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RE: Chinese DVD`s :-(

Yes, I`m sure they are DVD`s. The same shops also sell the VCD`s, but these really aren`t worth picking up. They range from c**p at the top end of the scale - down to copies which have been taken with a camcorder in the cinema! It all adds to the home cinema atmos I suppose when you see cigarette smoke in the air, and the guy in front gets up to take a leak!
If the blank discs are produced in China, then the cost will be very low - I agree they probably couldn`t import them for less than a quid.

Colleagues of mine who were on the same trip have played their discs OK (on different machines to mine), and the discs definately play as a DVD - not a VCD.

My Pioneer is back in the hands of the suppliers for repair - they seemed to know what the problem was when I described the symptoms over the phone.

This item was edited on Friday, 20th July 2001, 12:17

Chinese DVD`s :-(

I have have just returned from a working trip to China, where I obtained several DVD`s for about a quid each!!! (needless to say, they must have been created by a gentleman with an eye patch and a parrot on his shoulder). These discs are readily available in high street shops - in fact, I was unable to find anywhere selling cotia discs.
On trying to play these discs in my Pioneer DV535, my Pioneer has locked up! The player will no longer play my genuine region 1 or region 2 discs either - the display just locks on `menu`. Has anybody else had any similar experiences? Could these questionable Chinese discs really have scrambled the memory of my Pioneer, or is it purely coincidence that my player has gone for a burton on trying to play these discs? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.