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Out of thousands of reviews for 49 products, over 100 people recommended DVD Players specifically for Hard. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Oppo Digital DV-980H
Oppo Digital DV-980H DVD Player $170 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,DVD Audio,DVD Video,DVD+R,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW,SACD
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
13 People Recommend
"maybe a little less sharp than the movie dvd - hard to say, but it's reasonable that some content will scale better than others.…"

- Amazon.com User

"i thought long and hard before spending this much money on a dvd player, but i now feel comfortable in saying that it has been worth every red cent!…"

- Amazon.com User

"the usb interface allows me to play from my usb drive or a portable hard drive, without having to burn the files on a dvd or cd.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 2 Panasonic DMP-BD30K
Panasonic DMP-BD30K - Blu-Ray disc player $225 - $500 Compare Prices
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-R DL,DVD-RAM,DVD-RW,DVD-VR,Picture CD
  • Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only),Virtual Surround
  • Released 1 year ago
13 People Recommend
"they were all great, i was very impressed with sharpness of picture.i had no problem hooking it up, the upconversion of regular dvd's was so good i could hardlysee the difference with bd discs.so far…"

- Di at Circuitcity.com

"just find it hard to believe sony invents this blueray but there products to play are worse than any out there sony has definately going down hill with consumer confindence.…"

- will from houst at Circuitcity.com

"none of the buttons are lighted, making it hard to read in dark room.…"

- dvdirv at Cnet.com


No 3 Toshiba HD-A35
Toshiba HD-A35 DVD Player $325 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Released 1 year ago
12 People Recommend
"it's much harder to enable blu-ray players to have the interactive menus, web-enabled features and upgradability that all hd dvd players have and have had since they were first released.…"

- Amazon.com User

"regular dvds play with near hd-dvd quality; its hard to tell them appart.…"

- Amazon.com User

"as for whether one buys hd dvd or blueray, that is a hard debate.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD
Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD DVD Player $321 - $700 Compare Prices
  • Nice Picture Quality
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: HD-DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD-R,DVD-R DL,DVD-RW
  • Released 1 year ago
12 People Recommend
"sound quality, since iam hard of hearing, leaves something to be desired, but with ear-phones it is excellent.…"

- Razorbac from Merritt Island, FL at Circuitcity.com

"i just wish consumers really decided this battle because the hardware and software for hd dvd works extremely well and is/was priced just right!…"

- SPGuy from Severna Parkl, MD at Circuitcity.com

"guess what i could hardly even tell the difference i mean my set up was just as good.…"

- Bestbuy.com User


No 5 Sony DVP-FX820
Sony DVP-FX820 DVD Player $150 - $200 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD+R DL,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only)
  • Released 8 months ago
10 People Recommend
"on/off switch is a little hard to find unless you use the remote, but a great player for us.…"

- Dell.com User

"hard to see picture under alot of natural light.…"

- Houst at Circuitcity.com

"first portable dvd player i have ever owned but it would be hard to beat.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 Samsung BD-UP5000
Samsung BD-UP5000 $516 - $1,000 Compare Prices
  • DVD Type: Blu-ray and HD-DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: Blu-ray,CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-RW,DVD-VR,HD-DVD
  • Surround Sound: Built-In Dolby Digital Decoder,Built-In DTS Decoder
  • Released 11 months ago
5 People Recommend
"so you're stuck with core dd, core dts, or pcm.in summation, it's an excellent player, but you'll have a hard time plunking down $800 when there's nohd audio support.…"

- Raptor00 from Seattle, WA, USA at Circuitcity.com

"do your research before plunking down your hard earned cash.…"

- zzt from NJ at Circuitcity.com

"i have rated it a "4" rather than a "5" only because its internal hard drive is too small to allow a potential future upgrade to "profile 2.0".…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Pioneer BDP-95FD Blu-ray player
Pioneer BDP-95FD Blu-ray player $800 Compare Prices
  • Affordable
  • DVD Type: Blu-Ray Player
  • Playable Disk Types: BD-RE,CD (Audio),DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-RW
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
4 People Recommend
"it also includes a front display (that displays time elapsed and chapter) which is hard to find on lower-priced players.…"

- j at Circuitcity.com

"the 1080p looked horrible, so scratchy and fuzzy it was hard to believe this was supposed to be high-definition.…"

- Bestbuy.com User

"the remote is very small, hard to read.…"

- kay from verside, cari at Circuitcity.com


No 8 Sony DVP-NS77H/B
Sony DVP-NS77H/B $40 - $80 Compare Prices
  • DVD Player
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Audio,DVD Video,DVD+R,DVD+R DL,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-R DL,DVD-RW,DVD-VR,SVCD,VCD
  • Surround Sound: Dolby Digital (Digital out only),DTS (Digital out only)
  • Released 1 year ago
4 People Recommend
"the navigation on remote is very touch, so it makes it hard to get through dvd menus.…"

- Bestbuy.com User

"picture that good from my standard dvd's and a vizio, but was i very happy when i hooked the player up and adjusted the tv -(wow) it is so close to the sony + blu-ray that i could hardly believe it.…"

- Tom from Grove, Ok at Circuitcity.com

"hard to beat for under $100.…"

- JamesJ from Portland, ME at Circuitcity.com


No 9 Toshiba 19LV505 19" 720p Black
Toshiba 19LV505 19" 720p Black $335 - $450 Compare Prices
  • Playable Disk Types: CD (Audio),CD-R,CD-RW,DVD Video,DVD-R,DVD-RW,VCD
  • Released 8 months ago
3 People Recommend
"sometimes it's rather hard to hear.…"

- "Donut" at Abt.com

"the down side is the remote is not arranged very good, hard to find the channel return button, and it takes a long time to go to the next channel.…"

- Amazon.com User

"my husband is hard of hearding yet volume is strong enough for him.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 10 Sony DVDirect MC5 VRDMC5 Recorder
Sony DVDirect MC5 (VRDMC5) Recorder $180 - $233 Compare Prices
  • DVD Recorder
  • Released 1 year ago
3 People Recommend
"i purchased it with a new digital sony handycam with hard drive memory to transfer with ease to dvd.…"

- Bestbuy.com User

"it is an hd camcorder, but rather than recording to a hard drive or directly to a dvd it records to minidv.…"

- Amazon.com User

"if you have a newer camcorder that records on hard drive or flash media, this is a good way to clear off the drive when it gets full and store your movies, as opposed to just filling up external hard…"

- Amazon.com User


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