What DVD Player should I buy tomorrow?

[SerN]

I'm buying a DVD player tomorrow, What brand Should I get?

currently i'm looking at the Sony DVPNS300 for $599

Other Players i've got my eye on are Panasonic DVDRV31 and Pioneer DV344 both $499 each. The Pioneer comes with 20 free rentals.

Any advice or ideas most welcome, I take it these players are all multizone?

[fatsanchez]

philips dvd762k

it has built in dolby and dts, plays mp3's, dodgy video cd's, and has an arseload of outputs

its made by philips too :D

[SecretSquirrel]

You're talking about Brownware I presume?

Sony dont do multizone do they?
They never used to, anyway...

Just buy a Mustek one, $299, multizone, DTS and Dolby Digital out, and get a decent 5.1 amp/setup.

I have a crappy Philips one in the lounge, and getting the Mustek one for the bedroom, because at that price, why the hell not??

[Genesis]

The Musteks ABSOLUTELY ROCK! My main Home Ent. System Mustek V560 DVD Player

And then 2 of the smaller ones (Really no difference at all in features) V520. Both VERY good DVD players

[SerN]

Well i've completely gone off getting the sony as theres no CD-R support and no MP3 support and in alot of cases has huge trouble reading CDRW's.

Musteks sound good for the price but i wanna spend a little more and get something a little better. I've read a few reviews on the Panasonic DVD RV31 and it seems to get alot higher picture and sound quality compared to the Sony and has full support for CDR, CDRW and MP3 CD's.
So I think i'll go for Panasonic but yea those Musteks sound like good value for money.

[Binky Stunt Cat]

let me know how making it regionless go...

[Sydog]

The pioneer is multizone, check this out http://www.buyquick.com.au/shop/Product.asp?ID=PIO-DV344-M

[Binky Stunt Cat]

wopsy, i thought he was meaning drives for the computer....my mistake.....

[dustyslapper]

I wouldn't buy any Sony - they are all chipped to zone 0, so wont play any disc with REC/watermarking. I heard you can get them chipped to a true multizone, but that it does cost some amount of money - I haven't had this confirmed though.

I would buy the Pioneer 344 - its s true multi zone, it'll play any disc on the market and has nice outputs (composite, svhs, component). Doesn't play mp3 - but most poeple buy them to play movies, not music.

The panasonic is also a true multizone, but its a manual select - the Pioneer selects automatically, a small plus for it in my book.

Pioneer is NZs most popular player - its what I would buy.

Hope this helps

[Geek4Life]

The Mustek DVD players are good quality and are multizone. Plus they can also play CDR/CDRW/MP3/VCD. ;)

[Humantuckshop]

The Musteks do rock. The only reason you don't hear alot about them and the reason they aren't really sold in Bond & Bond etc, is because they don't indulge in million dollar marketing/advertising campaigns like Sony and Panasonic.

[Ripping]

you might like to consider a Hiteker (also known as Apex in other markets)
I got mine 12 months ago from supercyberstore.co.nz.

their blurb:

12 month warranty
TV Systems: PAL/NTSC
Karaoke
MIX(L;R):5.1Ch
Multizone DVD player
Marcrovision disabled
Plays: DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, MP3, CD-R (note: and RW)
TV Types: Wide/Pan/Letter Box
Video Resolution: 500 lines
Video S/N: 60dB
Dolby Digital
Downmix Decoder
DTS Digital Out
DAC: 96KHz/24 bit
Frequency Response
(DVD:48k/ VCD 96k/ CD44.1k)
:2-20KHz/2-44KHz
Audio S/N: ³95dB
Colour Difference Output
S-Video Output
Coaxial Digital Output
Headphones Output
Digest Function
Remote Control
Parental Control
VFD Display
Zoom Function

also has 'secret menu' to defeat macrovision.

its worked well for me.

[Sydog]

Sern hasn't really said but he got one and as a result now has all but one of my dvds.

[asanthadenz]

wow talking about Mustek, my dad bought a New Mustek DVD Player, it arrived via Courier this morning and i didnt even knw he was getting one.

Highlight:

Rendition of DVD, audio CD, MP3, CD-r, CD-rw, VCD, SVCD and DVCD
Support of PAL and NTSC, 16:9 and 4:3-Formaten
5,1 digital exit and 2,1 analogue output
Real-time realtime-Playback with up to 32 facher speed
Exits for Composite, s-video and Scart

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000067P03.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[mird-OC]

anyone tried those lennox players?

[TheChosen_1]

Originally posted by Sydog
Sern hasn't really said but he got one and as a result now has all but one of my dvds.

hes got all mine!!!!!:D

[dustyslapper]

I have sold six of them oin the last few days. As none have come back I am assuming that they are a pretty good buy. Must be true mulitzone I guess.

I could have had one for $230 or so. Maybe I'll regret not getting it later on...

[Iblis]

Hmmmmm... I've been in the market for a DVD player, too. Can anyone tell me if these Musteks support DVD+R/RW,-R/RW, and/or DVD-RAM?

[SerN]

I got me a Panasonic player, was a bit disapointed it didn't support mp3's in the end :( also doesn't support SVCD's :(
other than that it's a good player.

I wanna buy a DVD writer when they come a bit cheaper, so just like Iblis would be interested to know of a player which will play those writtible formats.