DVD player recommendations?

[Slickone]

Are there any decent brand (read: not Apex) players that convert PAL to NTSC and can be made region free?
Supposedly the Philips DVP642 has a "PAL->NTSC cropping issue".

 

[MustISO]

www.videohelp.com

 

[lancestorm]

avsforum.com

What is your budget, btw?

 

[TheShiz]

i have the 642 and don't notice a cropping problem. most of the stuff i have that is pal is 1.33 to 1 though, so i'm not sure about widescreen, but the conversion looks good.

 

[Ilmater]

The old Toshiba SD-4900 was pretty good. Search for it on Google and check out the reviews.

 

[Slickone]

My budget is probably under $100, unless it also does DVDA, HDCD, etc, (which should be the only player I would need instead of having two), then it would probably be under $200 or so.

 

[Slickone]

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[nakedfrog]

Sounds like you're looking for much the same thing I am.

 

[Fuzn]

Yeah, i'm looking for exactly the same thing. Just haven't had the time to go looking around, hasn't been TOO important.

 

[Slickone]

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[Slickone]

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[Slickone]

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[Slickone]

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