Posted by Terry Pinnell on 10/31/74 11:31

I want to get an elderly aunt an inexpensive DVD player for Christmas.
I'm making her a couple of DVD 'movies' from old family photos. But
I'm having trouble finding a player that works properly with my sample
of DVDs.

Yesterday I bought one for £33.99 (60 USD) from Argos, a Bush
DVD2042X1. But with a couple of my DVDs the sound track was distorted.
And it wouldn't play one of the commercial DVDs (Sunday Times 'The
Month') properly. I use mainly DVD-R, either authored directly (with
MemoriesOnTV) or copied from DVD-RW with Nero.

I took the Bush back and changed it for Argos's cheapest model, an
Alba DVD73, £24.75 (43 USD). That plays the 3 or 4 commercial DVDs I
tried (including the ST 'Month'), but gave 'WRONG DISC' on some of my
own DVDs.

Tomorrow I'll take that back too! But can I first get some
recommendations please? I don't expect superb quality and features for
say £35 (65 USD), but I do hope to be able to play DVDs reliably, and
with clean sound. Note that all the test DVDs play fine on my PC and
my own player, a Philips DVD757VR.

Any recommendations for UK available players in that price range would
be much appreciated please.

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Terry Pinnell, West Sussex, UK

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