Page 1 of Does anyone have a Grundig gdv 520 or know of any reviews?

Is it any good v. cheap at curry`s (£298) at the momentany info greatly recieved please help.

This item was edited on Monday, 30th April 2001, 13:03

Presumably you mean the GDV-520 which is what the below text refers to.

I`ve had one for about the last 2 months. Got it when they were £349 from Dixons and still thought it was a good deal.

The player is a clone of the Proline DVD-2000, so that multi-region hack for that player works on this. The sound quality is awesome, although a few people on these forums have reported problems with the sub-woofer. However, I`ve found that if you intend to watch the films at high volumes the sub-woofer works fine. Overall, for the money though I reckon this is a really good deal as you are looking at around double the price for something similar elsewhere.

ok i do mean the 520 what is picture quality like does it copr with mp3 etc
thanks

This item was edited on Monday, 30th April 2001, 13:05

It doesn`t play MP3 or CDR disks. The way I look at it is this - the DVD player which is a clone of Proline DVD 2000 costs £129 in Comet. An equivilent Sub-Woofer costs at least £100 in Richer Sounds, so that leaves £70 for the amp & surround speakers.

The picture quality is fine - prior to this I had a Logix 3000 and I would say the picture quality is better than that. For more info on the player check out www.comet.co.uk - they sell the Proline DVD 2000.

Hi, I had one of the sytems and ended up returning it because of the faulty subwoofer which was a real pain in the butt.
Aside from that it was a fair system for the money, picture quality is ok but there is no rgb out and the remote is a bit basic.
The player has onboard dolby decoding(no dts decoding although it does have dts stream output),whlist the amp is a simple six channel affair with no extra inputs for other sources, and produces a noticeable backround hiss.
The player is easily made multi region with a handset hack although it locked up a few times when set to region 0, setting the region to the same as the disc I was playing seemed to cure it.
for £300 it is a cheap way to get into home cinema but it does have its limits,If i was you i would check out the richersounds website,eeven if you have to spend a little more it would be worth it.