Recommend a DVD player please?
#20
Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
Cyberhome is a hackable inexpensive make that always comes up on these threads. I had one that worked for about 8 years and then just died, but at $30 that worked out at about $4 a year so can't complain.
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Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
I always recommend the Philips cheapies as they are easily made region free and have no issues whatsoever with PAL disks.
I always used to go for the DVD players because they also play all your downloaded DivX/Xvid files, but you can now get the Blu-Ray players for under a hundred bucks, and they have Netflix and other stuff built in too.
I got two of these recently:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details
Plays stuff from USB drives, DivX, BluRay, Netflix, no issue with PAL disks, region free hack is easy.
I always used to go for the DVD players because they also play all your downloaded DivX/Xvid files, but you can now get the Blu-Ray players for under a hundred bucks, and they have Netflix and other stuff built in too.
I got two of these recently:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details
Plays stuff from USB drives, DivX, BluRay, Netflix, no issue with PAL disks, region free hack is easy.
#22
Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
The player I suggested is also on Amazon as "multi-region", confirming it's easily done. It's $7 more than walmart for the slight addition of a piece of paper telling you how to enter the hack.
The first review on Amazon confirms (and indeed, corrects the vendor's) usage of the hack
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP356.../ref=pd_cp_e_1
The first review on Amazon confirms (and indeed, corrects the vendor's) usage of the hack
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP356.../ref=pd_cp_e_1
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Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
#24
Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-SD4300...1661209&sr=8-6
I just ordered this one for the kids that had the hack codes listed in the reviews, I like it when I don't have to Google!
I just ordered this one for the kids that had the hack codes listed in the reviews, I like it when I don't have to Google!
#25
Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
This is what my Father in Law got me for xmas! http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP-35...1710523&sr=8-1
#26
Re: Recommend a DVD player please?
You could grab this from Walmart for $39:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Philips-DV...layer/15032474
The hack to make it region free is available on the web:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks?dv...&Search=Search
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Philips-DV...layer/15032474
The hack to make it region free is available on the web:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks?dv...&Search=Search
Just purchased today..for the price you can not "beat-it"
1. No DVD in the tray. The tray closed. The unit and TV on.
2. Press "Setup" on the remote.
3. Press the "down" arrow repeatedly until the top heading shows "Preferences."
4. THEN enter this 6-digit code: "138931"
Immediately the screen will show "Region Code 1".
5. Press the "up" arrow and "Code 1" becomes "Code 0". All Region or Region Free.
6. Press "Setup" to exit.
7. Turn off and then back on to remove green bar along the top of the screen