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Joined on: Sunday, 24th December 2000, 15:22, Last used: Sunday, 24th December 2000, 15:22

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RE: Remotes

Just bought a one-for-all 5 - £25 - is fixed + a limited (approx 25 command) learning remote.

My tv and vcr worked via the fixed (pre-programmed) codes and I learned the dvd controls.

Works just fine. You might want to check out the one-for-all 6 as it offers dedicated dvd ...

RE: Is a Dabs.com LG3350 multi region hackable.

Hi people,
Well I was going to get an LG3200e from Techtronics....
Then I saw that the LG3350 and Awai 370s were modifiable out of the box; plus did mp3 - well I might use it one day.

Since I had a DD5.1 decoder already and I could only get an LG via internet order (dabs) I went for the Awai (Comet - £199 - not cheapest, but I walked out with it).

Anway, before I`d decided on this, I`d emailed dabs to enquire of the firmware.

A guy there replied that it went version 2 recently - and since then, they`d
been selling through v. quickly - there`s currently a wait for stock - he intimated that he knew exactly why I was asking!

So, there you go - ymmv - and the risk is yours.

BTW, with my Awai - I had to leave out the `enter` stage when setting the region - thanks to the person here who discovered that subtlety.

RGB out is very crisp - I`d been using svideo for dvds until now.

My TV accepts NTSC - so I`ve left the player as auto; region 1s are fine;
but has anyone experimented and compared the ntsc versus pal-conversion ? - What were your experiences - are the dropped frames worth getting the (I guess) better resolution (albeit interpolated) ?
I`m going to try it - but I just wondered if anyone knew already :)

`later
Jason.