ScooByer Trade

The player is an Arcam Diva DV79, has only been used once to check everything is working before sale. Also boxed with leads and all that. So what is it worth ?.

Nathan.

jods

You selling it ?

I'd prob give you £300 for it

But I'm tight

ScooByer Trade

No unlucky mate, i am not the seller thanks for letting me know.

jods

Actually - Scratch that - Just checked and mine IS a DV79 along with the AVR300.

If you had an AVR350 - I might give £300 for it

ScooByer Trade

Also the player was recently bought new from a shop and is silver not black.

jods

If you are looking to buy it - You are a man of the highest taste.

It is probably the best DVD player on the market unless you start getting into STUPID money ( 2-3 Grand for a DVD player was just too much for me to get past the wifey)

jods

Ahh - that's a shame

If you can put me in touch with the seller - I'll make an offer

ScooByer Trade

The seller only bought this recently, it is worth alot more than £300 and has only been tested once before sale.

jods

Not second hand it isn't.

Arcam have brought out a new range - I got my DV79 about a year ago for approx £600
Discounted from £800 as a new range was imminent.

A year down the line - You'll be lucky to see £300

Sonic'

Not to put any downers on here, but isn't almost a little pointless paying that kind of money for any dvd player now, especially as DVD's will be phased out making way for more HD & Blu Ray

Guy at work has just sold his entire DVD collection now, as in 12 months time it will be worth a hell of a lot less

Even Blu Ray and HD are being looked at to be replaced

jods

I use the AV79 just to play Music CD's and STD DVD's
Went down the XBOX360 HD Route for now till the battle over HD / Blu-Ray is settled. Reckon it'll end up HD though. That or Dual Players.

I used to be an early adopter but that is expensive and quality early on gets quickly superceded.

ScooByer Trade

Just adding to your post sonic, i heard a rumour that HD blue ray will be replaced by using MP3 style memory sticks and they would plug in the front of a plasma or lcd. The thing is it might or might not reproduce the same quality as some higher end dvd players. If it wont better it then i wont buy it.

Nathan.

Sonic'

I once too was an early adopter, and had DVD when there was less than 100 titles out in America (Britain had 3 or 4 demo discs)

Now I still have a DVD player (several in fact ), havent even begun to go down the Blu Ray/HD thing, and probably wont until everything settles down and a leading/primary format will emerge, now this may never happen and we will always have (for the forseeable at least) both formats

Ive long since given up the 'collecting' films as I must have wasted thousands on Video & DVD 'collector' films to now find them bargain basement throwaways in ASDA etc for half the price of a pack of smokes

I am surprised we havent got solid state technology quicker than has been coming, we have had it for a very long time, just not in acceptable quantity, leading me to believe that it is still relatively cost prohibitive and cheaper to manufacture the compact disc (DVD/Blu Ray/HD etc) format and the players that require them, same with Hard Discs

So Nathan it could well be in another few years time there will no longer be players just memory card readers, and im sure given time it will better what we have now