Alba DVD103

Had The Player since it first came out ,got as a second player to my pc setup, always been happy with it, mp3s work great, vcds, svcds, all region dvds and r.c.e discs, only thing i want is a macrovision hack so i can unhook my pc dvd from the video, all in all a great player, even good dts sound to.

I will have owned my 103 2 years come xmas and it's the bomb. It plays everything you throw in it- vcd etc. Cheap discs are no broblem it plays em all. You could use your disc as a coaster and it would still play it. I would buy a couple more if I could get hold of any. Tell me if you know where.

My girlfriend bought this Alba DVD103 DVD player for me for Christmas about 18 months ago (from Argos I think). With her knowing little about DVD and the difference in quality between players she just got the cheapest on out there for me.

I must say, I am very impressed with it. I`ve got it linked into a Videologic Digitheater DTS sound system and it sounds like the dogs knackers!! Never had any problems playing anything I have put in there, R1 and R3 disks work without a problem, VCD and SVCD of CDR and CDRW disks. It plays MP3 without problem. It`s packed with many features that more expensive players don`t have. It`s the ideal player for someone whos on a tight budget.

Of course there has to be a few corners cut to keep the price down. To start with it doesn`t actually come with it`s own 5.1 decoder built in so you will need to get your own and connect through a variety of methods either optical, composite or just standard phono jacks. Connection to TV is through standard SCART of S Video connctions. The player dosn`t handle well with scenes with high areas of black or dark colours, it generates a kind of pixelated appearance with a slight colour deviation. This is the only down point I have seen on this player. I`m sure that if the picture is compared to a top end Sony, JVC or Marantz player there will be noticeable differences but for the price of this little gem with everything that it does, it`s a quality little player. I`ll be sticking with mine for a few more years yet.

Beware.... there is a Daewoo model that looks exactly the same as the Alba... on the outside they are the same, on the inside they are very much different and I wouldn`t advise going for it, there is a major difference in quality and features.

I've had my Alba DVD 103 for some time now. It's my first stand-alone player. I got it from ASDA and it's been really good. I've tried CDs, and some (really) cheap CD-Rs, (output through my hi-fi), no problems. (I've read that CD's don't sound as good on DVD players as CD players, but it sounds ok to me.) I've also tried Region 1 NTSC DVDs, which it plays alright, although it has some problems with the display format to my TV. (I have a 4:3 ration PAL50/PAL60 TV. If I set the player to PAL then the picture is stretched vertically, if AUTO or NTSC then the aspect ration is ok, but it's only in black & white, despite setting the output to RGB! I suspect if I had a TV which supported native NTSC things would be ok.) Overall I've been very pleased with it.

My ALBA DVD103 was the first DVD player i got. After reading the excellent reviews about it, it was down to Argos and grab one for me..generally VERY pleased, good pictures and sound and my reg 1 copy of "Tin Men" (Brilliant film!) plays fine. Some mechanism noise while playing...but turn up thevolume and blast it out. My optics need cleaning too.

I was looking forward to going to france to buy me a dvd. then i saw this Alba DVD103 dvd player for only 100. i thought it was a poor dvd player only able to play dvds from region 2 but it didn't-it could play all the discs. The only bad thing about it is that it makes noise while playing.

I have found the Alba DVD103 DVD player good overall, although the laser seems to need cleaning regularly to play dvd's well.

Recently bought a copy of the Burton version of Planet of the Apes and the main disc has an option to view enhanced feature clips of the making of the film as you play it. This Alba DVD103 DVD player seems to be having the same problem as with Independence Day - Special Edition, in that it's replaying scenes from chapters which have the extra film.

The Alba DVD103 DVD player was a good buy to start with. I'm a single mother and can't afford to pay out so when i saw this one i was pleased that i would be able to get one. It worked ok to start with, so i started to replace all my videos with dvd's. Then i put a dvd on to watch and it just wouldn't play. It kept saying wrong region, even on the ones that it would play before. Now i can't afford to replace it and i am left with vcd player instead!

The Alba DVD103 DVD player is superb vfm, played all I've ever thrown at it including svcd, even threw in a bad one to try to stop it but it ploughed on through the bad bits.....and it's multi region, well happy.