WHSmith DVD Players - Good or Crap?
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Hi, i'm in a bit of a dilema and i wondered if anyone out there could help me. basically the subject of this post says it all, are the LG DVD players in WHSmith (£180) any good? The thing is u c my g/f works there and can get 5 yrs free insurance as part of the deal BUT she leaves in just over a week so i need to make a decision fast.
Now in the past i've looked in mags at players and they go into increadable deatil about all the pic quality and the perfect amp etc etc. I am not a massive film buff, so basically what i'm saying is will any lack of quality in picture etc actually effect me. I'll be using it on a sony mini-widescreen TV in my bedroom (no, i'm not a kid i'm 18).
Anyway, can anyone help, to buy or not to buy, that is the question?
cheers, MythUK
PS oh yeah, does anyone know if i could get it to play region 1 discs?
Now in the past i've looked in mags at players and they go into increadable deatil about all the pic quality and the perfect amp etc etc. I am not a massive film buff, so basically what i'm saying is will any lack of quality in picture etc actually effect me. I'll be using it on a sony mini-widescreen TV in my bedroom (no, i'm not a kid i'm 18).
Anyway, can anyone help, to buy or not to buy, that is the question?
cheers, MythUK
PS oh yeah, does anyone know if i could get it to play region 1 discs?
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On the region 1 request you'd probably have to send it to someone like Techtronics who would chip it for you but this would INVALIDATE the warrantee making the deal your girlfriend would get not look like such a great option. Think about it carefully
If you've got the cash by the Sony S-725d or the newer 735. I have the 725 and it is excellent but you'll now ahve to shell out about £400-£450 for a mutiregion player.
Good Luck!
I'm still too unsure as to how much i'm actually going to use the player to shell out too much for it so i think i'll stay with this one. In any case if i do end up using it lots then i can always reinvest in the future.
Also i may be getting a funky new pc soon with a dvd player so the multi region thing shouldn't be so much of an issue.
Thanks 4 your swift reply! MythUK
Be careful here also as i know several people who went down this route only to find that the PC DVD player they got was also region specific. I'll find out which ones aren't (if you want) and get back to you.
Paul
£220, really? That sounds good, but are you able to get it in the high street (perhaps a dumb question, but you never know)? I don't really understand most of the tech stuff u put there, but the rec 2 video stuff sounds good. As long as it can be bought in the hight street this sounds like it may be the one 2 go for.
Also, thankfully i just found out my isa has just turned instant access so the rush itn't quite so bad now. i have about a week until my g/f leaves smiths, so that takes the pressure off a bit!
I'll check back soon to see if there is any more advice!!
MythUK
Richer Sounds (They will most likely advise how to hack the player)http://www.richersounds.co.uk and follow the DVD links. It sells for 180 now!
Dixons
Currys
Scottish Power shops
Good Luck
Paul
BEST BUDGET DVD PLAYER 2000.
Winner: Wharfdale DVD-S750 (£180)
Available at a checkout near you, Wharfdale's debut into DVD has had punters rioting in the aisles since its launch. Following the disappointing perfomace of other budget players, which capitulated and collapsed the moment a difficult disc came along, we were wary of the DVD-750 when it first arrived on the doormat.
But, months later, we've still only heard good reviews of this sub-£200 marvel and we continue to recommend it as the best entry-lever player currently on the market.
Its out-of-the-box multi region capability abviously makes it a huge draw at this price, but the 750 has more up its sleeve than just regional versaility. The fascia is appealing, it's Dolby Digital compatible and, although the operating system is quite basic, the onscreen menus are easilty navigatable. Feature-wise, there's a parental lock, multi-angle and A/B repeat as well as Zoom and scan speeds. And just to please anyone who is seeking for a DVD deck with multiple uses, CD playback is fine and even compatible with CD-R and Video-CD discs.
Even the HCC test bench held no demons for this player, as it scored very well for frequency response, signal - to - noise and jitter. Our only niggle about the package, is the small remote control unit, which is quite fiddly, but with the high standard of the picture and sound quality, you aren't likely to be complaining for long.
Review Feb: '00
Nominated: LG DV-2330 (asp £250)
I think its great for £180 + ITS OUT OF THE BOX Region free ability - you can't top it!
The actual review of it back in Feb is here
Regards
Patrick.
You can reset the region 5 times as standard on any PC dvd player, prob is, as mentioned above, you will be stuck with the last region setting. Your mate could have saved on bomb if he'd dug about a bit and got DVDGenie from www.7thzone.com, this is a region crack prog that works for most software dvdplayers and costs zilch, it enables multiple region changes as often as required and also disables macrovision so you can "BACK UP" thos r1 films not yet released in the UK.
Bit late for the geezer who went out and bought a r2 player though eh.
Also if you is gonna buy a dvd enabled pc system, ensure that the graphics card has a tvout facility otherwis it's pretty pointless. Yo will also need a scart to multiple phono lead, audio l/r, video out etc. L/R phono into a single small jack adapter to go in your sound card, speaker out socket, then wang it all in the back of a video/tv scart and bobs ya uncle.
BLAH BLAH.
Rupert {:O)
Dave
1) Playing duplicated audio CD's.
b) Playing video CD's created on your PC from Digital Video camera's. Completely removes the need for VHS. Now that has to be a good thing!
Dave
[This message has been edited by TVman (edited 24 May 2000).]
1) I'm going with the LG machine. I can get at it on monday, get £90 worth of free insurance via the WHSMith employee deal, and for £200 you get Blade, Pleasantville and that comedy jackie chan file, i forget the name!
2) I really can't afford much else
3) It's my birthday soon and with the money I'm saving my parent's have agreed to let me pay for the installation while they pay for a Sky Digital subscription. So for £240 I get a dvd player, 3 films and Sky digital for a year all for my room! Can't be bad.
But on the Wharfdale DVD-S750 thing, I may just step into tesco to have a look before i buy the LG . . .
Cheers MythUK
In fact it looks like Samsung have gone back to the old original hack. see www.709online.com for more info.
Noel Hennessy