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Posted by: Fatbloke

OK guys - how about a couple of suggestions regarding a replacement for my very old DVD player (chipped Sony 325).

Here's my requirements:

Multi region of course.
Must be able to play DVD +/- as well as normal DVDs
CD R/RW compatible
MP3 file CD compatible
MPEG file compatible
DTS out feed for amp.
Optical out
Full width (I'm not after one of the mini/half sized dvd players - I want one to fit into the amp rack.)
Also should be all or mostly black! All silver models are not allowed!! ;)

Price range under Ł150 if possible.

Posted by: gblades

By 'MPEG file compatible' I assume you mean that you can put a normal MPEG file onto a CD/DVD and it will just play it?
This feature will be the one which restricts what DVD player you get.
Normally I would suggest one of the Pioneer players such as the DV-360-K but I don't know if it will support MPEG files.

I would suggest the DK Divx which can also play DIVX and XVID but it's silver.

You can search by features on DVDRHELP

Posted by: Fatbloke

I am seriously considering the DK Divx - although there's no direct mpeg support - it can play video files in other, non dvd, formats. VCD/SVCD/Divx.

Also - it's the blackest of the silver players I've seen :)

there's a review of sorts here

Posted by: Fatbloke

Actually - just looked further on that review site - the player CAN play raw mpeg from CD. :)

Off to order.... :D

Posted by: gblades

You can get it for Ł80 from SVP. I would be interested to hear what you think of it.

Posted by: Fatbloke

Ordered from SVP yesterday evening. Hopefully get it tomorrow :)

Posted by: Fatbloke

OK had time to play with it now.

Good points:

Very nice picture from DVDs. I've mine connected through RGB into Sony Tv.
Multi region through remote control.
Compatible with almost everything. DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R (mine play fine even though it doesn't mention +Rs in the manual as being Compatible), CD, MP3 CDs (and DVDs), DIVX files, JPEGS, AVI files, MPEG files.
Optical audio out sends 5.1, DTS or Digital Mp3 data straight to the amp.
Very good sound from MP3 playback, no distortion that I could hear. Scans through without problems.
DIVX and XVID file play very nicely.
Looks very nice on the AV rack, although it's rather slim so there's loads of empty space on that shelf now :)

Not so good points:

Software for playing MP3s a bit basic - no ID3 info, just folder & file name.
Can only see 14 characters on the MP3 filename!
MP3 file info sometimes gets corrupted when searching for files, though they still play ok.
Remote is a bit thin for big hands.
No Random play for MP3s - not even within folders! Audio CD random play is there though.
I don't have a discreet 'Off' code for it like I had for my old Sony DVD :(

A lot of the negatives could be cleaned up with a software release. These units are supposed to be firmware upgradeable via 'playing' a CDr with the upgrade on it.

All in all I'd give it a :up: for under Ł80.