Page 1 of Is the scan player as bad as everyone says

I am relatively new to DVD as i have just bought a DVD player a couple of weeks and ago and already have 8 films. And after seeing how good this is i intend to build up a large collection of films (i never bothered with VHS)

Anyway i have purchased the Scan player and apart from the subtitle problem (whihc is being resolved) i have no problems with this and think it is an excellent player. Image quality is superb and aint as bad as everyone says. It plays region 1 DVD`s and mp3`s fine so what is everyones problem with this. I dont think it deserves as much as crap as everyone gives it

Actually, to Scan`s credit (where are you Nilesh?) they are sorting things out. Whether this means owners of the old skool Scans can get upgrades only Nilesh can tell you. I think the answer to your question is no...hopefully no-one`ll prove me wrong

for the price you have to admit you get a lot

Absolutely - Nilesh does visit this site regularly so he should spot yourmessage and set your mind at rest....

Dragon, call me a senile dribbling old fool but I`m getting my Nileshes and my Nellies muddled up. Is it time to go to the seaside yet...half past three...spam for tea...mmm doesn`t the Queen Mum look luvly....Try e-mailing yllen[at]ku.oc.nacs and please accept my humble apologies for the name swap...

well actually i like the scan player but i wanted to know why ppl think it is crap when in fact there is nothing much wrong with it if u get the bugs sorted out

A friend bought the Scan and we both loved it. It has good looks, solid build and I personally love the menu`s. The remote is the best I`ve come across on budget players too.

Unfortunately my friend had problems with his first machine: juddering during playback - and no this wasn`t NTSC>PAL conversion - he has an NTSC tv and he tried the player in every mode imaginable and on 2 other TV`s. Also both Scart sockets failed to work.

He recieved a replacement from Scan which solved the Scart problem but the judder is still there.

As he commented and I agree, the hassle of contacting them, arguing it out, sending back replacements and so forth just isn`t worth the hassle.

But then again it seems no player out there is free from flaws.

The new batch with the new mepeg card is in stock next week.Email
me your email adress and i will let you know if it is an improvement.
We can then swap it out for you.
nilesh
scan
yellen[at]ku.oc.nacs

I`ve got the Daewoo DVD (from Argos) which I believe is the same model as the Scan.
Build quality is good, remote good too.
But I`ve noticed the judder on about 3 or 4 of the 20 DVDs I`ve watched since August.
It`s like the player is missing frames.
I have to stop the disk and restart and find the relevant chapter which is annoying.
This seems to cure the problem but it`s far from satisfactory.