Lidl DVD Player again...

lazygit

Hi All,

Lidl are doing the DVD player with the 7 in 2 card reader again.. from monday.
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051121.p.DVD

The last one i got was excellent and it played Xvid and DivX, nit sure if this one can play Xvids and DivX its not on the web site and i cant find the model number..

lensman

the pic onthe web site is a bit sqashed, there is a better pic in their in store leaflet, its a more slimline unit like the one I got there awhile back except it hasthe added feature of playing nero digital video files, see here
they have added €10euro to the price mine was €59euro....still a great unit.

Doodee

so it plays divx files then?

[Edit] just checked that site, it does indeed. deadly. Giflfriend needs one of these.
Thanks lads.

deadl0ck

The one lensman linked to is totally different. The Lidl one here is a Silvercrest Player.

I'd like to know if it plays DivX - anybody got any idea ?

lazygit

im not sure.. the one i got from Lidl a few months ago was a Silvercrest Player with a 7/2 card reader and it playes divx and xvids.. but it says it on the front of my dvd player.. and the picture on the lidl page for the linked player is to bad quality to see..

Standard Toaster

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054849689

lensman

deadl0ck wrote:

The one lensman linked to is totally different. The Lidl one here is a Silvercrest Player.

I'd like to know if it plays DivX - anybody got any idea ?

totally different !! in what way ?
forget about the name badge, (eBench KH 6507) or (Silvercrest KH 6507) seen here http://jl.web.free.fr/silvercrest/images/pub.jpg it's the same unit. the new one lidl are selling is the (Silvercrest KH 6508)...this new unit differs in two ways
1..the 7 in 2 card reader has moved to the right hand side of the unit.
2..it can now play nero digital video files (mpeg4)
I suspect that the KH 6507 model only needs a firmware change to allow it
to handle Nero files also.
Both units play Divx movies and all sorts of extra goodies can be found here

deadl0ck

Fair enough if it is the same unit. I'll get one if it has DivX, it's just they look like 2 totally different units/brands.

How do you know what one it is (just curious) ?

the_syco

To be honest, the picture here:
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051121.p.DVD
looks like the picture here:
http://www.lidl.be/be/home_fr.nsf/pages/c.o.20051122.p.Lecteur_de_DVDDivX_avec_lecteur_cartes_memoire
all squashed up.

Also, look at the price difference!

lensman

deadl0ck wrote:

Fair enough if it is the same unit. I'll get one if it has DivX, it's just they look like 2 totally different units/brands.

How do you know what one it is (just curious) ?

You can see the model number in the pic (KH 6508)
As I say they have made some cosmetic changes here and there
but the new (Silvercrest KH 6508) lidl have next week is 95% the same as the
unit I got in lidl a few months back for €59.00 (Silvercrest KH 6507).
the are a great player with an extencive menu which allows you to
alter/change lots of audio/video options,
*NOTE* with the KH 6507 some Divx movies tended to display frame
skipping during playback but if you run the movie file through this little program found here and click the "unpack bitstream" before you transfer the movie to CD/DVD it sorts everything out.:)

subway

was the one you got definitely 59eu?

the ad they're running says 10eu cheaper than last time,
if you could post a scan of the receipt anyone buying maybe able to get one for 49eu this time

lensman

subway wrote:

was the one you got definitely 59eu?

the ad they're running says 10eu cheaper than last time,
if you could post a scan of the receipt anyone buying maybe able to get one for 49eu this time

Lidl have had the (Silvercrest KH 6507) in stock at least 3 times in the last 2yrs, twice at €79.00 a last time at €59.00, their add is incorrect, this new model
(Silvercrest KH 6508) has never been on sale here yet,
maybe it's has been in other countrys and they are to lazy to alter the add just for Ireland.

subway

well if the 6508 is just a firmware upgrade then maybe theyre claiming that.
afaik the ad says 10eu cheaper than before not "last time" as i posted above,
so that could be where the price they quote comes from.

still if someone could post that recipt id say you could convice a manager to let you take one for 49

lensman

subway wrote:

well if the 6508 is just a firmware upgrade then maybe theyre claiming that.
afaik the ad says 10eu cheaper than before not "last time" as i posted above,
so that could be where the price they quote comes from.

still if someone could post that recipt id say you could convice a manager to let you take one for 49

na, they are cute enough,...by moving the card reader to the right hand side and the change of model No they can claim it's a different unit, which still leaves
the wording of their add "€10euro cheaper then last time " a false claim.;) cause this the first time the KH 6508 has been seen here in Ireland

Deesy

I don't think that you can upgrade your 6507 by flash firmware to support nero digital format.

deadl0ck

Yep Lensman. You were right - It plays DivX.
I got one this morning.

Deesy

deadl0ck wrote:

Yep Lensman. You were right - It plays DivX.
I got one this morning.

It must do this. I wonder what is a chipset it builded on.

lensman

Deesy wrote:

It must do this. I wonder what is a chipset it builded on.

the KH 6507 is based on the Mediatek chipset (MT1389) I'd say this one the (KH6508) is the same.

Deesy

lensman wrote:

the KH 6507 is based on the Mediatek chipset (MT1389) I'd say this one the (KH6508) is the same.

knew about 6507. hope about 6508 that will be the mtk, not ess or zorran.

bought aldi's for 50 quid and brought it back - rubbish. wife called me and said that we got 6508, so will have a look it tonight.

lensman

Lidl Blanchardstown had about 30 at 11:00 today no rush about them.

Deesy

lensman wrote:

Lidl Blanchardstown had about 30 at 11:00 today no rush about them.

