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Joined on: Tuesday, 10th April 2001, 18:25, Last used: Tuesday, 10th April 2001, 18:25

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RE: M5 whats the score?

The machine`s definitely quieter than the 750(s).

In can only tell you the discs I`ve played that work:
The Matrix R1, Gladiator R2 (original pressing), Se7en PE R1, T2:UE, The Abyss R1, ID:4 R1, High Fidelity R1, Hollow Man R2, The Rock CE R1, Snatch R2. There are a couple of "problem" discs in there and a couple of which wouldn`t play on my sister`s 750, all of which now seem to play without any problems on the M5

As a player, it`s visually not up to scratch compared to my Sony 715 as (IMHO) the picture`s a tiny bit soft compared to the Sony. No blocky artefacty stuff that I`ve seen/heard.... although it does get a little narked if you play a disc that`s even slightly dirty, causing the sound and picture to "pop". Sonically, DD seems quieter and doesn`t seem to have as much "thickness". However it thrashes the 715 hands down on DTS (seeing as how the Sony doesn`t do it!). MP3 & CD playback is reasonable. Again though, it`s not as good as the Sony for CD playback and sounds positively poor next to an Arcam Alpha 8SE.

Personally, I think it`s a damn good player for the price and what it does. It`s just a bugger that it`s not black and it`s not Sony - it`s spoiled my black Sony home cinema monolith now (the Arcam`s in another room BTW).

Anyway, that`s my ten pence worth and I hope it helps you out.

Cheers,

Caca

RE: Wharfedale M5 hack Pleeeese!!

1. eject all discs
2. press setup
3. enter `62836` and the player goes to a factory region select screen
4. press the `right arrow` to select the region list and then `up` & `down` to select the region to set the player to (1-6 or ALL)
5. press `enter` then select
6. insert disc from selected region and have fun

RE: Wharfedale M5 hack Pleeeese!!

Yep. I was the postee of the message and I can defnitely say that the hack works.

No sign of Macrovision removal on the menu though.... but I`m sure it`ll turn up sooner or later.