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Naiko DVD player - £59.99

Plays MP3 CD`s and has a dolby 5.1/ DTS output. Comes with a remote but the player doesn`t appear to have a display on the front.

Not sure if it is any good but seems cheap enough

This item was edited on Friday, 6th December 2002, 12:50

It does have a display - and a good one, just looks blank until you power it up. Bought one this week - appears to be multi-region straight from the box. I tried region 2, 1 & 4 discs & cdr`s & vcd`s - played the lot. Nice looking for a cheapy as well - bought mine as a Xmas pressie for my dad. Can`t go wrong at under 60 notes!!!!!!!!!

Beat me to it, Naiko N-2081.... Sound good multi region from the box, but I wonder if there`s a macro hack for this cheepie? Sister`s TV doesnt have scart! Damit...

Just got my Safeways leaflet and the dvd player is Apex AD-2100 £59.99 and only 2 channels ( Essex Area)

Safeway leaflet says Apex but replaced by Naiko - identical machine

Thanks Paul all makes sense now LOL

Anyone know if it outputs to Pal 50 as my dad`s telly isn`t NTSC compatible - it`s a JVC 28 inch that is definitely PAL 50 only - thank god my mum hated the Philips 32" widesceen my dad bought and had to give it to me.

:-)

This item was edited on Saturday, 7th December 2002, 20:20

Dunno about Pal 50 but your mum is a he,well there you go,only kidding or am I.

Furthermore whilst in Safeway,Dows Port at £3.99 a bottle is a cracking bargain!

I know that one model of Apex machine can have the firmware upgraded to be Macrovision-free, but it doesn`t look to be the model Safeway advertised, or the Naiko. And for this sort of trick "identical" isn`t something you can fudge.

Whether that can be done or not, the machine sounds pretty good: would it be compatible with that cheap speaker system that Westy is enthusing about?