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Best Sub-£200 DVD Player

kileer (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 5th August 2001, 18:52

Basically what I want to know is what is the best budget player in terms of quality, reliablity, etc. The player also, as a neccessity, needs to be region-hackable so I can play my R1 DVDs. As a nice possible bonus I would like the Macrovision to be able to be remotely disabled (if this is possible).

I would really appreciate any comments you have to give. Thank you.

RE: Best Sub-£200 DVD Player

HighlandeR (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 5th August 2001, 23:45

Well this questions been asked many times before u might wanna check the history of this forum...

But overall the Wharfedale M5 (tescoes) is a good dvd player, cyber player from Whsmith and also the Scan SC200 is a great sub 200 quid dvd player.

I have the Scan DVD player(scan.co.uk), and macro is turned off and works 100% fine, also all regions are there and it does everything perfectly cant ague really.

The Wharfedale M5 and Cyber DVD player may not do Macro disabeling though...

RE: Best Sub-£200 DVD Player

RichardH (Elite) posted this on Monday, 6th August 2001, 07:24

Cyberhome 512 does have Macro off, as long as you have version 9.8 of the firmware (a "downgrade" from the supplied firmware) - you don`t need to buy the disc from Richer at £20 - download the disc image from http://www.cyberhome-help.de/fadm2512_english.php4 - burn it onto a CDR and you`re away!
As far as quality is concerned, the 512 is the only DVD player I`ve owned/seen, so difficult to comment, but seems good. I only have a few discs, but it flies through discs like The Matrix, which I understand has been a problem with certain players (or maybe the disc is sorted now...?)
Sound quality when playing CDs through hifi not as good as dedicated cd player (but I have a decent one to compare with), but for films it sounds good.

Many people rave about the Toshiba sound and video quality -you can get the 210 from Richer multi region for under £200. I looked into it, but the multi region seemed a bit limited - I think if you have a R1 RCE disc, you have to put a non RCE R1 in first.... I`m sure there are some people out there who are better informed than me... Anyway, Macrovision isn`t disabled on the Tosh, however, I`m sure you`ve seen mention of the Sonel external macro remover in this forum.

This item was edited on Monday, 6th August 2001, 07:31

I`d say the Ariston 2000

Shingle (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 7th August 2001, 14:41

Try the Ariston 2000 at £160 from Richer Sounds. It`s a heavily underrated machine.
It`s multiregional, disables macrovision, and can tackle RCE.

Only Optical Digital and SCART. No S-Video.

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