Reviews for Best Budget DVD Players

"Toshiba 1080p Upscaling Black DVD Player - SD7200/ 720p/1080i/1080p Video Upconversion Via HDMI/ 14-Bit/108MHz Video D/A/ Digital Picture Zoom/ JPEG Photo Viewer/ Audio D/A 192 kHz/24-Bit/ Dolby Digital And DTS Compatible Output/ 3D Surround Sound/ Black Finish...Connected to a compatible AC-3 receiver, Dolby® Digital creates a multi-channel audio experience and unsurpassed three-dimensional audio performance rivaling the best movie theaters...The DVD/VCR may not support some MP3/WMA/JPEG recordings due to differences in recording formats, disc structure, or condition of the disc (use of CD-RW for MP3 files is not recommended..." read more »

"As for the performance of the player, it seems to be doing fine thus far (only a few hours of use), and I've had good experience with Toshiba products in the past...Great buy for under forty dollars! What a buy! I loved the ease with which to install, the picture quality is very good, it's simple to operate, an overall A+++ rating...It arrived in very good condition in a timely manner..." read more »

"Colour Mode looks at the movie's palette and adjusts it accordingly to deliver the brightest and most natural looking balance, paying close attention to blues and greens...Elsewhere the XDE600 offers everything you'd expect from a DVD player, including a three-stage zoom and trickplay modes like repeat A-B, slow motion and frame-by-frame playback...One question, can the XDE600 handle 4:3 material in its proper ratio when upscaled (ie does it insert side bars..." read more »

"Coby's DVD-514 Super Slim 5.1 Channel Progressive Scan DVD Player offers better sound and images for your DVD movies...It's very frustrating, and I have contacted Coby support even though I've found that DVD-514 has been discontinued..." read more »

"When the DVP-NS710H/B Plus DVD Player was first released by Sony, it started customers' tongues wagging...One of the reasons that customers are wild about this DVD player specifically is its unbelievably low price...But, rest assured that this is no problem with the DVP-NS710H/B Plus DVD Player...That alone makes the purchase of this DVD player a good one..." read more »

"Coby's compact DVD-209 affords DVD and CD playback from a device about the size of a soft-cover book...While not quite portable in the traditional sense--the unit has no screen and requires AC power--the DVD-209 is much easier to move around, set-up, and use than a traditional component DVD player...It handles not only your DVD-Videos (both NTSC- and PAL-formatted discs), but your music, too, from standard CDs to home-burned CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and MP3-encoded CDs...A composite-video output ensures compatibility with nearly any television and many newer computer monitors..." read more »

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"Energy efficient...1080p24 output....Picture suffers a loss of detail with HDMI output...Default picture settings cause Sharpening artifacts....HDTV owners should experience the enhanced picture and sound quality of Blu-ray, but not all of them are ready to make the jump to a high-def disc player when traditional DVD is still perceived as good enough...In practice, though, the XD-E500's video-enhancement features were best left disabled...If you don't want..." read more »

"I bought this DVD player mainly for the karaoke feature...I was skeptical about other unfavorable reviews on this product, I thought they must have got a bad unit...I guess you get what you pay for! I am still happy ,only cuz i paid $26 after shipping for this unit! EXCELLANT PRICE and still worth it..." read more »

"Inexpensive Can play damaged discs Progressive output...Can't upscale Limited connectivity...Best Buy.com has fewer reviews than Amazon.com, and the Sony DVP-SR200P/B scores a shade lower -- though still notably higher than any other current and available DVD player in its price class...Around 75 percent of reviewers here say they would recommend the DVD player to a friend...The J&R website has only a few owner reviews of the Sony..." read more »