Sub-£20 Amazon Multi-region capable DVD Player

MSE_Martin

What's the deal?

The time of the £20 multi-region DVD player is here. This one's a silver Cyberhome CH-DVD400 multi region capable DVD Player (meaning you'll have to make it multi-region yourself). As it's £19.99 delivery is free.

Specifications:

Slow-motion playback
4 x Zoom
14 different sound modes
Can play MP3, JPEG and MPEG files
Dolby Digital Decoder
JPEG Pictures
Video CD / CD / CD-R / CD-RW / MP3 / WMA / DVD+ / -R/RW
RGB,S-Video
SCART output

There are more technical specifications on the Amazon site here.

What is multi-region?

It simply means you can play disks from anywhere in the world, not just European disks. Meaning you can buy US disks which may be cheaper and unavailable here.

How do I make it multi-region?

There are two ways to do it. Both are explained on the Amazon site here.

Some people that have reviewed this model though have said the multi-regioning info is difficult to understand. So if you're having problems follow these instructions, which reviewers have said does the trick:



Power on, NO DISC IN - let the power up cycle finish

Press MENU (PBC) button
Press 1
Press 9 A box will appear with the Region Number in it... change this to 0 and press enter.

errolevans

Found a lovely little Panasonic DVD player in "Powerhouse" in Coventry at the weekend for £17.99 in their "Blue Cross Sale". Wasn't really looking for one, but couldn't resist one for the bedroom at that price!!

RoyRace

errolevans wrote:

Found a lovely little Panasonic DVD player in "Powerhouse" in Coventry at the weekend for £17.99 in their "Blue Cross Sale". Wasn't really looking for one, but couldn't resist one for the bedroom at that price!!

Is this multi-region though?

Personally I've bought about 6 cheap multi-region players from Amazon (mostly on behalf of friends & family) and found them to be excellent value!

My living room has an expensive one (£34.99) and my bedroom has a cheapo (£24.99 later reduced to £19.99) one :T

RedOnRed

I've posted this DVD player twice myself.

The player is muti region capable. Basically, all you have to do is put a few codes into it which Amazon tell you anyway.

overworked_underpaid

My £120 dvd player stopped playing dvd's and I bought the Cyberhome CH-DVD400 from amazon. I have it for 2 weeks and am very pleased with the purchase. It is a smart small size and even the remote is thin and small. It also has more features than my old more expensive dvd player.
Excellent piece of kit at an excellent price! :T

Spikey_2

Is the cheapest around?

overworked_underpaid

I think Sainsburys are selling an Alba DVD player for £17.99 but I do not think it is multi-region.

Spikey_2

overworked_underpaid wrote:

I think Sainsburys are selling an Alba DVD player for £17.99 but I do not think it is multi-region.

I may be wrong but can't you make all players multi-region now?

overworked_underpaid

You probably can but I'm not sure how to make the Alba one multi region.

Spikey_2

overworked_underpaid wrote:

You probably can but I'm not sure how to make the Alba one multi region.

Alba multi region

Does that help?

RoyRace

Some players come multi-region as standard (or did anyway) my first one said region 2 on the back but played everything!

Probably all can be made multi-region but some need tinkering about inside to do it while others just need a few keys on the remote pressed like the one above.