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Posted by RobF on 04/26/07 14:42
Many thanks, def, good info and advice.
Rob
"def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
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> "RobF" <r_fox24@co_x.net> wrote in message
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>> In other groups, grumblings and fury about several brands, notably Sony,
>> failing to run a dvd disk - some business about (cc), I mean copyright,
>> issues. Please recommend a dvd player, or combo cd reader, burner, dvd
>> burner, one that I won't have to return to vendor next day because of
>> bizarre failures. Thanks, all ...
>
> Standalone DVD player - get a $50 bill out of your billfold. That is the
> minimum you should pay. Forget the cheaper stuff. Just make sure it has
> the
> features and connections you want. For example I recently bought a Sony
> from
> their website which said it had a S-Video connection, but when I received
> it, it had none. That was an error on their website. I had to return it,
> and
> probably wouldn't buy another Sony. I'm using a 3-year old Emerson DVD
> player I got from Walmart for about $60, works fine. Be sure to check for
> good strong sound with your system. Some DVD players have it, some don't.
> You really can't tell til you try it, so you're better off buying locally
> with a return guarantee. I had to return 3-4 different brands/models
> before
> I settled on the Emerson. You can't do that by mail order.
>
> Combo players - forget about it. Get standalone everything.
>
> Internal DVD burner - I believe the latest 18X-20X DVD burners from LG and
> Lite-on are OK. Lite-on is faster; LG is quieter. I've been using a LG for
> a
> year with very few problems. Occasionally it has trouble reading a
> commercial movie rental DVD, which is usually solved by cleaning the DVD.
> Also sometimes a marginal disc will be recognized eventually after many
> tries and some playing around. I have about a 95%+ success rate reading
> and
> writing DVDs with my LG model. I may even stop verifying burned DVDs
> because
> they always verify OK. Errors would generally have caused the burning
> process to stop midway, and I've only had that happen once (cause
> unknown).
>
>
>
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