im looking for a cheap DVD as im sick of not being able to watch "backups" on my g/f's PS2.

Argos are doing a DVD player for £37.95 made by Alba and asda are doin one at £39.99.

anyone bought one, any views?

Edited to make it £37.95 not £3795

[Edited by Mr.Manchester - 9/24/2003 2:01:57 PM]

 

£3795

 

i bought a cheapo from argos once...took it back next day,crap build quality and temperemental operation.

 

Hello

I have one of the cheap DVD players from Safeways (Reoc), they play VCD's and can be region unlocked with a download from the internet.

Steve.

 

There not the best in the world but for F*cks sake 35 quid what do you expect. The Asda ones have a three year warranty, you can't go wrong.

 

you buy 1 from asda if u take it back u get a voucher too

also like said, its only £40 for gods sake... u can barely buy a VCR for that

 

amazon and richer sounds and ebuyer have them for that money

 

Theres a few on aria.co.uk that play VCDs and MP3s as well as DVDs.
Cost around £40

 

does the job and plays almost anything you throw at it

 

I bought a mate one for a Birthday pressie - it was about £50 from Amazon. It plays everything from Kodak pic CDs, through multi-region titles and even MP3s.

So in actual fact it does more than the one I bought myself 2 years back, and cost 1/5 of the price! And it seems well made too, with a decent remote, sound etc.

 

as far as i know

the asda one if its the pacific 1004,

can play everything you throw at it and can be made region free

hope this helps

jase

 

My mate has the Pacific mentioned above and it plays everything and has reasonable build quality too

 

Bit of a bargain from Aldi

 

I have an Alba DVD and video from Argos and had them for over a year now with continual use plus a 4 year old changing his mind every 5 minutes what he wants to watch and never had any problems at all. Very easy to use except the video timer but then again I'm a female

I would recommend them to anyone plus play MP3's etc.

AJ

 

im sorry i ask, now im just confused about which one to buy

 

Get the one from ASDA for a cheap player,

just plug it in and it goes,

will play all movies

if somebody lends you a movie ( wink wink) it will play that

what more for £40 , plus if it goes belly up ASDA will take it back over 3 years (3yr warranty i think)

have got the guys in work 7 for their kids so far , not a problem

email me if you want

 

A local shop here are doing Toshiba deleted models for £80, and 3100 depending on the level you want.
Originally sold at £200+, and won awards at that price!
alcazar

 

Another vote for the Asda pacific player.

 

Asda Schneider model, the one with the blue lights on the mirrored from £37. Plays everything perfectly

 

Just got a Ronin P80H and a Ronin P215 from Special Reserve. Both seem to work fine, and come with a code to make them region-free. I believe you can also get them from Watford Electronics.

 

I pushed the boat out and went for the Yamada 6100....... just coz it said it could cope with all the latest Divx formats, as well as playing DVD-R & RW.....

Other wise would have gone for the 5520..... @£39.99

Got my eye on a few of them for Xmas pressies..... one for the bedroom...bathroom....kitchen... cheap as chips!!!
.. and free delivery

 

cant fault the yamada 2100 plays everything, bought them for my mother and future mother-in-law as mothers day pressents - bargain They work fine for the money.

[Edited by ChristianR - 9/24/2003 5:42:54 PM]

 

Just been and got the pacific model from Asda, 44 quid, playes MP3, video CD, and back ups

Bargain

 

Just got a Proline from Comet, 37 quid, plays everything so far and better picture than my PS2. seems remarkably well made for such a cheap item, really smooth and quiet eject. usually like they are made from egg boxes, all sorts of outputs on the back SPDIF and the like.

What is the advantage of the expensive ones ?

 

What is the advantage of the expensive ones ?
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