Info and forum posts by 'Thog'

RE: limit 9091 or 9900 dvd players

I have just purchased a Limit DVD9900SE. This does indeed play all the formats you mentioned: DVD, CDR, CDRW and VCD. Still further, it also plays CD, DVD-Audio and MP3.

It has built in Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and can be switched between NTSC or PAL output, which I think means you could use it on a PAL only television, though mine is multistandard.

Using a hack via the remote control, I have set it to automatically play disks from any region (my old DVD had to be switched each time I put in a different region DVD).

Please note that the Limit DVD9900 and the Limit DVD9900SE are not identical. So my comments refer to the latter. The other feature is progressive scan, but I cannot advise you about this as it doesn`t appear to do anything on my television - perhaps a TV has to have certain characteristics to display a progressive scan picture. I have used the S-Video output from the DVD as when I used the SCART output, it introduced noise into the audio output signal from the DVD`s onboard decoder.

The sound and picture are now excellent.

It cost me £199, though I cashed in my old DVD (2 years old) for 50% of its value under Richer Sounds` excellent buyback/ guarantee, which cost me £19.95 for 3 years (it still costs the same). If you don`t use the guarantee or buyback, you can get a refund after the three years.

I hope that will help you to make up your mind.

This item was edited on Friday, 3rd January 2003, 01:36