Solabar(Harmless) posted this on Monday, 4th December 2000, 11:53
Ok Haveing shipped my dodgy Encore 450 back to Amazon and realised that I would be without player for quite some time, given thier track record last december and all, I figured that I would go for refund and not replace.
This brought me to Tesco`s for my weekly shop and I was poking around thier selection of Wharf`s when I came accross the £200 (Give or take a penny) Philips.
Thinking "Hmm all the other stuff I have from Phillips is OK lets try this."
And I have to say I could not be mroe pleased. I have not once had a problem so far. Passes every test disc I could lay my hands on and horror of horrors it actually has a fairly resilient and well layed out remote!
RE: Philips DVD701 vs Encore 450
FliP99(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 4th December 2000, 11:59
What was wrong with your Encore?
I`ve just bought one meself...
RE: Philips DVD701 vs Encore 450
orac(Competent) posted this on Monday, 4th December 2000, 12:11
Yes, but can you make it multi region? (and not just 25 times)
Are you putting a VCR through one of the scarts on the philips 711?
RE: Philips DVD701 vs Encore 450
Solabar(Harmless) posted this on Monday, 4th December 2000, 23:51
OK For what was wrong with my Encore there is a Playback problems with Encore 450 thread a little way down. But suffice to say it was a little touchy reading trouble discs (Matrix, Jurassic Park to name a couple) Skipping and freezing.
As to Multiregion. Well perhaps not but that is not really an immediate issue for me. Maybe it will be in the future?
And yes I do have a video plugged through the second Scart connector.
RE: Philips DVD701 vs Encore 450
orac(Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 5th December 2000, 10:04
so you have the video through the 2nd scart on the 711 and it works?
Also what about problem disks with the 711
(all region 2)
Gladiator disk 2 Jaws The Matrix
So overall you think the 711 is a good purchase from Tesco?
