LASONiC DVD Player HV-670

Pros: A good concept poorly executed. I had one unit that did what it was supposed to do which was play almost any format of video off of the HDD - but that unit had issues with keeping the video synched to the TV: Newegg replaced it. The second unit came and played great video, but within a week the HDD started to make a grinding noise. Thanks to Newegg for taking the return.

Cons: Two bad units in a row (with two different issues) really disappointed me. In general, the idea was good, but poorly executed.

Overall Review: This concept needs to go a little further and support w-lan and needs more flexibility in the user interface.

Pros: Due to some other reviews on this item, I had to test it hard by throwing some of everything at this player. It played the norm as well as every bit rate and file type I threw at with one exception: .wmv files. It went far beyond my somewhat sceptical expectations. The HDD works great on my laptop, it also has a much smaller form factor than the you might assume from the pics.

Cons: Of course, everybody knows whats coming next.... The remote is poorly made, and my batteries were dead well. Oh well, thats why I love my Sony RM AV3000 universal remote.

Overall Review: If they made this unit with a DVD-RW drive, 802.11g wireless and DVR capabilities we would be forced to create a whole new product category for it.... "Every-flippin-thing you could need, in one box".

Pros: HDD works great. loaded up some avis and they work straight away. hdd has a little menu to choose movies from on screen. have xp didnt need to install any drivers, just dropped the files right into the drive.

Cons: none as of yet.

Overall Review: have not tried this on an hdtv with x264 (720p-1080p). it has component (YPbBr) video so I'm thinking it just might work. any thoughts on that?

Pros: Great price. plays most anything. Usual awesome Newegg service.

Cons: Poor remote, you must point EXACTLY at player (I did remove the clear sticker). Easy fix: use a universal remote!

Overall Review: The problems mentioned in the other reviews seem to be fixed with the one I bought, maybe updated firmware. It does sort the movies alphabetically and allows 15 chars for the filename.

Pros: Very good for the price, 250 HD and standard DVD player with Divx and remote. Plays most everything, swapable drive with USB. Perfect for those that need a great stand alone massive storage media player

Cons: HD gets very hot, becareful with removing and inserting the HD, if you don't do it right you can easily damage contacts, rendering it useless.

Overall Review: Forget those wireless players, nan, network HDs, this is cheap, easy and good

Pros: Plays divx/xvid right from harddrive. USB speed excellent. Nice external harddrive.

Cons: Lousy menu system. Sorts by file change date and only a part of the name shows. Long file names are out. Creates a lot of interference. Other remotes do not work when this device is on. Audio/Video sync issues occur a lot. On same movie, sometimes stays in sync, sometimes goes out.

Overall Review: Some people have indicated that this will play dvd movies. This is misleading. You can play the .VOB files fine, including those that contain the menus, but there is no navigation functionality. .IFO files do not play. No menu functionality. Know what you're looking for before you buy this unit.

Pros: Wonderful product, definitely I will recommend to all of my friends.

Cons: Poor remote control, its a good thing that I have a direct TV remote that I programmed to work with this player

Overall Review: Hope with their next product it will add recording capability to MPEG4

Comments: Great idea. Hard Drive works extremely well when removed and hooked up to a computer, encased in solid metal and acts like an external 250gb hd. DVD is progressive soso Divx capable. Response time from HD is workable, it seems the DVD cannot quite keep up. Plays VOBs without menus on HD.