NeuNeo HVD108 DVD Player - Page 7

Reading Tests

The performance of a DVD player can be described in terms related to reading speed, reading accuracy, compatibility with various CD/DVD recordable/rewritable formats as well as data/audio playback support, stored on any common medium.

DVD support

• DVD-Video

The HVD108, as it is also described on the NeuNeo website, is a Region Free drive, which means that the unit is able to decode (play) all the DVD-Video discs originating from any region.

NeuNeo supports both PAL and NTSC TV signal transmission formats, and HDTV.

We connected the player using the S-Video connection and the corresponding cable, which was not included in the unit's package. As was expected, the HVD108 supports the DVD-Video format.

We tried several DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW media, burned with several recorders and also some DVD+R9 (Dual layer recordable discs) of various brands. We recorded the DVD-Video discs with DVD-ROM booktype. Below are summarized the results:

• DVD-ROM

The HVD108 supports reading of DVD-ROM format.

• VCD/SVCD

Both formats are supported.

• JPEG File Support

The NeuNeo player supports reading of the JPEG file format. We tried several resolutions and qualities and all were playable. Obviously, the larger the picture, the more time needed to load the file. Picture formats such as PNG or GIFF were not recognized.

• CD support

The DVR-320-S works well with AudioCD, CD-R/-RW, VideoCD and Super-VideoCD playback. The tracks are recognized correctly, regardless of whether the disc is factory- pressed or a CD-R/RW. Please note, that when talking about data CD (CD-R/-RW), we refer to either compressed audio files (MP3, WMA.), pure *.wav files, or to VideoCD and Super VideoCD. The Ogg Vorbis format cannot be recognized by the player.

• AudioCD

In the case of pressed/recordable/rewritable AudioCDs, the player recognizes and plays all tracks. The device played audio files from CD-R, 10x HS-RW, 24x US-RW and 32x US-RW discs we inserted in the disc tray. Even those that were 90 or 99 minutes duration.

We also tried our Audio protected CDs, "Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies island" protected with Macrovision' Key2Audio scheme, and "Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come", "Aiko" protected with Cactus Data Shield 2000. Both titles were recognized and played without any problems.

The HVD108 does not support the Super AudioCD format as well as DVD-Audio. Also, neither the DivX or Xvid formats is supported.