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| Thread ID: 22923 | 2002-08-03 04:39:00 | Those cheap Woolworths DVD Players | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 67700 | 2002-08-03 14:00:00 | btw the matrix is a good movie to try out on DVD beacause it has great visual effect which really show off the better quality of DVD. It also happens to be a fine movie. |
skid (839) | ||
| 67701 | 2002-08-03 21:11:00 | a lot of tv repair places can multizone a dvd player for you give us a break D |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 67702 | 2002-08-03 23:11:00 | A lot of talk about dvd players but no one has really answered the question. Whats the difference betweeen a chep dvd player and a more expensive one? basically there are two things that distinguish between cheap and expensive 1. an expensive player will have a higher quality laser, this means the MTBF is a lot higher so the laser will last longer, also the mechanisms that record the light that refracts off the dvd are better calibrated so the picture should be slightly better. 2. an expensive player should theoretically have a better DA converter for the video signal. however you have to ask your self this question. DA converters have been around for so long, and been refined so far is there really difference between a slightly more costly DA converter and a cheaper one. Personally i think there is a slight difference, but not that you would notice unless your an A\V freak. Now with the sound, if it has a digital output then there is no difference between a high end player and a low end player. It is the same signal that comes off the dvd(almost ref. point 1.) The thing that will make the difference is the receiver you use. on a cheap dvd player you should be looking to see what Video output it has, Many cheap ones have a standard composite output (Yellow RGB) which is crap. Since most people won't have the latest tv's about you should be looking for one with an s-video output which is a lot better than a composite. If your tv can handle it you should also look for a dvd player with component output. this is infact 3 plugs. but the difference between s-video and component is not much and u would have to be and A/V freak to notice. Comments that sony's gear is better than cheaper stuff is unwarranted. Sony does great marketing to make you think that there products are really good, But they are just like Honda. They merely outsource their activities to many companies who bid for the cheapest price. and then sony will put it together. What does this mean? It means that the laser used in a sony dvd player is probably made by the same people who make your woolworths dvd player, or even worse probably Aopen. The only thing Sony has really pulled off is their TV sets, which are better quality than an average tv set. So hopefully this has helped answer your questions. |
roofus (483) | ||
| 67703 | 2002-08-03 23:35:00 | Why do Woolies sell DVD players cheaply? - because it brings in customers, that's why! When I was in the Electrical Wholesaling line a while back, we sold Coke and Spuds! We got a good deal on them, sold them at little if any markup, and customers bought heaps of our other products while they were buying the Coke or spuds cheap (and kept coming back). Are cheap players any different to expensive ones? I'm not convinced that they don't all come from the same factories (Misubi, Samsung, Goldstar whatever) with different badges. I bought an RCA player from a respectable home appliance store last month. RCA is a well known american brand. It is made by Thompson Electronics (a long established electronics name in Europe) in Singapore (by whom I neither know nor care). It works fine, clearer and sharper than any VCR and is multi-zone. I mainly bought it as an MP3 player - and it does that really well. If I'd known Woolies were going to bring out one at $130 cheaper within the month, I'd have one of theirs. BTW, there are more zone 1 (North America) DVDs in our local Video store than local zone 4 discs! |
andy (473) | ||
| 67704 | 2002-08-03 23:41:00 | Even a cheap DVD player is going to look and sound better than any standard VCR. Would the person who would buy a cheap DVD be likely to own the latest state of the art $25000 plasma tv set?I don't think so!So I don't think that most will really notice the difference between a cheap or expensive DVD player. For $250 you are paying bugger all! So go out and buy one,you can't really go wrong! | andrewc (1143) | ||
| 67705 | 2002-12-10 08:20:00 | farmers dvd offer is the lenoxx $299 or $600 plus, the latter includes home theatre. the cheaper model plays dvd, vcd, mp3, cd, cdr, and cdrw, it is multi-zoned ( i got this info from this site) and dts capable (but no dts decoder) i would say farmers would be a more reliable supplier as they do provide good service and why would they risk selling ''crap'' alongside the big brandnames. |
toaiva (1317) | ||
| 67706 | 2002-12-10 08:36:00 | I know this is slightly off the question, but can someone answer my query. Is it possible to have both a DVD and a VCR hooked up to the same TV at the same time? | Oxie (1318) | ||
| 67707 | 2002-12-10 08:45:00 | Yes, provided your TV has AV input. The Video can use the Antenna, or a second AV input if available. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 67708 | 2002-12-10 09:10:00 | Thanks, Godfather. Another silly question - can one record to these cheaper DVDs or can you only play them? |
Oxie (1318) | ||
| 67709 | 2002-12-10 09:23:00 | >can one record to these cheaper DVDs or can you only play them? Only those one that have Macrovision disabled :D |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
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