How can i tell if a DVD player is good???

[Omegachi]

Well, there is this after-thanks giving sell tomorrow at sears and a ROWA DVD player is on sell. It is advertised that it will play cds, cd-r, cd-rw and MP3 files. I know thats a good quality for a DVD player. How can i tell if a DVD player is good? I might get that DVD from sears

heres the link to the DVD player:

http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summary/productsummary.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2078799744.1006506071@@@@&BV_EngineID=ikadcciidiglhbggcmgclchm.0&vertical=ELEC&fromAuto=YES&bidsite=&pid=05757111000

might wanna check out its product specifications too...

what is DTS??

 

[Rickten]

goto the hotdeals and check out the apex deal. its cheaper and I've actually heard of the brand Apex as opposed to the brand ROWA.

 

[Sluggo]

<< How can i tell if a DVD player is good? >>



Does it say Pioneer, or Toshiba on the front? If so its probably a good one.

 

[flood]

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<< How can i tell if a DVD player is good? >>



Does it say Pioneer, or Toshiba on the front? If so its probably a good one. >>



I second that. The apex ones are cheap for a reason.
There a pioneer model with progressive scan and component out thats ~150.

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< How can i tell if a DVD player is good? >>




First, make sure it doesn't have ROWA written on the front.


Panasonic and Pioneer are the best, and Toshiba is also good if you don't need CDR support or SVCD.

 

[Omegachi]

Whats wrong with ROWA? haha, even though i have never heard of them, they might still make good DVDs at that price.


What does DTS do?

 

[Rickten]

I assumed that he was looking for something CHEAP. That is why I suggested the apex, which I think is probably better then whatever the heck ROWA is. I will second the idea that a good DVD player will have progressive scan. Stay away from Sony. Pioneer and Toshiba are definetly worth looking at.

 

[T2T III]

Like AnandTech is to computer hardware, there are other sites that specialize in other areas. A great DVD forum to read up on players is: Nerd-Out Forums. I have read a little on this player and it's one that I'd stay away from.