Lidl Dvd Player/card Reader £19.99 [CLOSED]

TheChillPill

Also, just noticed it is now showing online - again, states 12th as a nationwide offer.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051112.p.DVD_Player

Would be interested to hear if it is at Oldham today, and what the stock level is like - it's within driving distance for me.

brummybloke

moneyandmountains wrote:

Even so, you don't need a TV licence if you don't use the TV to received broadcast TV.

Some friends of mine successfully managed to get TV Licensing to leave them alone, on the premise that they only used their TV to watch DVDs.

"Do I need a licence?
If you use a TV or any other device to receive or record TV programmes (for example, a VCR, set-top box, DVD recorder or PC with a broadcast card) - you need a TV Licence. You are required by law to have one. "

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp


i nearly bought a dvd recorder in sommerfields but it had no price on it and i really could not be bothered dragging the box to the service desk while my trolley was full and my son was having one of those 'moments'. it was a cello. holding on till 12th for this baby.

darbooka

moneyandmountains wrote:

Even so, you don't need a TV licence if you don't use the TV to received broadcast TV.

Some friends of mine successfully managed to get TV Licensing to leave them alone, on the premise that they only used their TV to watch DVDs.

True; however, for many it may be vastly easier to just pay cash and inadvertently enter a wrong address on any form the cashier may give to help avoid the need to through the process of proving that your monitor does not accept TV signals, at least insofar as any retailer informants may pass your details on to Big Licensing Brother.

spuckle

Most stores are getting 100 units each (at least in the SW region) - some are getting more.

Eugene's_Pal

Do they sell them at a loss? Why else would they be rationed?

ChemicalBrother_2

darbooka wrote:

for many it may be vastly easier to just pay cash and inadvertently enter a wrong address on any form the cashier may give

There's no law prohibiting a *customer* from using a false name and address on the TVL form. So, making up a name and address for a form that doesn't legally have to be filled in anyway (AV gear with no TV tuner) is double-ly legal!

wrightnick

Just found this on a web site.... http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=Targa+DP-5100x&Submit=Search&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&country=&orderby=Name&hits=25

It might be cheap, but does it do the job...

This indicates issues with the latest firmware "well i upgraded this player to UK BE firmware from targas website, all was great but grew more & more glitchy (including crashing the player, needing to totally turn it off to get it to operate again)
ive checked for a new firmware but nothing more recent, & its got to the point that most dvds both original & back up & divx/xvids now just glitch constantly or give a disc error...
gonna have to return it. trying to find a dvd player that just does what it says on the box is harder than i thought. :-( "

Regards

Slapps

OK Guys Try This;
Go to this site http://www.targa.gmxhome.de/frieschalten_des_regionalcodes.htm
Download the file kpjct19_1.dvd to your Desktop.Make SURE this file is named EXACTLY this way if not rename it. Now create another folder on your desktop called
RMTM0000 inside this folder create another folder called SCARLET . Now copy the
kpjct19_1.dvd file from your desktop and paste it into the SCARLET Folder.
Now burn the RMTM0000 folder to a CD.
After this is finished place the CD into your Targa Player and close the door. You will get a screen telling you the unit is on region 2 select 0-6 to change. Select 0 and press pause button to save.

Slapps

this link has the file that u need 2 download on it, u may need 2 rename it as 2 my last post

http://people.freenet.de/Targa/frieschalten_des_regionalcodes.htm

press the pause button on the front of the dvd player when saving.

xueta

Slapps wrote:

... Now burn the RMTM0000 folder to a CD.
After this is finished place the CD into your Targa Player and close the door. You will get a screen telling you the unit is on region 2 select 0-6 to change. Select 0 and press pause button to save.

As this player has a flash card reader, could I save the file to a memory card instead of burning to CD?