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is this machine any good ?
does it have problems playing R1 films?
what about RCE coded films?
any comments on this machine

I owned this player for one week then took it back.

Basicly it is identical to the mico 980 (Not good news). As for R1 and RCE, it plays them all but picture quality is not up to the competition. It does appear to do everything but it looks cheap and nasty. There is a secret menu to disable macrovision and change the region manualy if you need it. overall, its not bad but not good either

any idea how to get the secret menu on the screen ?
what make of machine did you replace the eclipse with ?

I took the eclipse back and bought a Xwave 1000k

http://www.business-ecommercesoftware.co.uk/business/svpcomm/Online_Catalogue_DVD_and_MP3_Players_8.html

The player is very good and displays MP3 titles on sceen during playback for easy navigation which is great. It also comes macrovision free. One bad point about this player is that the drive is quite noisy during the first 12 scenes of most films. I have forgoten the secret menu for the eclipse but you can find it if you search for "eclipse 595" at www.deja.com/usenet. (it is the same as the mico a980`s)