Technika DVDFAW08 DVD Player Reviews

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Score: 8.8/10

89 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This DVD player is a good all rounder. “Slim and compact, easy to use, remote control easy to work with.” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 89 real customer reviews

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89 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
83% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (89)
Design8.4
Ease of use8.5
Image quality8.5
Sound quality8.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.3
Overall rating8.8
Bargain hunter (7)
Film lover (3)
Technophobe (2)
Other (77)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Slim and compact, easy to use, remote control easy to work with.

- Not having LCD readout on front.

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48 of 51 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2008

Score 3.0/10

david, nottingham

+ Reviewer left no comment

- this dvd player is described as divx compatable but it is not fully compatable and will not play 24 bit compression

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39 of 46 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Christine , Beeston, Nottingham , “easy to use”

+ Very easy to use and also very slim

- Reviewer left no comment

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26 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Represents great value for money!

- Reviewer left no comment

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26 of 29 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use and set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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24 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ all of it

- none

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26 of 31 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good value, simple to use. Excellent.

- None

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23 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2009

Score 5.0/10

Sarah, Hampton

+ Small, easy to use, cheap

- Takes ages to load a disk, skips a LOT, often have to open and close the drawer a few times before player will work properly.

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21 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Compact design.

- No display but I can live with it.

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15 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ great value for money no complaints

- Reviewer left no comment

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

pamela, newcastle upon tyne

+ Value for money Ease of use

- none as yet

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use. great quality in sound and vision.

- none so far

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Tim, London

+ Very cost effective, plays divx/xvid discs, compact, 'does what it says on the tin'.

- Not many options on the player itself, remote control can be unresponsive occasionally; remote is a bit cheaply made. (But understandably for the price)

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15 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

sam, norwich

+ this dvd player is light and sleek. great value for money and looks good. well recommended.

- Reviewer left no comment

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use

- doesn't come in different colours

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15 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Tony, Belfast

+ This is a very good budget level DVD player - esp. with the DIVX playback - this is very good value for money and a pretty good dvd player also.

- remote control very basic and cheap looking - but thats just being picky

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13 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use dvd player.

- Have to be very close to player to use remote.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Joy, stockpor

+ excellent value for money, plug in and away you go!

- Reviewer left no comment

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12 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Seamus, Oxfordshire

+ Value for money

- None. At this price,if it works its a good buy

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Bargain price. Nice design.

- Remote control doesn't work very well - buttons are unresponsive sometimes.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “not technology minded”

+ simple to install

- none

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Feb 2009

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+

- A reasonable DVD player let down by a hopeless remote control.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

joe, liverpool

+ good looking player,with quite good picture and audio for the price

- will not always play all avis must be to do with the encoding

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Cheap but does the job

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very compact,easyinstructions.

- Would like to have had the product in silver

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “homemaker”

+ no digital display as stated but good value.

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

ian, derbyshire

+ very cheap and does the job, no frills

- none

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

Gwendolyn, Winkfield , “Single supporting parent”

+ Great value for money but if I was to do it again.. would spend a bit more and get a few bells and whistles.

- not fancy at all. does not have any bells or whistles but for the money does the trick.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

annemarie, thornbury , “nothing”

+ really good to use

- no bad points

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good and slim

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

jenny, morpeth

+ everything about this dvd player is great

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Elspeth, Glasgow

+ slim design, easy to use. Good basic player which is just what we were looking for

- Can't get too far away or remote doesn't work

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ use of divx, design, small and light

- Can't change to another region and the remote control is 'cheap'

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Rees, Bedford

+ Simple design.ie nice and flat.

- Sound has a background hum.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film lover”

+ V.small V easy to use my elderly parents understand it!

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Nida, Bham , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ Slim and effective

- Nothing

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Nice looking product and anice size.

- Only missing an LED display on the unit itself

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ design, and value for money

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

Ali, Bedford

+ Value for money, simple to use, few people have mentioned the noise but I haven't noticed it yet.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ Sleek styling and easy to use.

- Remote control a bit flimsy, but for the price paid I am not complaining!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- There are not enougth eXternal ports for conecting to tv .EG: ONLY ONE SCART LEAD,

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

victoria, co londonderry , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ good quality sound and vision.

- buttons on player too small remote not very remote even with new batteries it doesn't respond well to being used.

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purchased 10 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Technophobe”

+ Fab! Just plug and play. Does what it says on the box!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 12 Aug 2009

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- broke down after one day

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purchased 17 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

daphne, milton keynes , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ easy to use

- none

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purchased 23 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Price
Looks
Image quality

- Slightly loose connection points for AV cables but not a real problem

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purchased 13 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Caroline, Annan

+ very easy to set up

- havent found any yet

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purchased 16 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

sean, mcmanus , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

+ easy and simple to use basic player

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 17 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ This was a gift, however the recipient has said that they are delighted with it.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 06 Sep 2009

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Product Features

Multi region No
Upscaling No
Blu Ray Playback No
Playback formats DivX
Playback formats MPEG
Freeview No
HDMI Interface 0
Number of Scart Interfaces 1
Number of Discs 1
DVD-R Playback Yes
DVD+R Playback Yes
DVD-RW Playback Yes
DVD+RW Playback Yes
DVD-RAM Playback No
HD-DVD Playback No
USB Port No
Integrated VCR No
DVB-S No
Colour Black
Release Date 24 Nov 2008
DVD-R Recording No
Type Standard
DVD-RAM Recording No
DVD+RW Recording No
HD-DVD Recording No
DVD-RW Recording No
DVD+R Recording No

Also known as: Technkia Full

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Manufacturer's Description

This DVD player from Technika comes in black complete with HD upscaling to enhance the quality of standard DVD’s with 1080p technology. Compatible media formats include, CD/-R/-RW, DVD/-R/-RW/R/RW, MPEG, JPEG and DIVX. 1 SCART socket to enable connection to other audio visual components. Accessories include a remote control.

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