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Richer Sounds has another cheap dvd player- Link here £30
Also, upgraded multi-region version
available, Link here £35
The Tedelex TDE118 featuring VCD/MP3/JPEG playback, and a built in Dolby Digital decoder

I have removed my comment as people seem to have totally missed the point!!

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A bit harsh The Falcon. Their perfectly ok for the kids bedroom so they can watch toy story etc. Most kids aren`t bothered for crystal clear clarity and audio to suit. Don`t know about you, but why spend £300 or even £100 on a dvd player when you can pick up a player for £30. Asda is probably the best place because they have a 3 year warranty on their electrical goods which when you think about the hammer some kids give stuff, could come in useful.

I have removed my comment as people seem to have totally missed the point!!

This item was edited on Sunday, 12th October 2003, 13:46

i have to agree with the falcon, if you cant afford a proper dvd player then you might as well leave it, why would you want a crappy £30 dvd player when you can get a decent branded one for another £30 or £40, i`ve never seen the point in people buying cheap electrical goods such as cd/dvd players etc and then spending tons of money on media to play on it!

I didn't post the link to this player as a recommendation,
Hell, there's no way I would want to buy one of these for my own personal use, but as I am gonna buy a cheap dvd player for a Xmas gift for someone I can't stand, I'm gonna try to spend the least amount as possible.
And just for the record, my first DVD player cost me £600, & the one I'm using now was £175.
The fact that someone may want a dvd player really cheap does not mean they are too tight to pay more for a good one, but so what if that is the case?
To each his (or her) own

I`m sorry The Falcon but I don`t particularly care for your attitude. I was mearly pointing out to you that not everybody wants or even can afford to buy a decent mid-priced player for their kids and as for knowing or not knowing you that was just a figure of speech and to be honest I`m glad I don`t. Now that DVD has gone into the mainstream these kind of prices will be more and more common so if you don`t want to see them, well get yourself a guide dog.

Also how you have jumped to the assumption that I am going out to buy one of these players I don`t know. As mentioned in my post Asda is probably the place I would go IF I was looking to buy a budget player.

By the way what car do you drive? because if you`re not prepared to drive an Aston Martin, why bother?

This is the bargain buckets forum and is for all bargains/freebies etc. which other users kindly spend their time to inform others of their finds - not to be mocked.

As for your comment players costing more are built better and last longer, This may be true when being compared to high quality equipment such as Denon, Arcam and Marantz etc. but at the cheaper end of the market, these things are mass produced on a large scale using similar industrial machinery and techniques, and therefore suffer from similar manufacturing flaws as each other.

Also as for having no logic behind my reasoning simple maths can determine that for the £300 you can spend on a good quality player you can have 10 cheap £30 players all with the mandatory 12 month guarantee which more than satisfies the needs of a child as used in my original example. I reckon thats at least 11 years worth of DVD viewing for your £300 and thats if they all break down which I would find hard to believe. The practicality of this example is however, far fetched, but the logic is now there for you to see.

So "The Falcon" go and get your laserdisc collection out and and give them a good polish to calm yourself down.

Each to their own. I belive the reason for success of DVD is all down to affordability, I mean you can`t still get a VHS for £30. I have a Wharfdale M5, which was budget priced(£150)at the time, but is a dame good player!!

"If you PuT yOur MiNd to iT You CaN AcCompLiSh AnythiNg" - BTTF

Sounds like a bloody snob to me!

I bought a JMB 3000 3 years ago for the pricely sum of £20 and regardless of it price tag it still plods along without a hitch!


There`s nowt wrong with budget goods!


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The Shi*house poet needs a good thrashing, Grafitti ISNT cool.... kiddies!

There`s nothing wrong with buying a nice cheap and cheerful player. My cheap one can play MP3, DVDR, VCD, SVCD, JPEG, MPEG and my expensive sony one can only play original DVDs and VCDs.

Cheap DVD players rock! Good Post

This item was edited on Sunday, 12th October 2003, 10:11