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Joined on: Thursday, 21st September 2000, 21:55, Last used: Friday, 29th December 2006, 22:11

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About this user: Pioneer DVD 454 & Pioneer DVDR104

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Recent Messages Posted:

RE: Has there been an all in one DVD freeview Dvd player invented?

a HTPC (Home Theatre PC) would do what you require

RE: Anyone got a hack for a Silver Crest KH6510 DVD

Is this the model with the card reader, USB2 Port that lidl were selling from Thursday?

Bought one of them as an xmas present & if it can be made region free - excellent :)

RE: £12 free credit

Here`s mine :)
07726012593

RE: SATA HDD for £50 budget

If your looking for quiet drives then the samsung spinpoint series are very quiet. Also you could look at the 250 Gb Western Digital WD2500KS. I have the 320GB model in a media PC & its very quiet,fast & runs cool too.

RE: LiteOn DVD writer only £17.99 +p&p

I used to always buy LiteOn Drives but moved away from them due to poor quality burns on various media. I bought a Pioneer 111D last week & am delighted with it. Even better than my NEC drives, which have always been good.

Spend a couple of quid extra & go for Pioneer

RE: Nokia 3100 Refurbished PAYG O2 £9.99 Incl P&P

Thanks for that now unlocked :)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th August 2005, 17:44

RE: Nokia 3100 Refurbished PAYG O2 £9.99 Incl P&P

Mine arrived too but seems to be locked to O2 :(

A bit uncertain about unlocking it as apparently you only get 5 tries before you need a cable to do it.

I found my IMEI no OK but am unsure about the other stuff ie
GEN
DCT4
GID1
DCT3

RE: Nokia 3100 Refurbished PAYG O2 £9.99 Incl P&P

Nice one - just order one for myself :) @ £9.99

This item was edited on Friday, 5th August 2005, 15:17

RE: 50 DVD-R spindle packs...£9.01 from Staples!!! - Now BOGOF!

Damn, Our Office World in Edinburgh won`t offically be a staples til the end of the month - phoned them up to see if they had this deal :(

RE: Blackadder complete £29.99

Its coming up as £42.99 now :(

RE: 19" TFT Monitor at £346 at ebuyer.co.uk

There`s also half price shipping with them this weekend too :)

RE: Pacific 1002W Dvd Player

Yes, but asda will give you a 3 yr warranty for free - worth the extra couple of quid IMO

RE: A good, cheap NICAM, Hi-Fi VCR required..

Goto Asda as you get 3 yr guarantee for nothing on VCR`s. Took back a faulty Aiwa the other week (2yrs old ) got a credit note @ 1 store & bought a sanyo for £99.99 @ another one.

They had cheaper ones than that too.

Pioneer DVD 454 (Silver)

I have one of these in silver & am considering sellling. Wondering what its worth? I bought it from Richer Sounds so I can use the extra warranty & trade it in (£90 back) or sell it.

I have the original box cables, etc & its in mint condition.

What do you think?

TIA
Alistair

This item was edited on Sunday, 13th July 2003, 17:17

RE: Rambo Trilogy (R1 4 Disc DTS) £16.64 Delivered

Yeh, mine was shipped yesterday too. Sold the individual R1 films I had to my brother

This item was edited on Thursday, 13th February 2003, 06:51

RE: SCAN SC440SL NEW MODEL?? ANY THOUGHTS/ADVICE PLEASE

Looks similar to my Pioneer 454 which plays the cheap spindle stuff too.. no problems

RE: Help please - printer catridges

http://www.choicestationery.com

use them all the time for my Epson 880 no problems

RE: pioneer dv454 and dv 444?

Yes I got one and its great plays:
DVD-R , DVD-RW and everything thing else I`ve tried.

Highly recommended. I got mine from Avland Region Free of course

RE: Pioneer dv 454 any ideas?

I just bought one of these online for £154.99 & its great. Plays everything I`ve given it so far: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD, VCD, MP3. I would highly recommend it.

RE: DVD Player Upgrade - help!

Thanks for the info - I`ll compare the 2

I see the difference is that the 454 has optical output whereas the 350 does not. Looks like the 454 then.

This item was edited on Sunday, 4th August 2002, 22:31

RE: DVD Player Upgrade - help!

thanks that gives me something to start with - found the pioneer for 160 quid - anywhere cheaper ?

This item was edited on Saturday, 3rd August 2002, 20:00

DVD Player Upgrade - help!

I`ve just sold my AIWA 370 & looking for a new player. I`m looking to spend < 200 quid & want it to have the following:

Region Free
Optical & S -Video Output
DTS Output ( maybe standard now?)
DVD,DVD-R,DVD-RW,CD,MP3 ( >=192k),CDR,CDRW,VCD ( SVCD - if possible)

The reason I sold the aiwa was because of DVD-R & DVD-RW probs.

Any suggestions?

RE: DVD burning on Pioneer A04

OK

I`m going to try a burn on a DVR Datasafe. I`ve been trying it out on a White Label RW. Just to save disks. I`ve heard that Passi Primo & Vob something or another (bundled with the retail versions) are the best for writing. Can anyone point me in the direction of where OEM copies are obtainable?
Actually. I get my disks from the same place they do (locally).

This item was edited on Tuesday, 30th July 2002, 19:06

RE: DVD burning on Pioneer A04

I bought an A04 at the weekend but when I record on to a White label DVD RW it plays ok on the PC but not on my Aiwa.

I tried using Smartripper to rip to hard disk and then Nero (latest one) & stomp record max but got the same result both times.

Any ideas what I`m doing wrong ?

RE: pc dvd rom lockup on region 1

Take a look here

http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/


they list a region free firmware update for your DVD

This item was edited on Friday, 11th January 2002, 15:48

RE: AIWA 370 & SVCDs ?

I think your missing the point - SVCD is Super Video CD and not just straight forward VCD. Unfortunately, this is definately no-go with the 370 (tried it too).

RE: Rambo Boxed Set ?

I bought the Rocky Boxed Set not the Rambo One from Woolies (£34.99)

I decided to buy the Rambo disks from Futureent for 32.97 for all 3 not too bad considering the boxed set seems to be around 50quid

RE: Sony DVD Player DAV-S300 299pounds SONY DVD PLAYER DVPS336 149pounds

you could get richer sounds to pricebeat it. there machine is multiregion chipped already

Rambo Boxed Set ?

I have the Rocky set set from Woolies. Where is the cheapest place to get the Rambo one ?

RE: Can a DivX movie be played on a DVD player?

I downloaded The Mummy Returns, a 600MB divx file, split it in 2 and re-encoded to VCD. It plays very well on my DVD