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| 164317 | 2003-08-01 19:43:00 | I would buy a cheap one now(I got mustek) cause in a few years time you will probably want to buy a DVD player that can Record as well as play & those units are about $1500 at the moment. Cheers Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 164318 | 2003-08-01 21:54:00 | > thanks for all the replies...re digital, will I be > able to connect straight to my sony tv? It has > sockets in back for the little push in plugs as well > as coax.. You see how technical I can get. P Dvd players are easier to set up than a video player, just a matter of sticking the leads in and your away. Sorry i don't understand how you say you have coax at the back, are you refering to the antenna socket? that is not used with dvd players, there is another jack called s-video which will be next to the yellow looking plugs, if you have this s-video jack then use that for the picture input/output. One reservation i would have with using 5.1 analouge outputs on a $180 player is that there won't be enough power, which could result in some distortion from the speakers, which you definately don't want during the movie. Also another point of difference, the more expensive players allow DTS to be read off the CD, this is a lossless sound format which is quite good, comparing (AC-3 5.1) "the 5.1 we have been talking about" to DTS5.1 is like comparing mono to stereo!! it really is quite a difference |
roofus (483) | ||
| 164319 | 2003-08-02 04:52:00 | You could go to Woolworths, Big Fresh etc and buy a Mizuda DVD player for $149. It's multizone, and is MP3 compatible, hsa all these stuff, and looking at the back panel theres heaps of plugs for sounds etc. Slim body too. Worth lookin at. I've got one and its good. cheers caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 164320 | 2003-08-02 12:09:00 | Roofus...I'll make this my last question....The TV has the antenna socket on the back and just above it is a pair of little sockets. The one on the left is audio in...on the right is video in. Are these suitable for DVD? I'd hate to have to add the price of a new TV to the price if a DVD. Thanks to everyone for the help and info offered. P. |
paradox (1082) | ||
| 164321 | 2003-08-02 13:34:00 | Just to add to the confusion, why not buy one of those portable ones? They look kinda like a portable cd walkman, but they play the DVD's :) Also definitely look for one that has SVCD compatibility, so u can make ure own movies on your pc, put em on cd, then play em! |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 164322 | 2003-08-02 23:02:00 | > Roofus...I'll make this my last question....The TV > has the antenna socket on the back and just above it > is a pair of little sockets. The one on the left is > audio in...on the right is video in. Are these > suitable for DVD? I'd hate to have to add the price > of a new TV to the price if a DVD. > Thanks to everyone for the help and info offered. > P. Yep thats a Composite input, that is all you need for dvd, you'll be away laughing :-) |
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