Page 1 of Argos, Alba, and my questions . . . . .

Hi. Anyone know the difference between the Alba 113 and the 104 that Argos say may be in the box instead? Is it a lot better, and region hackable? Looking to spend £100.00 - £150.00 ish. If so, are they still substituting them? Also, anyone brought any in the last few days? How good are they, etc?
Thanks.

Go to this thread ...http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=211&Thread=49335&Type=1 ...for info on the 104.

molerat

Thanks Molerat.

I bought the 104 as a replacement, for a 103 which had been sent to me, The 103 would not play anything, no cdr or cdrw, I suspect it is also not region free, however the 104 will play everything it has more functionality than my Wharfedale M5 (£180 from Tesco) It will play SVCD, VCD, and MP3 on Writable / Re- Writable CD`s, and it will play any region DVD, Also if you check on the net you can buy the 104 for £160 aparrantly.

The extra functionality over my wharfdale is that when you STOP a VCD or SVCD it remembers where you were so you can press PLAY and it will continue where it was, on the Wharfedale it goes back to the beginning. Thats it really, not much apart from it costs nerarly half the price too.

Think I may have missed the boat here, Snakegamer. Went down to Argos to get one - DVD player not boat. Asked to view the product but when the sales assistant women-handled it out the box it was the 113. Thought about asking her to open her entire stock of machines but didn`t think the crowd behind would have any of it. So, still looking for the right player at the moment. Thanks anyway.

Thirteen, it might be an idea to specifically ask for the "substitute" ie 104. I did, and they were quite happy with my asking, although they thought I was a bit mad. I`d read the posts on this Forum for advice and I only wanted the 104 - nothing else.

Or do you have another Argos nearby that you could try?

HTH - Rob

On the strength of the hardware forum I rushed out to Argos and bought this player. My heart sank a little when the box was handed to me and "DVD113" was printed on it (and not 104).

I got the player home and the only model number shown was on a small sticker on the base of the player which says "DVD113".

But, on testing the player, it does everything the guys said it would; region free (I`ve tried regions 1,2 & 3), VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3s, CDs the lot. The picture & sound quality is excellent at the price.

What an absolute bargain!