Page 1 of Budget TV & DVD - suggestions?

Hi There...

A friend of mine currently has a very minimalist entertainment system,
which adds up to a 14" portable TV. Not much, huh?

He`s just got himself a Visa card, with a 500.00 limit, and so the
first things he wants to treat himself to is a) DVD player, and b)
bigger TV. He also wants to invest in a mini stereo, so he won`t be
wanting to blow his limit on the TV/DVD.

So, does anyone have any suggestions for a TV & DVD player for around
350.00 to 400.00? I started out by giving him a Richer Sounds
catalogue so that he can check out the budget DVD players, and pointed
him in the direction of the likes of Asda for budget TVs.

Any ideas? Anyone know what the Richer Sounds budget DVD players are
like? Himage/Logix etc? TV-wise, I haven`t got a clue.

All help would be greatly appreciated!


Bablos.

Lot of people have bought a DVD from Aldi called a MEDION for £100 and they seem happy with it, try there for cheap TVs has well.

hmm, budget DVD player and TV and a mini system as well.

There are a couple of Aiwa mini systems that have built in DVD playback the XR DV120 and the XR DV525.

check out the aiwa.co.uk website for the full specs, but the 120 is readily available at around £200. The 525 is a bit more i think as it is a dolby pro logic 5 speaker system.

I asked the question to the forum last week if anybody had any experiences of these systems, but the zero replies suggested otherwise.

Jimbo - you must have something to say about them given your line of work and Aiwa DVD appreciation. Are these systems based around the revered 370 (albeit somewhat pared down as far as some of the features go)???

As for TVs, Tesco do a 28" Widescreen Wharfedale for £280, but I`m unsure how good they are - I suspect you would probably do better spending a wee bit more on an end of line Philips or Hitachi.

Asda do a 28" schneider/matsui tv for £199
richer sounds have the excellent himage 2290 for £110