smithy(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 6th December 2000, 01:14
hi
i need to buy a dvd player . ive got disc`s but nothing to play them on has anybody got an eclipse 595? iv`e heard it good
it seems to have everything you could want on a dvd player -- multi region , mp3, dts, macro disabled , et al
is it any good?
whats the picture and sound like?
have you had any problems
hope you can help
RE: eclipse 595
vern(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 6th December 2000, 11:23
Smithy,
My mate bought one some time ago from Richer Sounds, when they had them in stock for 150 notes, it has DTS output and the GUI screen is pretty good. Picture quality is excellent, plays R1 with no hassles (from what I`ve seen) not sure about some of the quirky DVD`s like Terminator etc that some people have had problems with.
He has also bought the Digitheatre amp and speakers and played Gladiator on it and say`s it`s incredible sound, he noticed the difference between Dolby and DTS (you have the option to select which one on the DVD).
I bought an LG 3200 because I was fed up with waiting for Richer S otherwise I would have bought one. For a sub £200 player it aint bad.
Not sure if it is a clone of another machine unless someone else can comment but he hasn`t had any problems with it at all in the last 3 months.
BV
RE: eclipse 595
monkeyspanner(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 6th December 2000, 13:01
I have owned an Eclipse 595 for about 3 months and am experiencing problems with r1 dvd`s. Whenever the camera pans at speed the picture jumps as if mising a frame every half a second or so, this happens on my 2 r1 titles (Gladiator & Saving private Ryan) but it doesn`t do it on rented r2 titles from the vid shop. I don`t know if its my TV or the player but Richer Sounds have agreed to swop it for me with the option of an upgrade if I`m still not happy (they`d get 10 out of 10 for customer service if they wern`t so f*&king busy all the time). The actual picture quality is superb on r2`s and if I didn`t have this problem with r1`s I`d be happy. Hooked up to my Sherwood RD6106 its also sounds wicked playing either Audio or DVD soundtracks. Only other probs are the finish and the remote control are a bit cheap looking and if I upgrade mine I`ll have a serious look at one of the following:
Limit JDV300A Philips DVD711 Pioneer DV535
All available at richersounds.com for around the same price.
