Aldi Slimline DVD player @ €44.99

peckerhead

Looks nice... c/w Scart lead, too!

D'you suppose it'd be easy enough to hack to region-free?

blobert

If it is I'd get it. But I havn't heard of the make before.

peckerhead

I did a quick google and a few of them showed up on eBay.de and with other German online stores. A lot of them were looking for €69.99 for the same model...

Eurorunner

peckerhead wrote:

D'you suppose it'd be easy enough to hack to region-free?

Found the following info lying around on another board regarding this particular dvd player:
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To convert this player to Multi-Region
1. Press the Menu button on your remote control
2. Press the 1 button on your remote control
3. Press the 6 button on your remote control
4. Press the 7 button on your remote control
5. Press 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2, and so on, or alternatively Mute button on your remote control for All Regions

Tried it with both R1 and R2 no problem !

Impressed with quality so far, system gives a really loud sound/range. For £59.99 a nice little number for my bedroom.

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I accept no responsibility for info given above :cool:

peckerhead

Eurorunner wrote:

For £59.99 a nice little number for my bedroom.

So what does that make it at €44.99...?

Eurorunner

Good point except that the post refered to the make as Tevion - purchased at Aldi. Furthermore, this was posted back in Sept. ...and with DVD player prices heading south at a rapid rate of noughts....


As i said, no guarantees provided, but i have a feeling this is relevant info..

peckerhead

Sorry, Eurorunner, misread your post — thought it was you saying "nice little number at €59.99"...

[P.S. Congrats on your 1,000th post! ]

chump

Would this dvd player play regular mpg, mpeg, avi files burnt on regular cdr's?

peckerhead

chump wrote:

Would this dvd player play regular mpg, mpeg, avi files burnt on regular cdr's?

Looks like it: "DVD, CD, Kodak Picture CD, CD-R, CD-RW, JPEG, MP3, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW compatible"

Eurorunner

peckerhead wrote:

[P.S. Congrats on your 1,000th post! ]

Tanks :cool:

RuggieBear

chump wrote:

Would this dvd player play regular mpg, mpeg, avi files burnt on regular cdr's?

i wouldn't be so sure about that....

RicardoSmith

RuggieBear wrote:

i wouldn't be so sure about that....

Why not?

Ebonyks

Doesn't say anything about DivX / Xvid / MPEG4 playback...wish it did

philomaher

Ebonyks wrote:

Doesn't say anything about DivX / Xvid / MPEG4 playback...wish it did

I'm not sure which model it is, but checked this out from the videohelp website and got these details on the various Tevion dvd players. Hopefully the format comes out ok, if not have a look at the following link. I tried pasting the table but it didn't hold the format, just follow the link

Can someone confirm the model of the player?

RicardoSmith

Ebonyks wrote:

Doesn't say anything about DivX / Xvid / MPEG4 playback...wish it did

Yeah Looks like VCD and SCVD only, unless its the high end model which is unlikely.

RuggieBear

Thinking of getting one for my dad....is Aldi (Parnell St) goin to be scrum on thursday.Will there be limited stock? How does it work?

okidoki987

Bung the security guard a few quid and ask him to hold one out for you!
Much easier then fighting with the usual Q of people.

RicardoSmith

I thought that you can order them, even if whats on display is gone.