Sub £20 DVD players - current offers (merged)

ccfc87

Hi ...

I've just joined the chat forum and as a first post I just wanted to recommend the Technika 103 DVD player available in Tescos and highlighted by the MSE site. It is absolutley superb and the hacking code on the main page works fine. If you want a great product don't be put off by the brand name .... it is a brilliant product !

Ed

feival

Not sure if this has been posted already but I like the look of this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/electronics/B00074KWSO/customer-reviews/qid%3D1143059178/sr%3D2-1/ref%3Dsr%5F2%5F3%5F1/203-8675918-6648720

Can anyone recommend it? I must have a player with DIVX compatibility!

skeggysteve

aScottishBloke wrote:

Wouldn't swap our NHS system for anything in the world. Sure it has it's flaws, but it's one heck of an organisation.

I'm currently relying on the NHS a the mo, and there's not another organisation in the world i'd trust with my life. So what, if you infer that a few extra bucks VAT goes towards funding the service.

Pretty ignorant comment from you imho.

B

Agree with you on not wanting to swap the NHS.

BUT......

The NHS is a bottomless pit as far as money is concerned as are most of our public services - government, local councils, etc.etc.

Problem is IMHO most of the people working in the NHS etc. forget that we pay for the service (and their wages) - I don't have a problem with taxs. BUT I have a big problem with the money that is wasted by the NHS etc.

It is my money (and everyones elses) that they are wasting - and it is their money as well!

Cut the waste in every 'public service' - NHS, Councils, Government etc. - and we will all pay a lot less tax.
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Most of the extra money in todays budget for education will go to the private companies that are milking the system - not their fault - they are just allowed to get away with it.
The word/phrase 'backhanders' comes to mind.

angelkez

i can't find a hack for my dvd player it appears to not exist and i would very much like to avoid buying a new player

its a Larsson JE999

boatman

cheapest DVD player i've seen is the Durabrand 1005 from ASDA for £17.97. Its a portable player so handy for taking on holiday and plugging it in to the hotel TV, can't go wrong for that money.

http://www.lenoxx.com/2005/audiosystems/images/DVD1002.jpg
DVD1002.jpg (JPEG Image, 700x267 pixels)

penyekz

You can't have a "free" health care system on the cheap. It costs an average of £300 a night to keep a patient in a hospital bed. However, the government can stop employing tons of "managers" and paying them 100K each to close hospital beds, shut down wards when there is already a chronic shortage of beds. Start employing more people at the front line... doctors and nurses and you'll get far better care when you need it.

Here's another idea to pay less tax. Stop having a welfare state where people without jobs can go on benefits at our expense for life. Where is the motivation to find a job when you can get things for free? Its disgusting!

taney

Boots have got Alba DVD Player DVD65 for £19.99.How good is it?Is it multiregion?

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1054133

thomthom_3

Got the Acoustic Solutions from Argos, seems pretty good. £19.99. Mine didn't play multi region straight out of the box but went on line, got the easy 5 second handset hack and now it plays everything I've tried - normal stuff plus jpeg, region 1 & 4 dvds recorded in NTSC format and DVD-RW. Quality is good for what you pay, seems better suited to the ordinary 21" 4:3 TV, rather than the more demanding widescreen 28". Highly recommended as a secondary player.

Kilty_2

boatman wrote:

cheapest DVD player i've seen is the Durabrand 1005 from ASDA for £17.97. Its a portable player so handy for taking on holiday and plugging it in to the hotel TV, can't go wrong for that money.

http://www.lenoxx.com/2005/audiosystems/images/DVD1002.jpg
DVD1002.jpg (JPEG Image, 700x267 pixels)

That is a rock solid player, £24.99 when I bought it.

Plays ANYTHING I throw at it, even stuff my Toshiba spits out :cool:

tin

Got one of the adsa durabrands, thanks to boatman! Seems quality, will be very useful for the aforementioned hotel usage