Info and forum posts by 'showdan'

RE: Dasai 852

Plus it does everything the 852 does (with disc from teso) for £20 less.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 30th October 2002, 12:03

RE: Dasai 852

I think it depends on the player, if your a lucky one it will play them, I was not one of the lucky one`s. I had to keep re-inserting the disc and switching on and off to get it to recognise them and I tried most of the cheap brands of DVD-R. Finally exchanged it for the Dansai 1010, this plays all my DVD-R`s even my cheap 60p ones.

PC OFFER AT LIDL

Just got this through the door:

Spec:

AMD 2200+
120 Gb Hard Drive
256 MB DDR memory (266 MHz)
48X 16X 48X cd burner
DVD Rom (Toshiba)
64MB geforce 4 TI 4200
6 Channel 5.1 Sound (isus)
10/100 MBit ethernet
56K Softmodem
internet keyboard & logitech wheel mouse
windows xp, powerDVD, microsoft worksuite & nero.

£749

A couple of confusing points, the front of the leaflet shows the PC with a 15" TFT LCD monitor, but no mention of it in the spec or how much it costs (can`t imagine its included for that price, but it would be nice to know how much it is). Also graphics card spec states TI 4200, but picture shows MX 460.

Available for LIDL from 7th November.

VIDEOS

Does anyone know any price compare sites for video`s? My sister who lives in Oz wants to know price and release dates for Stuart Little 2 and Bend it like Beckham. I`m sure it would be cheaper to get them there, than get them here and send them over there, as the Oz sites for DVD`s are often cheaper.

RE: Dansai 955-Anything Known?

Sorry snafu, nothing happened! tried various permatations of your method eg. tray in, tray out, but nothing worked. The multiregion hack worked fine though.

RE: Dansai 852 vibrations

Mine is a little noisy when I played one of the kids compilation dvd`s, it was only noisy on the first two programs, suggests its when its reading that part of the disc, strange thing is I haven`t noticed it on my other discs, still its not unbearable, I just turn the volume up.

RE: black hawk down vs saving private ryan

Were the 19 US killed by "friendly fire" cos that`s how this highly skilled fighting force usually manage it!

RE: DANSAI852 IS IT A DECCA2110

have a look at the last reply to an old thread I started, hope it helps!

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=211&Thread=69538

CHEAP DVD`s

Excuse me if i`m a bit slow, and you all probably know about it, but I stumbled across a link in the software forum for a site that finds the lowest price dvd`s from regions 1,2,3 & 4.

It searches through dozens of supliers (many of which have been recommended on this forum), converts all the currency`s and works out the delivery cost and then list`s them in price order. saves bucket loads of time and money, try it before you make anymore purchases.

http://www.dvdpricecheck.co.uk/

RE: Armageddon @ TESCO ONLINE

Thanks for the tip, just ordered Armageddon for £7.99, I will let you know if its one or two discs when it arrives.

RE: BARGAIN GATTACA DVD

You may have missed an earlier posting referring to the dvd movie section at playstation.com Gattaca is only £7.99 (inc. p&p). I bought Matrix for £7.99 but just missed out on Gladiator for £9.99. well worth a look, not a massive selection but very cheap.

http://shop.uk.playstation.com/category.jhtml?locale=en_GB

MATRIX ON DANSAI 852

Does anyone know how to activate the white rabbit feature, it say to press enter when the white rabbit is on screen, but the handset hasn`t got an enter button, i`ve pressed lots of buttons in frustration but still no joy!

RE: URGENT!!!!! Help and advice needed from Dansai 852 owners or Anyone please!!

I can see the laser in mine, well I assume it is the laser because when I press stop then play I can see it move horizontally, but I have not suffered any physical discomfort, but then again it is at ankle height.

This item was edited on Sunday, 23rd December 2001, 20:43

RE: Dansai 852 Lip sinc Problems

can`t say i`ve noticed any lip sinc problems, but i`ve only tried a couple of vcd`s up to now.

IS THE DECCA A DANSAI

I was in Powerhouse and noticed the similarities between the Decca DDV2110 and my Dansai 852 and the remote controls are identical. Does anyone know if these are the same machine??? If they are it might help those poor soles that can`t get hold of a Dansai, and they have just dropped the price to £109.99.

RE: Remote control conflicts

Thanks for all your suggestions, although it looks like i`ll have to make do (they are only minor cinflicts). Oh and beatboy72, as for selling you my Dansai, not a cat in hells chance (best £100 i`ve ever spent), but if you still looking for one you might want to have a look at the Decca ddv2110, I saw one in Powerhouse and it looked very similar to the Dansai and the remote control was identical, is this the same machine?? maybe worth a look, and they have just dropped the price to £109.99.

RE: Remote control conflicts

Thanks for the suggestion, but it isn`t £150 worth of annoyance, maybe about a fiver (i am a tight arse and it is christmas).

This item was edited on Sunday, 16th December 2001, 16:54

Remote control conflicts

Some of the remote control functions for my dvd player (dansai 852) operate some of my functions on my hifi (goodmans), which can be a little annoying.

Anyone got any suggestions (I am otherwise very happy with both of these machines)

RE: What player do you have, so I can work out the which players have sold the most.

Dansai 852 (Excellent value for money!)

RE: macrovision how to get it off please

No problem! good luck in finding one, if you struggle, mention it in the forum, I`m sure someone will let you know where you can get one.

p.s. forgot to mention it also plays vcd.

RE: macrovision how to get it off please

I`ve recently bought a Dansai 852 from Tesco for £99.99, and it comes with macrovision turned off, there is also a lot of comments about this player in the forums on this site and a remote hack to make it multiregion (which works a treat), this player can also read practically everything (dvd, cd, mp3, cdr, and cdrw) it also comes with plenty of output connections, the only problem you might have is getting hold of one.