Info and forum posts by 'Richie Rich'

RE: MAXIM MX11-41 DVD - Hack needed to be region free

Hello Hedge

Before I answer the region hack question I just have to write a small review on this player. I brought the MX11-4 from WH Smiths today as well and what a fantastic bargain it was for only £39 - I wanted a small DVD for the portable in the bedroom and was lucking enough to get one of the last 2 in the store, the spec for the money has to be beleived. The unit has Optical and Coax digital outputs, progessive scan, Plays HDCD, MP3, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA AND Jpeg picture discs, it also doubles as a Karaoke machine with 2 mic inputs ! I have tried discs with both WMA`s and Jpegs and they play fine (Bit slow between pictures but thats being picky), the album and song selection is very straight forward. The Unit I also find very quite in operation and the picture quality seems fine on a 14" portable, I have yet to try it on my 28" widescreen but cannot see a reason for it not being OK, the remote control is also very nice, easy to hold not to big and not to small and the buttons are well laid out and straight forward.

Now the burning Region Hack question - I`ve hunted High and low but can`t find one so I just popped a Region 1 disc in the player and low and behold it played no problems at all, I have also tried a second Region 1 disc and no trouble with that either. So Multi Region straight out of the box ! Just give it a go.

Anybody reading this and thinking of buying one, then don`t hesitate just get it, what a bargain, and I say this having 2 other players a Pioneer and a Philips DVD Recorder.

:) :) :)

This item was edited on Friday, 3rd September 2004, 23:49