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dvd player

  • 09-12-2000 11:21pm
    #1
    whitetrash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭


    anyone know of a good region-free (or hackable) player for less than £250.
    the alba dvd103 got 5/5 in 'stuff', its region-free (no hack req) and in the argos for £200.

    can anyone do better?
    I Live


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  • #2
    Shinji
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    Ok, I've no idea how this translates into punts, but I guess it's still under 250 quid. The Scan SC-2000 player (www.scan.co.uk) set me back 145 quid - 180 or so including VAT and postage - and it's a sweeet bit of kit. DVD playback is superb, it has a DTS decoder, all the outputs you could ever want, a simple region hack from the remote control, and it also plays back audio CDs, Video CDs and - get this - CDs full of MP3s.

    Well worth the price of entry.

    Ja,
    Rob


  • #3
    Draco
    Subscribers Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Draco


    The player Tescos sells is £219 and becomes region free with just a simple code put in the remote. It is a nice enough player, but I really don't have anything to compare to it.

    Draco


  • #4
    Figment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Figment


    I got the Scan and i love it.


  • #5
    Yossarian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭Yossarian


    Are those players able to cope with RCE??

    Stephen.


  • #6
    Shinji
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    Scan one handles RCE, dunno about the rest of them.


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  • #7
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Yeah that Tesco one is going for £199 at the moment. It can bypass RCE, but make sure you get the 750S model and not the 750 (which is having alot of problems with disks). Check out uk.media.dvd newgroup for more info on these players.

    Gandalf.


  • #8
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    Theres this one aswell I'm not sure if it's as good as the scan one but it looks like it has all the same features:

    Logix 3000 Multi Region DVD Player
    bigsave Price: £154.99

    http://www.bigsave.com/product.asp?currency=GBP&lang= EN&dept%5Fid=50000147&pf%5Fid=DLGI000001%2DLogix3000Black&SiteID=100

    Do any of you with the scan one know if it will do CD+G? Or if theres any other differences between these 2 machines?

    Actually that url I gave doesn't give the full specs on that logix machine, I got the full specs off a different site and it had a lot more on it so don't judge it on that.

    [This message has been edited by Blade (edited 14-05-2001).]


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