Memorex upconverting DVD player $19.99 AR

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SKU 476900


Office Depot has the Memorex MVD2045 Progressive scan DVD player with HDMI up conversion for $19.99 after $30 MIR 6/01-6/07. Back page (8) of 6/01 ad available for viewing online.

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[QSnexus]

Better specs here:
http://www.memorexelectronics....ct_detail.php?PID=626#

 

[pbroussard]

Just got one this morning, thanks, OP. Was looking for a dirt cheap upconverting dvd player, will hook it up in a bit.

 

[pbroussard]

Ughh, and I'll be bringing it back tomorrow. Won't play my collection of re-authored dvd's right, plays the last section instead of from the beginning. While it does upconvert, I have no clue how well, since my Mitsu DiamondMax DLP can't seem to display them. Also upconverting seems to be for HDMI out, at least in the Menu, upconverting is done in the HDMI tab.

 

[Melectricus]

Wow, I really like this unit. I bought 2 about 9 months ago for me and my son. Both work flawlessly. I saw the ad today and plan on getting one for my daughter.

I have no clue what the previous poster problem is unless he has a bad unit and/or isn't using HDMI which of course you need to get the best of upconverting. I have dozens of homemade dvds and copies that work just fine with it besides regular movies albiet copies aren't at the same quality as originals. You have to realize compression on some copy programs degrade quality that to me shows up on upconverting. As far as playing original dvds it works great on my 1080i and my sons 1080p.

 

[pbroussard]

Doesn't seem to be a bad unit, as it plays original dvd's fine. I am using HDMI out, as stated before, my 73" Mitsu DiamondMax 1080P DLP doesn't recognize the upconverted signals, blank screen on anything over 480P. I shall attempt other reauthored discs, these are not compressed, ripped the main movie and reauthored with dvd shrink and AnyDVD. The player starts with last frame, not the first.

 

[Melectricus]

Strange, don't know what would do it. My son and I use Anydvd, clonedvd, dvd shrink, dvd decrypter in various conbinations over time and have used +R and -R for backups of all our movies. I have noticed they do not have the same quality upconverting as my original dvd. I have a 1080i Panasonic plasma and my son has a 1080p Samsung LCD. I don't know it it is the software to compress the dvd that is the source of this or not, or the hardware that tries to upconvert the data on the dvd.

Just an FYI dvd "shrink" and clone dvd are compression programs at the heart of it. A decrypted dvd is in the 7-8gb range and they compress to 4gb or so to fit on a standard dvd, unless I am wrong...but regardless the last frame thing is odd and may be a bad unit.