gerbil(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 3rd December 2000, 00:59
got a few prices on some multi region players and was just wondering what anyone thought. seen the sony 335 for 280 pounds, panansonic RV20 for 249 pounds and two phillips ones - 751 for 249 quid and 711 for 199...
RE: sony/ panasonic/ phillips?????
lievn(Competent) posted this on Sunday, 3rd December 2000, 09:07
I would go for the 711, it`s the cheapest and easy make regionfree. Can`t speak for the 751 or the RV20.
And what about the Sony? It`s not bad, but a bit too expensive (that`s what I think, wait untill Wibble arrives).
But if I were u (of course I`m not!), I would check for some better prices.
U can get the 711 (region free) for 179£ at www.switch-it-on.co.uk Or the 335 (also multi region) for 249£ ....
It`s your call..
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RE: sony/ panasonic/ phillips?????
J is for Jim(Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 5th December 2000, 13:40
I`ve got the sony 336 (silver version of the 335). I bought it from multiregionmagic.co.uk for £279. Importantly, this is for both auto & manual switching. Everyone I spoke to agre.eed its the best player at this price based on sound, picture and build quality. The Toshiba e100 has a comparable sound/picture level (if slightly lower) but not as good build quiality. I don`t think the Tosh has a manual chipping option yet and cannot play RCE disks properly though. The sony doesn`t have a decoder, but your better of with a seperate external decoder if you can afford it! I`ve got the Yamaha DSP E800 and it`s the dogs danglies.
If you buy from multiregionmagic.co.uk then get you cables there too, they`re about half the price of the normal comercialy cables, but just as good. e.g. digital coax 5M for £12 !
Go for the sony, you know it makes sense.
letsbuyit are doing the sony for £199 but it`s region 2 only.
