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DVD Players €60 - Dunnes Stores

herbie747 · 2003-12-28 14:30:09

Just to let people know, Dunnes Stores (in Donaghmede anyway) are selling off DVD players for €59.99. They have a big stack of them right beside the salad bar of all places!! They are "Clairtone" - which I've never heard of, but makes no odds. Silver, slimline. They play DVD/VCD/Audio CD/MP3 data discs/CDR/CDRW/DVDR/DVDRW…

28-12-2003 2:30pm

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Just to let people know, Dunnes Stores (in Donaghmede anyway) are selling off DVD players for €59.99. They have a big stack of them right beside the salad bar of all places!!

They are "Clairtone" - which I've never heard of, but makes no odds.
Silver, slimline.
They play DVD/VCD/Audio CD/MP3 data discs/CDR/CDRW/DVDR/DVDRW - basically everything, and they look really stylish.

And they have full DTS and Dolby Digital support.

I already have 3 DVD players (PC, PS2 & Standalone), but I bought one anyway (which I'll probably give to my Mam or something) because it was such a good bargain.

Good Luck.

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#2 28-12-2003 2:34pm

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LIDL are selling a DVD player from tomorrow for €54.99.

Looky here

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#3 28-12-2003 2:36pm

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Okay. Thanks for stealing my thunder :mad:

I still wouldn't join a LIDL queue.....nightmare.

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#4 30-12-2003 3:50pm

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do the dunnes stores DVD players play region 1 discs??? (suppose this is just too much to ask for!!)

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#5 30-12-2003 9:53pm

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Depending on which one you get. The ronins can. I don't think the bush or the clarion one does.

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#6 30-12-2003 11:05pm

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The Bush 2023 hack might work for the 2038 (it works for the 2028), as for the Clairtone, most players of that brand can use this one.

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#7 31-12-2003 8:40am

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Good to know, guy in work has the bush one, oi'll pass it on to him and let you know if it works.

Mark

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#8 01-01-2004 7:45pm

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there ****e dvd players lads...

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#9 02-01-2004 9:03am

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What, the bush one? The Ronin has gotten some excellent reviews.

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#10 02-01-2004 1:51pm

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Originally posted by bovril
do the dunnes stores DVD players play region 1 discs??? (suppose this is just too much to ask for!!)

The one I picked up is multi region anyway. Watched Glengarry Glenross region 1 on it. Lovely.

Ronaldo7.... yeah, they're hardly the top of the range are they at that price? You're an eejit. This board is bargains. Not the latest Sony home theatre system, it's a feckin cheap player. End of story.

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#11 02-01-2004 1:58pm

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Was that region free to start, or did you update the firmware? Most people seem to be insterested in whether the various models can/cant'e be unlocked.

Ronin - Started as R2, upgradeable to multi region.

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#12 02-01-2004 2:06pm

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Region Free out of the box. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise.

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#13 02-01-2004 10:40pm

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Originally posted by Ronaldo7
there ****e dvd players lads...

Why? Because Dunnes are selling them and they are not big brand name players?
Have you tried using one?
The Ronin one I got is very nice so far. Played everything thrown at it including RCE discs so I'm happy.
Only thing it's lacking is a second scart connection on the back and a DTS decoder. But hey it was cheap.

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#14 08-01-2004 6:42pm

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The Ronin P80H is a good player for that price. I got one and im happy with it. As regards hacking it to Play Everything the file on this site should do it.

http://roninhacks.shacknet.nu/

Dave.

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#15 15-01-2004 11:53am

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I bought a Hyundai one in Dunnes in Cornelscourt. Great player. Can be made regiofree with this hack. I'd recommend it.

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#16 15-01-2004 12:04pm

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call me a cabbage but (i too have the hyundai one), if I apply the region free hack, will I be able to play region 1 and region 2 without changing any settings back and forth and also is there any way that if I applied the hack incorrectly it would do any harm, is there a way of reverting back to the original settings if things go wrong?

many thanks

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#17 16-01-2004 9:43am

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I was in the electronics store in Jervis St. on Tues (ground floor beside Waterstones, name escapes me).

They have a no-brand DVD player €49.99
They have a Mitsubishi Black Diamond DVD player €69.99

I know that, for the sake of €20, I'd feel a little more comfortable with the Mitsubishi, but there you go.

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#18 16-01-2004 9:54am

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Originally posted by dod
I was in the electronics store in Jervis St. on Tues (ground floor beside Waterstones, name escapes me).

Dixons

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