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RE: Hikona TDVD-1001 from Tesco

Emily

Sorry, I meant to type "NTSC > PAL conversion". What I mean is that you can play NTSC format discs and the output will display on a PAL TV.

Hope that clarifies it . . .

RE: How do I connect CA DVD55RWi to record with telewest

Hi Zizih

You should simply connect the SCART connection of your "CA" to the VCR connection on the digibox. The TV connection on the digibox should go to the TV, of course. You don`t need another connection from the CA to the TV.

This is because the connection from CA to digibox is bi-directional. When you play a DVD it will switch the digibox to display the DVD output instead of a TV channel. When you wish to record from digibox to DVD, the CA will take the television picture from your digibox.

So you will in fact use the same setup as you would for a VCR.

Hope this helps . . .

This item was edited on Monday, 16th August 2004, 10:12

Hikona TDVD-1001 from Tesco

Dear All

Thought you might be interested to learn of my experience with the Hikona TDVD-1001 purchased from Tesco for the amazing price of £29.97.

For this price you get PAL > NTSC conversion, progressive scan capability (not much use in UK yet, I guess) and component video, composite and S-video outputs. As this is a cheap import I thought there might be a multiregion hack available somewhere, but to my great joy it plays all the discs that I have tried (regions 2, 3 and 4) without modification (even though it`s printed with "region 2" logo). It also has a nice JPEG browser for my digital photos and isn`t a bad looking machine (mirror finish fascia, very slim - but a rather wide unit).

All in all, probably the cheapest multi-region player currently available.

Despite all this I would still be interested to know of any web resouces available for this player (e.g. macrovision off hack) if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Cheers,

Andrew