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04-15-2004, 10:55 AM
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| |  My DVD Player died - Recommendations for new one?
My DVD player died the other day :cry: It played MPGs from data CDs as well. All very sad. Still, it was only a cheap one.
Anyway, had a look around and I'm thinking about getting a Cambridge Audio DVD53. Anyone got any comments on this machine?
My DVD collection is currently made up of Region 1 and 2 and home produced DVD-Rs.
I'm going to take a couple of disks along and have a look at one tonight if I find time.
Comments please?
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04-15-2004, 12:14 PM
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I say go to Richer Sounds ( www.richersounds.com), they have PLENTY of multiregion players for very reasonable prices. I say this as a close friend of mine works for the company :lol:
That being said, it's well worth checking out!
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04-15-2004, 12:21 PM
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spend the extra, get an xbox, chip it. you won't look back, believe me. i dunno how i lived without mine. great wee things.
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04-15-2004, 12:24 PM
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Greate minds....
I always start with Richersounds (and usually buy from them too) on these occasions. It was on their web site i found the player I'm looking at. Late night opening tonight too (in Reading) so will be up there with some test disks. And I'll see if I can't wangle another free mug for work while I'm up there 
I was just hesitant to mention the name because I didn't want the thread to become a "I bought from company xxxx and had all sort of problems" discussion.
Had to 'borrow' the kids DVD player last night to watch 'Kill Bill'. Totally cool movie!
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04-15-2004, 12:35 PM
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I was so close to getting a chipped Xbox - but then got carried away with my HTPC project and can't really justify the expense now. What frontend you using?
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04-15-2004, 06:58 PM
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I got the Cambridge Audio DVD55 in the end.
I'll be giving it a good going over in the next few days to see what it's like. I'll be happy to post my findings if anyone's interested enough to hear them.
Cheers.
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04-15-2004, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Marc Peters I was so close to getting a chipped Xbox - but then got carried away with my HTPC project and can't really justify the expense now. What frontend you using? |
I've chipped it with an executer 2.3, i'm using the evo-x dash and using xbmc to play my movies etc, except dvds, which i watch with dvdx.
I'm streaming stuff to the xbox with ccxstream.
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04-16-2004, 06:08 AM
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Heard that XBMC is being ported to the PC? I took a look at a beta version and was very impressed.
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