Wharfedale DVD Player with DIVX

executiverocker

yeah as soon as they came on i moved all stock to pending. Its amazing how many stores dont do simple things like that and wonder why they have stacks of complaints against them

Danse_Macabre

I bought one @ the £39.99 price and had the same problems with the black screen.When I saw it went down to £29.99 I thought of taking it back and then buying at the lower price but as they have been recalled,got there a bit late

Anyway the problen I have found is the type of media used.Using Maxell CD-RW the unit never skips a beat,but the same file on a TDK CD-RW(burnt @ same speed (x4)) I am more likely to get the black screen and then more often than not I have to unplug.

Now I'm not able to get it cheaper I'm going to keep it anyway as I believe the problem is solved.Also I found it multi-region straight out of the box.

Hope this info helps someone if they still have it

executiverocker

you could always take it back for a refund as its been recalled?

Danse_Macabre

Yup,I could I suppose.I will try local store tomorrow to see if it comes up on the cat. no. as the website says it is no longer available.

On saying that,if it is not possible to get it anymore I still reckon at £39.99 it was still a bargain as it seems to do everytihng I want it to do.

Basically don't take it back without trying different media,whatever price you paid for it.If you can find one for £29.99 then imo it's worth it.It also plays .srt files as well.

executiverocker

could always get the money and go online? for example http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00074KWSO/pricerunner-21/ref%3Dnosim/202-1358065-2583812

theres a list here
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-and-vision/vision/dvd-players/browse?sort=3&a_2878=1&noidx=1

Danse_Macabre

My bad,but I forgot to post that I took this item back for refund.

I would like to retract my earlier statement about it being media related.Might have been a codec thing but I got tired of testing

Kilty_2

Asda's £68 DVD Recorder plays DIVX, or so I have heard.....

Cantdance_2

Just to warn you all that the recalled stock are now being sold in Netto for £19.99, still with the same problems as before.

I'd avoid if I were you.

HankMcSpank

will this play my Frankie Vaughan DVDs?

Premier_2

Cantdance wrote:

Just to warn you all that the recalled stock are now being sold in Netto for £19.99, still with the same problems as before.

I'd avoid if I were you.

It seems to depend on the quality of the recording/media based on the thread about the one Netto were selling.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=288895

Is this the same prodct that Argos was selling anyway? I know they have the same model number and the Argos cat. code is on the box but the Argos book pictured this product like this:



That product is currently being sold by Richer Sounds for £29.99.

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=WHAR-DVD3210

The Netto product looked like this: