own an HDMI cable then SVP can help. We have a range of cables available from various manufacturers in various lengths. Click here for the full range.

Product Types Price (inc VAT) Qty
1080i Upscaling DVD Player [44215]
Manufacturer Code: DVD3030 �19.99

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Masterlongbowman · Wise Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 76

Can't be any good for that price, can they ???? Sounds a steal if any good.

jacquini · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

I don't know but most of the reviews seem pretty good

Review by Andy Hearnden from Camelford on 19/04/2008 10:50:07 Rating: 9 /10
Techwood Upscaling HDMI DVD Player
Well the blue light isn't really that bright!
This is a stunning player for the money. Added a HDMI cable from SVP as well and plugged in with a little hope.
RESULT! - great image upscaling on my HD TV and apart from the flimsy feel of the disc tray there really is nothing to criticise. The remote is a bland block - but who cares.
Great player at a great price - well done SVP.

Review by chancer127 from london on 10/04/2008 21:23:43 Rating: 7 /10
Techwood Upscaling HDMI DVD Player
It's plays every disk i've put in it, and some that wouldn't play before on my previous machine, the tray is very 'floppy' so becareful, use the remote to open and shut, and yes the blue light is very bright at night and stays on expect in play mode, cystal clear picture and sound and yes as said before you get what you paid for, under £20 it's worth a purchase.

Review by Andrew from Peterborough on 02/04/2008 09:29:22 Rating: 6 /10
Techwood Upscaling HDMI DVD Player
Not entirely convinced by this. It seems as though when playing certain DVDs the player likes to vibrate a lot. Doesn't happen on all dvds, but seems to be genuine single layer discs. This has annoyed me so much I resorted to putting bubble wrap under the legs.
Picture quality is excellent, although I can't say I notice it a lot more than previous players I've owned.
As mentioned before, the dvd tray does feel quite flimsy, and there also seems to be no power off button, apart from the one that seems to put it on standby mode, meaning if I go downstairs during the night, I get some nice blue mood lighting, haha. Maybe that's just me being dense though. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for.
Set up was pain free using a HDMI cable

Review by David from Luton on 27/03/2008 12:56:43 Rating: 9 /10
Seemed a shame not to buy it
Bought this to complement a cheap and cheerful 720p HD TV that I bought my parents before Christmas. (Who says I'm cheap?) Plugged in the mains and the HDMI cables and that was the set-up completed. Perfectly satisfactory picture on the test DVD. For the price you can't really go wrong.

Review by Marcus Rowland from London on 18/03/2008 20:58:25 Rating: 9 /10
Fairly painless
This arrived today and would have been the most painless AV setup I've ever done if it wasn't for the fact that I plugged the digital audio lead into the wrong socket (for various reasons I was trying to do it blind from the front) and spent nearly half an hour going through the menus trying to figure out what was wrong before I spotted my mistake.

The picture is definitely higher resolution than RGB scart (and with real pixels, not interpolated junk), and the digital sound worked perfectly once I found my mistake. It's also region-free out of the box, which is always a plus.

About the only down-side to it is that it doesn't have a digital optical output - I misread the spec on that, and had originally intended to use it via an optical port on my amp - but only digital coax. The other outputs are SCART, stereo sound, composite video, and of course HDMI. It's a very slim (top to bottom) unit which is also nice - let me put something else on top of it with enough room for air to circulate.

It looks very nicely made, about the only things I dislike are that the drawer feels a little flimsy and the remote is a soulless black rectangle with horrible tiny keys that need rather more pressure than usual. Despite that it's definitely a keeper.

Review by Mark Littlewood from Bude on 18/03/2008 16:48:04 Rating: 9 /10
Much better than expected!
OK...Let me say this first...I'm a bit of a brand snob. My own equipment is all Panasonic, Denon, Pioneer and Cambridge I wouldn't touch a Techwood branded product normally, but I needed a cheap DVD player to plug into a TV at the school in which I work, and I noticed that the TV in that studio was one of the new HD models that the local authorities had been nice enough to supply.
I bought the HDMI equipped techwood mainly for ease of connection, and I suppose some curiosity, but it's actually producing a really nice picture!
This plays everything I try it with - DVD, VCD, SVCD, MP3. The operation of the player is very quiet. Image quality is excellent, although I did find the picture very, very slightly off centre. May be my eyesight!
All in all, not a bad experience at all. Very good value at this price (Can't believe they can make them this cheap)SVP

Masterlongbowman · Wise Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 76

Shows how the price drops once technology adopted, my first dvd/laser disc player was �900, it's rather embarassing admiting it but in hidsight I would have waited till dvd mainstream, then I'd not be stuck with a shelf full of large shiney coasters.

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