Cheep Asda DVD player

[jimothy]

My DVD player died last night, so I'm in need of a new one. I don't want to buy an expensive one yet - I'm waiting till the HD ones come out then splash out on a really good one.

Has anyone got any experience of the really cheap ones they sell for tuppence in supermarkets like Asda? Are they ok as a cheap stop-gap till the HD ones come out? Will they do multi-region etc.

Or are they all toilet?

Thanks

[staceyb]

My ex had one in his flat worked perfectly fine.









til I stamped on it.













Well not really

[jimothy]

staceyb said:

My ex had one in his flat worked perfectly fine. til I stamped on it. Well not really

But like our Murphy's...

[MilnerR]

I bought a £30 yammata (or something like that) player a couple of years ago and have had no problems whatsoever. Take a look on ebuyer.com they do some very cheap DVD players. The only thing is that you won't be able to run a huge 5.1 home cinema system off one.

[gbbird]

I've bought cheap and expensive ones in the past, and to be fair the cheaper ones have tended to last just as long if not longer

[jimothy]

MilnerR said:

I bought a £30 yammata (or something like that) player a couple of years ago and have had no problems whatsoever. Take a look on ebuyer.com they do some very cheap DVD players. The only thing is that you won't be able to run a huge 5.1 home cinema system off one.

As long as is has an SPDIF coax output it should be fine for my needs

[timmy30]

MilnerR said:

I bought a £30 yammata (or something like that) player a couple of years ago and have had no problems whatsoever. Take a look on ebuyer.com they do some very cheap DVD players. The only thing is that you won't be able to run a huge 5.1 home cinema system off one.

Iv'e got one of those, bought it from Amazon, works fine. It's also multi-region despite bwing being molto chepio.

>> Edited by timmy30 on Wednesday 8th February 10:47

[Nick P]

you could try richer sounds to get a proper multi region one.....they have some cheaper brands that are reasonable quality

[MilnerR]

The basic parts in most players are generic. Its all down to whether you mind having an unknown brand under your TV. Get the cheap asda player as a stop gap and then in 2 years time you'll be starting another thread asking whether its worth upgrading

[Wildfire]

The Gf bought one a while ago for around £25 or so, worked brilliantly and has never failed. Not the fastest machine in the world, but still good.

[dougc]

Doesn't get much cheaper than this

No idea is they're any good bu the feedback is 4.5 stars so it must work OK. For £20, who cares if it only lasts 6 months.

[Tyre Smoke]

I bought a £19.74 DVD from Asda, absolutely fine. Came with a 12 month no quibble guarantee. It goes tits up? So what?Back to Asda and get a refund, round the aisle and buy another.

What do you want for less than 20 quid?

Mine plays all formats too.

[sneijder]

Paid up front for 10 Blockbuster rentals and got a free Itchifannitamagotchi DVD player, even came with remote batteries and a scart lead.

[chris watton]

dougc said:

Doesn't get much cheaper than this No idea is they're any good bu the feedback is 4.5 stars so it must work OK. For £20, who cares if it only lasts 6 months.

We have that one in our bedroom! It allows me to watch a Region 1 DVD of series 2- Battlestar Galactica, whereas the £280 sony 'all singing, all dancing, as long as its region 2 DVD player in the living room doesn't!

[cliffe_mafia]

I got a DVD recorder from Asda for 60 notes

Awesome value for the price as it plays avis and mpgs too

[Jaglover]

I bought one recently for around £30 quid. It works fine and even plays Region 1. Why buy an expensive one?

[timc]

jimothy said:

My DVD player died last night, so I'm in need of a new one. I don't want to buy an expensive one yet - I'm waiting till the HD ones come out then splash out on a really good one. Has anyone got any experience of the really cheap ones they sell for tuppence in supermarkets like Asda? Are they ok as a cheap stop-gap till the HD ones come out? Will they do multi-region etc. Or are they all toilet? Thanks

Same here - waiting for a HDD/DVD recorder with freeview, but not prepared to pay the current £300-£400.

So I got the Asda Dual DVD player for £40 - the one with the card reader slots on the front. Plays everything - VCD, SVCD, DivX, Xvid etc. etc. I also bought for another £40 a DVB USB dongle for the PC - that records in mpeg format and the Dual player plays them with no reformatting so long as the file size is under 2GB. There is a multi-region hack around for it, but haven't needed to do it yet.

[911JUS]

just bought one for me dad from B&Q £19.95 works fine

J

[tvrbob]

£16.80 from Sainsbury corner shops (Bells for those in the know). Should have been £19ish but was on offer just before xmas. Plays perfectly well and has all the normal functions.

[Plotloss]

Got a £30 Phillips one from Tesco, made it multi region via the remote control.

It works, which is all I can ask for really...