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HELP! - Cheap 2nd DVD Player needed - recommendations PLEASE!

close to the edge (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th September 2001, 23:29

I am looking to buy a 2nd player for my daughter for xmas.
The Alba VD104 looks quite good for specs. What do you all think.
I would like it to have Multi Region, VCD, CD-R capability.
(We already have a few kids films on regions 1, 2 and 4.)
What other machines are recommended for around £100 to £120-00.

I have a Scan as main player in living room (mainly due to the MP3 capability- great jukebox!) so I am not thinking of giving her this.

Although suggestions will be appriciated as to what you would buy and where from at the above budget.

Blimey, when I was a saucepan I had to make do with Scaletric,Lego or the original Thunderbirds toys (Big plastic things they were!).

RE: HELP! - Cheap 2nd DVD Player needed - recommendations PLEASE!

Smokey (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 9th September 2001, 23:55

Hi, I got my Alba104 a month ago after reading about it here - £99.99 at Argos. So far I`ve had a great run with it - it`ll play all of the above and other stuff like Mp3s, even some music I put on a CD-RW, to see if it had burned okay. I haven`t tried R4 as I don`t have any, but you could do worse than this machine. It can also tape straight to video.

I believe you`ll have to specifically ask for this item as it`s meant to be a substitute for another model.

HTH - Rob

RE: HELP! - Cheap 2nd DVD Player needed - recommendations PLEASE!

lewjosh (Competent) posted this on Monday, 10th September 2001, 10:05

The Cyberhome 528 (new model) is approx £120 and, I believe, does everything you require, PLUS it has DD & DTS decoders built-in (I believe). If you ask clayts nicely he might just email you a good review of the machine from Home Entertainment ( I haven`t been able to get to it yet!)

LJ

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