Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #351 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: DVPSR90B.CEK
• Released on: 2008-10-22

Manufacturer's Description
The DVP-SR90 is a slim and compact DVD Player with tons of features including VCD and Super VCD Playback, Audio CD playback, mp3 playback and many other supported formats. It has a twin laser pickup and progressive scan output. It also has built-in Picture Sharpness, which helps deliver a crystal-clear image. Sound is enhanced by a 192kHz / 24bit audio D/A Converter and 96kHz/24bit Digital Audio Output. And what's more, life is made easier by the inclusion of a number of user-friendly features such as Quick Setup, Magic Pad Menu and Playback Memory.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent Value!
I bought this DVD Player for my daughter to use with her Sony 20" LCD television. I am suitably impressed by it's small size which makes it a lot less imposing than standard sized machines, especially in a busy teenager's bedroom! Functionality is as easy as it gets - there are four buttons on the casing of the DVD player, namely 'open tray', 'start', 'stop' and the 'power' button.

The remote control is pretty self-explanatory to use also, however, it is with the remote that I have the most minor of niggles. The remote has no button to open and close the disk tray. If it had, there would never be any need to touch the player at all.

Picture quality is first class on the 20" monitor referred to above. Sound quality is also very decent when played through headphones.

All in all a quality product that provides excellent value for money, as well as reliability.

Extraordinary value for money
Since I began to download DivX rips of US TV episodes I wanted a capable player, so I bagged one of these off eBay and I am VERY impressed.

I was struck by the sheer size of the thing - it's no bigger or heavier a slimline PS2. It's very elegant in black, with a green LED display and the minimum of buttons on the top edge of the fascia. The remote is also pleasingly small but doesn't compromise on features. (I should add for Scott Jones that although there is no eject button on this player's remote, the player does accept an eject "signal" from other Sony DVD remotes, as well as my Sony all-in-one).

There is only the bare minimum of socketry (an RGB SCART and composite phonos), but I have no qualms with that. An S-Video would have been nice but it's unlikely an AV receiver owner would go for an entry level player like this anyway. Picture is outstanding at this price point, with a few preset modes and sharpness adjustment. The player is also pretty quiet in operation (but it's a bit slower to load than some of its stockier cousins - again, no biggie for me). Chapter seeks are incredibly quick and smooth, with barely a quarter of a second's pause; layer changes are equally fast, a huge improvement over my previous player.

The biggest draw for me, though, was DivX capability - my home-burned compilations played as though they were ordinary MPEG-2's, so I can't fault it in this respect either. I just have to add chaptering structure to my comps now! I have also just discovered that it also plays Xvid (apparently far more popular), so there's every chance it could play ANYTHING in a .avi container.

The rise of Blu-ray is apparently doubly good because players like this are now going for ridiculous (in a good way!) money. DVD players seem to have reached their apex now, so get on the wagon if you haven't converted to HD yet - this is probably the best £17 I've ever spent.

Sony simplicity
In a world of increasing complexity this player is a great exception - set up takes two minutes - picture and sound are excellent and it palys a wider variety of disc types than I own - and all for £35.