What DVD Player do you own?

[Nutdotnet]

Panasonic RP82

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Panasonic RV31

same one right here. good player!

 

[ElFenix]

sony dvp-s360. mine hasn't broke yet but i know a few people whose have. when i got it, it was one of the best values you could get... nowadays everyone hates them. mostly because they break but also because panasonics are better/cheaper now.

 

[BCYL]

Pioneer DV-343... It's been great... region-free player so I can play DVDs from anywhere around the world!

 

[abaez]

Toshiba SD-3109

 

[CraigRT]

Toshiba 3805

it's progressive scan too.. for my HDTV, TV

it came free with the TV

 

[Thegonagle]

Apex AD-1500. Hacked and de-macked, running through my VCR and into grandma's old console TV.

 

[Vic]

Samsung DVD-S221. Highly underrated, it provides excellent video quality and sound at a good price while having the ability to be able to play a piece of toast if I could get it to fit in the tray.

 

[dugweb]

the panasonics tend to play svcds with out a glitch... not all dvd players do that

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
A Panasonic something - it's been great for me

 

[bigredguy]

xbox

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Just got a $99 Sony NS315 this week to replace my aging Panasonic A110. The tracking / error correction is much better (played a couple of disc that drove the Pan dotty) and the picture looks a bit sharper on my 32" TV.

I've been toying with doing the same with my A310. Minority Report gave it problems, but overall I can't complain as problems with it were few. It can't play svcd though, and it's not silver like my tv and tivo box.

 

[ROTC1983]

Some Apex brand

 

[Analog]

APEX AD-5131 3-disk unit. Hackable.

 

[acidvoodoo]

PS2

 

[Justin218]

Apex 1200. Plays everything and has been rock solid for about 9 months. I had an Apex 1500 before that, and it broke, but they're cheap.

 

[SlowSS]

Samsung DVD-2000
JVC XV-SA75GD Progressive-Scan
PS2

 

[SeaSerpent]

ps2

 

[LiQiCE]

Originally posted by: GoodToGo
I beg to differ on the the Xbox playing DVD-R. I burned a movie and tried to play it on the Xbox and it just said disc error. All the movies(on DVD-R) that I have tried have given me an error. For the Record, I have a RCA DVD player which is very good and plays DVD-R.

That depends on which DVD-ROM drive you have in your Xbox. 1st generation xboxes came with either a Thompson or a Philips drive. The Philips drives can sometimes read CD-R, but do not read DVD writable media as well. The Thompson drive cannot read CD-R at all, but can read all DVD writeable formats. (I have the Thompson drive, and like I said, I've tried all 4 formats (burned with a Sony DRX-500UL).. All 4 formats work fine). 2nd gen Xboxes come with a Thompson, Philips, or Samsung drive, the Samsung can supposedly read everything fine and at higher speeds. The Thompson seems to be the most popular Xbox dvd drive out there.

BTW- if you want to know what drive you have here's a picture of the Thompson versus the Philips dvd-rom drive trays:
Link .. You can tell the difference by the by the "hole" cut in the middle of the tray.
Here's another picture, with the Samsung on the left, Thompson on the right: Link ... The samsung is obvious because of the two small holes on both sides of the tray.

 

[Spamela]

sony dvp-s560D.

works & looks great, built-in dolby digital decoding. discontinued, btw.

 

[anxi80]

sony dvp-ns715p. plays cd-r/rw, dvd-r/rw, dvd+r/rw, vcd, svcd, xvcd, xsvcd, mp3 (vbr supported), its progressive scan, and it costs only $140. also plays dvd-vcd's and dvd-svcds (vcd's written on dvd burned discs im assuming)

 

[LaLaLand]

Apex 1500

$50 and it plays everything for me, completely hackable.


Anyone tried burned dvd's in this? I dont have any to test it with.

 

[spanky]

i got a cheapy apex. it works

 

[spaceman]

apex cheapo.
and a ps2.

 

[ScottyB]

A toshiba. I got it off the net for $300 3 or 4 years ago.