Anyone recommend a DVD Player ??

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  • neilmcca
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    • Jun 2002
    • 1
    #1

    Anyone recommend a DVD Player ??

    Hello,
    I will be buying a DVD- player for my p.c. shortly, and being new to this game, i thought i'd pick some brains first.
    I'd basically like to take a dvd and re-record it as a vcd,
    I'm not sure what i need for this, maybe all region if it is a region 1 film, but do i need to remove macrovision ?
    What are the most popular brands of dvd player ?-or is there any in particular i should avoid !
    Thanks,
    neil.
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    • jimfiel57
      Junior Member
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      • Jun 2002
      • 8
      #2
      I have got a really cheap one from Dixons it was going very cheap £90, it is a matsui 110, yes not very good but it does the job and there is also a hack to make it region free. Oh you meant for your PC, I have a AOPEN cheap one which cost me £70 2 years ago.

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        • STFUproductions
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          • Jul 2002
          • 11
          #3
          Just a tip for if you plan on watching a lot of DVDs on your computer, you should get a mpeg-2 card to go with your dvd player if you have a free pci slot because playing dvds through a mpeg-2 card is many times better than using a software dvd player like windvd

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            • Val_Parthen
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              • Aug 2002
              • 7
              #4
              I was looking for a DVD solution for my system a little while ago and I ended up buying the Creative Labs DVD-Encore kit. It was about $250 ($200? I don't remember) about a year and a half ago and it's been perfect!

              It comes with a 12x DVD/CD drive and the dxr3 decoder card. This kit was the easiest thing I've EVER installed in a PC.

              Now for the fun things you can do with this kit.

              the dxr3 card is nothing more than a SigmaDesigns Hollywood Plus card, repackaged by Creative. In Windows 2000, Creative doesn't have recent drivers, but the H+ drivers work like a charm. There are also some programs you can find that allow you to extend the usability of this kit - there's a region changer (so you can watch any region with it). There's also a program called HH+ that allows you to output DivX files through the dxr3 card. The TV quality of this kit is some of the best DVD quality I've ever seen on a TV. The PC monitor quality is good, but if you run a program like PowerDVD, you'll be pretty happy.

              Hope this helps!

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