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| 137513 | 2003-04-21 06:24:00 | is there anyone out there who has bought one of these $179 dvd players from dse? are they worth buying and do they do all the basic tricks? | mason (3641) | ||
| 137514 | 2003-04-21 06:45:00 | They are fine. There can be some minor quality control issues, just check out all the functions (CD play, DVD play CD-R play etc) as soon as you can. I had one that would only play DVDs, not CDs. Took it back and exchanged it, next one is fine. I know of many others that are very happy with them. 2 models, "2 channel" only has L+R audio out, other has 5.1 Surround. the 2 channel (if any left) are probably fine for most people. Check the Warehouse, I think they are the same units, different name? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 137515 | 2003-04-21 08:27:00 | How do they compare to a X-Box or Playstation 2 dvd playback. I have to buy something to watch dvds on and if I can get similar quality out of a console to a cheapish standalone, I get to play some games as well. |
sharrow (1342) | ||
| 137516 | 2003-04-21 08:34:00 | Those consoles (PS2 Im thinking of here..) only play certain region DVD's.. You'd be better off buying a $99 one for ya PC and buying DVD Region-Free from dvdidle.com to make it region free :-) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 137517 | 2003-04-21 08:41:00 | I have a dvd drive in my pc, I need something for the lounge. Its just a replacement for the dying video connected to the TV so I can continue to watch rentals, so as long as its reasonable quality I don't really care and I can live with it being one region. What I am concerned about is the image quality from a console vs. a standalone. Unfortunately the full blown home theatre is a while away. |
sharrow (1342) | ||
| 137518 | 2003-04-21 08:46:00 | You may then be interested in this thread here: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz It would cost you around the same as an X-Box would, maybe an extra $100 odd... to build a PC with minimal specs (No monitor, Duron 933, 256MB DDR-RAM, mobo, 30Gig HDD, and AGP Card) so its fully up to you :-) A TV-Capture card would set you back another $90 odd, but then you can save all those family memories/TV Shows to your HDD so there's no wear/tear on the Tapes! Quality is minimal in difference if at all AFAIK! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 137519 | 2003-04-21 10:20:00 | Well Mason, I dont know about the DSE dvd players, but recently I took the plunge & got a cheap dvd player from Woolworths..cost $179.. and wow, does it perform? yes it does, all the options like dvd, mp3, and cd audio. never missed a beat.. Video & audio quality is excellent. It's amazing at the price, and I imagine the DSE ones are similar.. |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 137520 | 2003-04-21 10:53:00 | picked up the $179 DVD Player from the warehouse some slight discolouration (played on friends Plasma Screen,) on deep shadowing, not noticeable on my standard TV. This one is static zone and multizone, which means if the DVD you rent can ONLY work on zone 4 dvd player then you set the dvd to zone 4 and it works, then you set it back to multizone when you are finished. It plays MP3's Kodak photo's, and standard Jpeg's (take shots on digital camera, write jpg to cd insert cd into dvd player and it starts a slideshow.) 5.1 sound but I haven't tried it yet just through TV. recomend to cheapies like me. but spend money Just read the FFWD>> mag to find out how to spend some real money. |
Wayne H (1736) | ||
| 137521 | 2003-04-26 05:50:00 | Hi there Wayne, I bought the Mustek from SE just last Tuesday, and everything seemed to work okay except for the slide show. I have hundreds of photos that I took with my digital camera and have saved them onto a CD-RW disk, however when I put the disk into the DVD player it comes up with the message on the TV screen "wrong Disk" and will not play the slide show. As the carton and the motif on the player said that it had "Kodak Picture CD compatible JPEG Readable" I expected that would do the trick, but no such luck. Does one have to have any special software to be able to shove onto the CD when you are burning your photos on to it? Would be grateful if you have the answer to that one. If so please reply to me at dmlyons@ihug.co.nz Thanks for any help you may give to me. regards |
dmlyn (297) | ||
| 137522 | 2003-04-26 06:06:00 | i have an xbox with a dvd kit & it has very good quality playback (dolby digital 5.1). i believe it supports all major formats. | Craig (448) | ||
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