DivX/DVD Player WH Smith - Now £29.99

iwannamotorbike

Hi

Got one of these. On some DVDs I'm getting an occasional horizontal flickering.

Anyone know a cure or have I bought a (returnable)lemon?

Thanks


Allan 8)

scumgrinder

Hi

Got one of these. On some DVDs I'm getting an occasional horizontal flickering.

Anyone know a cure or have I bought a (returnable)lemon?

Thanks


Allan 8)

Not experienced that before but i am on my second player in two weeks, worth reurning it for peice of mind? they had no quibbles about exchanging mine. hth?

Totoriko

In the previous thread there was mention of the infrared remote not being very good and that it needs to be close to and pointing straight at the player to work.
Is that still the case?

scumgrinder

In the previous thread there was mention of the infrared remote not being very good and that it needs to be close to and pointing straight at the player to work.
Is that still the case?

Yes but it's not too bad, flimsy though. the disc tray is a joke, but don't let these two things put you off! it was £100.00 originally i'm led to believe so i can't complain.

panther

Thought I was too late for this offer but had a browse at my local store not expecting any left but noticed 4 boxes stacked up at the end of an aisle. It would be rude not to bag one at that price

johnllew

For £31.64 delivered its an absolute bargain.

You can get it delivered for free:

Never in when the postman calls? We can deliver your order FREE* to your local WHSmith store - with over 550 participating stores across the UK. Once your items have arrived in-store, you can collect them at your convenience.

mhuk

I've tested mine now. Plays DivX fine but DVD picture quality isn't as good as my Panasonic. Great for £30 though :-)

panther

Anyone know if this hack works? Won't have the opportunity to try mine before xmas but saw this elswhere.

Multi-region & Macrovision hack

1. Disc Tray Open
2. press 3,3,0,8 (on remote or player itself)
3. Select Region (1,2,3...0 for multiregion disables macrovision also)

ND

Mine was multi-region out of the box. Don't know about Macrovision.
A great player in my opinion, can't fault it.

panther

The only negative reports I've heard (apart from the flimsy disk tray) is that the length of time displayed on the OSD remains permanently on in the corner of your screen during playback of Divx movies. Doesn't seem to affect DVD or other formats though.