Lidl Dvd Player/card Reader £19.99 [CLOSED]

corsa-i-can

damn:( just went to 2 stores both sold out this morn :-(

HLK

Numptie wrote:

I burned to a RW disk. Put the file inside a folder called SCARLET,then that folder inside another folder called RMTM0000. Is this correct?

Yep. I burned the RMT0000 folder to a CD-R and that worked fine.. you could try it again with a new disk .. it took me two shots with the firmware upgrade for some reason.

PompeySteve

baz8755 wrote:

I am using the SVHS connection and have noticed that 23 fps movies have a slight stutter when the camera is panning. Can anyone tell me if using an RGB connection is any better. It is not easy for me to test due to the logistics of my lounge (OK this player is in my HI-FI rack 10 metres away from the telly and I already have an SVHS lead buried under the carpet).

I find most stuttering during panning happens when the player is playing back NTSC material in PAL mode and vice versa.

You can switch between NTSC/PAL/AUTO by :

1. Close the drive tray with no disc
2. Wait til display says "NO DISC"
3. Hold down pause (for around 5 seconds) until display says either PAL, NTSC, or AUTO.

If you push and hold pause again it will cycle to the next mode.

baz8755 wrote:

Still, it plays everything unlike my much more expensive KISS player

Amen to that!

Numptie

Checked out another DVD site. Found out you cant use a RW cd. Burned the file to a normal CD-R and het presto, it worked, changed to Region 0. My region 3 dvds bought from CD-WOW now worked fine.You can use the disk if you ever need to make the player region 2 again if you need to return the player under warrenty.
Thanks for all your help everyone.

mikeyv_2

Numptie, I used a CD-RW to update my firmware and change the region code (the same disk for both, though not at the same time obviously). Worked fine.

machofairy

baz8755 wrote:

I am using the SVHS connection and have noticed that 23 fps movies have a slight stutter when the camera is panning. Can anyone tell me if using an RGB connection is any better. It is not easy for me to test due to the logistics of my lounge (OK this player is in my HI-FI rack 10 metres away from the telly and I already have an SVHS lead buried under the carpet).

Those are the symptoms of a lack of packed bitstream support. If all else fails, upgrade firmware.

Numptie wrote:

Checked out another DVD site. Found out you cant use a RW cd. Burned the file to a normal CD-R and het presto, it worked, changed to Region 0. My region 3 dvds bought from CD-WOW now worked fine.You can use the disk if you ever need to make the player region 2 again if you need to return the player under warrenty.
Thanks for all your help everyone.

Worked for me with cdrw, dvd-rw and dvd+rw

baz8755

I think this may be the problem but my TV only supports NTSC in RGB scart, so the S-VHS connection is of no use.

Oh and I have already upgraded the firmware

ShimSham

corsa-i-can wrote:

damn:( just went to 2 stores both sold out this morn :-(

Do you mean Monday morning or Saturday?

Monday was far too late to try to buy this player. Most shops were sold out by 8.30 Saturday morning. Bargins like this go very very fast!

Geoggy

so why is this thread still here then?

Arandorastar

You can get one off Ebay for £39.99 + £10 P&P. Still £10 cheaper than when last sold by Lidl.