Wharfedale DVD-750 (exclusive to Tescos)

I was one of the first people to buy a Wharfedale DVD750 and 750-s in the UK. It cost £180 originally from Tescos in 1999. My units (I own the two variants above) are still going strong in 2014, even though we have now upgraded our TV to HD 40"! The Sony TV upscales the picture perfectly adequately and the player has had over 2000 films put through it. Now THAT is reliability. We can't be the ONLY people left using this player, can we? If anyone else is still using theirs we'd like to know. Email to [email protected]

When you switch on the Wharfedale DVD-750, the drawer just will not open for a good 10-20 seconds. The machine does not have sufficient logic to realise that when there is no disc in there, it's gotta open. No questions.

This is a great machine. OK, it looks a little less sleek than the budget players of today, but I have no excuse (other than the desire to have a DVD player that plays MP3 files and is DTS compatible) to replace mine. PLUS it is possible to use this region-free if you know where to look...

A bargain at the time, and certainly a good player, but can't really keep up with today's high performing budget players.

I bought my Wharfdale DVD-750S from Tescos in Enfield. I went looking on the shelves where they should have been, but they were all sold out. Mine was hidden by someone else behind some clothing where I spotted it. I took it to the cashier who told me it was £100. A man behind me at the checkouts started kicking the counter saying that he had bought 1 the previous week for £180. I was very lucky. So far to date (1yr and 5 months on) I have be able to watch and hear everything that I put in the DVD Player. What a find, what a result. Why have they stopped making them ??

Bought the Wharfdale DVD-750 DVD player in June 2000 from Tescos for £180 - cheapest around at the time.

Good sound and picture quality. Had no problems with it except that it wouldn't play Gladiator disk 2 with the additional features. Until recently that is...

Had some trouble switching it on until eventually it would not power up at all. I have been informed that the power unit is broken and the part is no longer made so the player is now useless.

So much for buying cheap. Anybody got a spare power unit?

I bought the Wharfdale 750 DVD player from Tescos second or third batch. It was simple to set up and easy to hack. Plays through RGB scart and digital coaxial. The picture and sound are exceptional, the first through my old (1995) 25 inch Panasonic TV, the second through a Sherwood 925RDS receiver, 5 speakers and a sub. I can't complain about its value (at the time of buying there was nothing to really touch it at the price) or performance which I find is exceptional, don't even notice the layer changes. I have got one issue though, Swordfish and A.I. region 2's (both Warner Brothers discs, Wharfdale technical say's it's the way the disc's are formatted that's the problem - how helpful can they be) bought them both from woollies. Swordfish would only play after the menu timer had finished it's first cycle. A.I. would not even play, try to access the menu and the player would freeze (switch machine off and on to retrieve disc). Disc 2 just gave a dark blank screen. Could it be the discs at fault - can't see them having RCE? encoding on R2's, I've seen other people have had similar problems but no answers, or the player needs setting back to region 2 only, if so, HOW. Could the player be upgraded to play the two disc's and any future problem disc's?. Any help would be appreciated.

Ever since I bought my Wharfedale DVD-750 dvd player for £150, i've enjoyed every moment of owning it. The picture is very good on all the films i've seen, and the sound is very clear. I can confidently say that this has to be the best dvd player you can pick up at this price, unless of course you're a bit of a dodgy geezer and steal a nice top-end one! By the way, for anybody who wants a mental film, look into 'The Fast and The Furious'-oh yes!

Get a life if you think there is anything particularly wrong with this box. I've had my Wharfedale DVD-750 DVD player for well over a year with only a few minor glitches which were usually resolved by either cleaning the disk or changing back from multiregion to region 2. I did have some initial setup issues but I put that down to my own inexperience.

For the guy with problems on the Gladiator Disk 2, this is not the player. It's the disk. It used to be possible to get the disk replaced. Newer copies don't have this issue. Mine is fine and overall the DTS playback through the Wharfdale is fantastic.

I have recently purchased a new widescreen TV, new AV receiver and speaker package and new nicam VCR. Not once did I consider replacing the Wharfdale with a more flashy piece of kit. This box is so good, I don't think I would have received anything extra for my money.

I bought this Wharfedale DVD-750 DVD player because it was the cheapest available at the time but I have had trouble with the disc freezing and recently I can't view the Gladiator disc 2 at all or the Atlantis R1 dvd I have just spent £18 on! If anyone has any ideas?!