Page 1 of MAXIM MX11-20 5.1 DVD PLAYER @ £79.99 - Big W stores

features :-

SVCD, VCD, MP3, HFCD, CD-R, CD-RW, KODAK PICTURE CD

DOLBY AC-3 AND DTS 5.1 DECODER BUILT IN

SVIDEO COAX OPTICAL OUTPUTS

DIGITAL KARAOKE WITH 2 MIC OUTPUTS AT THE FRONT WITH VOLUME CONTROL

AL CABLES SUPPLIED

available at the big w stores. Anyone know a region hack for this ??

Hi,

I got one on Saturday, and it plays R1 and R2 straight from the box.

Seems a good deal for £80

Hope this helps

Wow - I actually found a post about this DVD player.

For a minute there I thought I had the only one in the world !!
These must be brand new because I can`t find any information or posts about it anywhere on the internet. Here`s my problem ...

I bought one of these players from Big W and have found that all my VCDs and SVCDs have awful Audio/Video Sync problems. The audio is about 2 seconds behind the video.

I know that there is nothing wrong with the encoding of the VCDs themselves because they play perfectly in sync on my PC and on 2 other standalone DVD players.

Can anyone who has bought one of these please confirm whether they have the same problem - or if anyone knows of a fix. There must be no problem with the hardware itself because both video and audio streams play perfectly - just not at the same time !! I`m guessing maybe the firmware wants flashing - but wouldn`t know where to start.

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated :-)

Many Thanks in advance.

No you`re not the only one in the world, there`s 2 of us!!
It`s of no help to you but i too have the same problem with the lipsync with SVCDs. VCDs seem ok. A couple of my mates who have bought `cheap` DVD players also seem to have lipsync problems with SVCDs. Then again what can we expect for £80 !?!
I`ve searched the web daily since i bought it (2 weeks ago) to try and get some help/info all to no avail, even Copernic gives only 1 or 2 returns and they`re only forums like this.

Cheers mate - at least I know now its a fault with the player design and its not just mine. Maybe more info will leak out onto the net as these get in circulation. At £79.99 they`re bound to sell a few and I think they are one of the best looking budget players around. A lot of the others look really cheap.

If I find anything of interest I`ll post it here.

Are these players multi region does anyone know? I think I`m going to take the plunge and buy one!

``I got one on Saturday, and it plays R1 and R2 straight from the box.``

I would presume this means its multi region.

Sounds like a fair enough deal. For those of you that already own this player could you give me an idea of dimensions ? I need a cheap dvd which is about 28 cms deep to fit on a bedroom shelf as a second DVD player.

There are a lot of Sub >£100 players around but they all seem to be quite deep (ie. 30cms plus).

Thanks.

The dimensions are 43cm long, 29cm deep and 5cm high.
Has anyone had a problem with the tray catching the door when it is closed??

This item was edited on Friday, 20th December 2002, 21:54

Dunno whether its any use or not - but I have read on various forums that a lot of people get audio and video sync problems on SVCD with other players when audio is encoded at 44.1KHz. For many people switching the encoding audio bit rate to 48KHz cured the problem.

I got so p***ed off with mine that I took it back and now have a Pacific DVD-750 which is a great little player - not as nice looking unfortunately, but every disc you chuck at it plays with no problems. Had I found out about this audio bit rate fix I would have tried it before I took it back but maybe its an avenue worth exploring if it continues to be a problem for any of you guys.

Might not work, but worth a try ... There`s obviously no problem with any of the hardware.

I too am having audio sync problems and would be interested in switching the encoing audio bit rate to 48KHz as suggested by Chris Ibbetson.

Anyone out there to advise me how I go about doing this.