Ridiculously Cheap DVD player!
Tue, 2004-05-11 10:29
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Ridiculously Cheap DVD player!
Browsing through Amazon.co.uk I found this today:
It's a multi region DVD player for £29.99! Postage and Packaging is free!
It seems like a bargain to me. You buy a DVD player for cheaper than 'off a bloke in the pub' price, ABCtales gets some dosh, everyone's a winner as far I can see.
Good lord, I never thought I'd become the writing website equivilent of Del Trotter.
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Vicky
Ahh.. does that mean it will blow up when you use it Mark?
martin_t
how much does abc tales get then mark?
cos i've only gone and ordered one.....
because i haven't got a dvd player, i have been playing them on either the computer, which doesn't come with full on sofa pleasure, or the ps2, which has a noisy fan...and i stupidly bought a region 1 dvd off ebay, no i can be stupid a lot more
on your head be it , if it's crap,
i'll report back when it arrives, which will be in 5-7 days p&p free under super saver delivery
martin_t
you have to specify free delivery btw, it's not automatic, it takes 5-7 days rather than a day or two....
mississippi
They've been selling them for that price in Comet for weeks.
Liana
saw one on the boot sale - brand new multi region slimline this morning for £25
mississippi
Martin, your region 1 player can almost certainly be re-programmed to multi-region. This is usually done by finding the key sequence on the web and using your handset. I bought my machine from a company in Peterborough who re-set them to region free before sale. I also paid a bit extra to have the macrovision disabled. This allows me to dub any DVD onto a VHS tape without the usual spoiler crap rendering the recording unwatchable.
martin_t
comet don't give abc any money though missi....
not sure what you meant by my region 1 player, i haven't got a region 1 player, i guess i could play a region 1 on my dvd player on the pc, but i like to watch films from the comfort of my sofa.....and region 1 doesn't seem to play on my playstation, i'm sure i could do something about that...but son't need to now...
choose
I think missippi thought you meant you'd bought a region 1 PLAYER on ebay, Martin.
Playing region 1 dvds on PS2 or X-box requires the player to be chipped...unlike bespoke DVD players, you can't get round it by using the special codes on the remote.
mississippi
Yes, I wasn't paying attention, I did exactly what choosey said on his tin.
Tony Cook
Be really interested in how you find it Martin as I will get one as well if it's any good!
mississippi
Oh! So you can afford a DVD player but not three pints of beer? What you doing here anyway? Get back into that sodding hall and bring home the cup.
martin_t
if we all bought those dvd players through the amazon link, tony can afford to drink more ale...come on folks, the man is thirsty :-)
Emma
the mind boggles...
clicking through Amazon so that Tony can afford a beer in Stockholm,
that'll get the site the cup for sure...