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Had to take back my Tosh 220E to Richer Sounds today because it was freezing up on a couple of DVDs, and I need a new player. I was beginning to think that the problem was with their multimod upgrade. Interesting, though, when they checked the offending disk (Private Ryan - by the way, has anyone tried to play Saving Private Ryan on their Tosh 220E, does it play through ok?) on another Tosh in the shop which they said was not multiregion, it also gave hassle. So, they tried to say that it must not be the multimod upgrade, but the batch or firmware or . . . (Yikes! Mine was latest firmware v. 1.5?). When played on a Marantz, the disk worked fine. This all makes me a bit scared to get a Tosh again. Any thoughts? Is this solely a problem with Richer`s stock? Questions, questions . . .

So, now I need a player that works . . . any ideas??? I`d get a Tosh 220E again if I could trust that it wouldn`t freeze up again on movies like Saving Private Ryan and The Matrix. I think Westy mentioned that he liked 7Oaks and Multiregionmagic`s stuff. Anyone else have any experience with them? Thing is, I live in Belfast. [I may get more bang for my buck if I don`t have to pay the £25-30 shipping charge to N. Ireland that most companies charge, if I buy at Richer in Belfast. -- But I`m not opposed to ordering online.]

I`ve already tried the Pioneer 454, and it gave problems with playing R1 disks on my TV - it had a slight flicker problem in playback. Well, it would occasionally get slightly darker in some places on the screen, brighter in others - not all at the same time. :) It wasn`t that bad, but having family in the States and all, I wanted to try to get the best R1 picture possible. This problem was resolved with the Tosh, so I don`t think it`s my TV (famous last words), unless the Tosh simply does a better job of handling the NTSC signal . . .

Richer directed me over to their Limit DV9090SE, the Marantz DV4200, DV4300, DV4200OSE, and the Pioneer 656. I`d like to stay under £200, though. (I don`t know much about any of these machines - except they are more expensive.)

I`m not opposed to ordering online, or over the phone for shipping if it`s with a reputable firm, and I can trust that I won`t experience the above problems again. I also am not opposed to getting another Tosh, or Pioneer, if they worked.

Thanks.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 25th February 2003, 09:44

Any suggestions?

I really don`t rate the Toshiba players. My first a 210 broke down after 13 months (out of guarantee) and my immediate replacement a 220 wouldn`t play a lot of my dvdr discs. I know the Tosh is highly regarded but it doesn`t play a lot of stuff that the cheaper players seem to.
In the end i bought a cheap Cyberhome 528 from Richer sounds and i have not had a single disc it will not play. It doesn`t look as smart as the Tosh but the picture and sound are excellent. I bought it with the intention of taking it back if i didn`t like it, but having learned to live with it`s looks and throwing just about every type of disc at it including dvd-rw i have decided that,for me at least, it does a lot more than my previous two Toshes did and seems to be a lot more reliable.
Hope this is of some help

Cheers
HG

I have had a multi-region (multimod) Sony DVD Player (DVP725D) purchased from Richer Sounds for over 2-years. In that time, it has never failed to play perfectly any disc (I have over 200 DVD`s), including all the so called difficult ones, e.g. Matrix, SPR, Dinosaur, Toy Story 1&2, etc.

Sound and picture are still superb today. When it comes to replacing the player near the end of this year (I took the 50% trade in option with Richer), I`ll probably just go for another Sony as when I read various forums, they still seem to have less problems than players from other manufacturers.

Steve

Thanks Steve and hotgoblin. I`ll consider those options.

Any other thoughts are also welcomed.

This item was edited on Sunday, 23rd February 2003, 14:53

Steve,
What about your TV? Does it support NTSC? And how does the Sony play back R1 disks? I`m beginning to wonder whether my Philips TV supports NTSC, though I must say that the Tosh handled R1 disks fine (though the Pioneer 454 didn`t - little flickery). How does the Sony do?

My TV`s a widescreen, but a couple years old now. Manual says scart sockets are for NTSC, but I wondered with the playback of the Pioneer (and because those manuals are usually for several different models at once).

Any ideas?

Steve, can you point me to these various forums?

Also, anyone else with any ideas? I have just discovered that, according to Philips, the Telly is NTSC compatible through the scart sockets in back. So they say. Anyways.
Thanks again.