She bought it in blanch lidl about 8-30. stuck in traffic to drop daughters to castleknock (was on place about 10!!!). she will kill me tonight

Deesy

http://www.divxtest.com/sommaire.php3?lang=en

bombidol

Got one of these today, so whats the story, is there a firmware upgrade for it or what?

lensman

all sorts of goodies for the silvercrest KH 6507 can be found here
the new model is the KH 6508 so don't mess about with
firmware until your sure it's for the KH6508l

Deesy

chipset is Zoran Valddis 776. photos will post later.

WizZard

If anyone got one that wants rid of it I'll take it. Just missed them today... (damn work :mad: )

johnnyrotten

Got one today in Lidl Coolock (there was plenty)
Ad YES it plays Divx

Nice Machine

Deesy

Does not play about 5-10% my avi/mp4 files.
found bug on lcd. was smth like mirror of left part on right part so right part was completelly unreadable. gone after 10 minutes of work. does anybody have this as well?
quite good quality of the picture..
btw. region hack: open tray, type 2812, then change region to 9 to make it multiregion

Amigaman

I have to say I quite like the silvercrest KH 6507 I was able to hack the card reader and add an external usb Hdd with 160 gb which is really handy..and very easy to do ..
http://jl.web.free.fr/silvercrest/tuning_usb.htm

radiospan

Some of the new rips of Family Guy and Lost have to be "unpacked" before the play properly in this DVD player.

You can do that with this program, MPEG4Modifer: http://www.push-a-button.com.au/products/MPEG4Modifier%20with%20Batch%20Unpack%20-%20Binaries.zip

Has anyone tried that new KH 6507 firmware with the 6508 from Lidl?

Deesy

plazzTT wrote:

Some of the new rips of Family Guy and Lost have to be "unpacked" before the play properly in this DVD player.

You can do that with this program, MPEG4Modifer: http://www.push-a-button.com.au/products/MPEG4Modifier%20with%20Batch%20Unpack%20-%20Binaries.zip

This stuff required for 6507!!! not for 6508!!! 6508 should be ok.

plazzTT wrote:

Has anyone tried that new KH 6507 firmware with the 6508 from Lidl?

Has anyone tried put diesel into petrol car?
6507 - MTK 1389 chipset
6508 - Zoran Vaddis 776 chipset.

lazygit

plazzTT wrote:

Some of the new rips of Family Guy and Lost have to be "unpacked" before the play properly in this DVD player.

lol was just about to post this from my previous thread...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2726398&postcount=18

radiospan

Deesy wrote:

Has anyone tried put diesel into petrol car?
6507 - MTK 1389 chipset
6508 - Zoran Vaddis 776 chipset.

Yeah, I thought the chipset might be different all right. I had a MTK based player, and the GUI on the 6508 is all different.

But the Zoran chipset seems to be better than the MTK one right?

There's no mention of our player on Google. Not even on the Silvercrest website.

I don't suppose there's any firmware updates for it yet.

lensman

plazzTT wrote:

Yeah, I thought the chipset might be different all right. I had a MTK based player, and the GUI on the 6508 is all different.

But the Zoran chipset seems to be better than the MTK one right?

There's no mention of our player on Google. Not even on the Silvercrest website.

I don't suppose there's any firmware updates for it yet.

can't speak for the Zoran chipset but the Mediatek MTK seem to be the
on of choice for people who like to develop firmware upgrades,add-ons,and other nice stuff;) here
*STOP PRESS* just visited the lidl germany site here http://www.lidl.de/de/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051128.p.Slimline-DVD-Player.ar15
the are flogging a Targa DVD player on the 28th for €49.99, seem's to have the whole feckin lot,!!!
Nero Digital, DivX, USB connector

Deesy

plazzTT
Yep. they are different. i would not say that zoran is better. a lot of stuff/mods for mtk. as i said before i've bought one player from aldi based on same zoran vaddis 776 chipset, it was nightmare. did not play a lot avis. quality even on dvd video was bad compare with my sony 730p. so brought it back to aldi. this one seems to be good. even if i not interested in such thing as card reader in it. so probably will keep it. will check how will it play compressed nero digital files.

radiospan

I'm encoding a Nero Digital file now to see how it plays.

Packed Bitstream XviD's play OK as you said. I was trying to play one last night off a memory card, and it didn't work. But they're perfect off a CD.

Picture quality seems better than my old elta 8883 too.

One problem, I can't seem to get seeking to work at all. If I try to fast forward through an XviD, it just goes back to the start of the file when I press play.

People have reported big problems with audio sync when playing DivX3.11 files on the other Zoran Vaddis 776 based players. I hope this one isn't the same.

Valentia

lensman wrote:

can't speak for the Zoran chipset but the Mediatek MTK seem to be the
on of choice for people who like to develop firmware upgrades,add-ons,and other nice stuff;) here
*STOP PRESS* just visited the lidl germany site here http://www.lidl.de/de/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051128.p.Slimline-DVD-Player.ar15
the are flogging a Targa DVD player on the 28th for €49.99, seem's to have the whole feckin lot,!!!
Nero Digital, DivX, USB connector

Give us a postcoce so we can have a look.

Deesy

Did not find any probs with audio sync last night.
Just as far as i understand one good thing card reader can bring - usb connectivity. but!
in case with 6507 that was only usb 1.1 compatibility which brings low speed to play only about meg/sec so movies on 2 cds will not play smoothly.

lensman

it's the Targa DP-5200x see the targa site here
It may be based on the mediatek chipset, read iton some forum, can't find it now wonder will lidl Ireland offer it soon,..

radiospan

Ignore my problem above about seeking. I was pressing OK instead of Play.

Deesy, have you been able to figure out which of your 5-10% of avi/mp4's don't play?

Maybe you could open them with GSpot to see what encoding setting they have in common. It might be that they use XviD's GMC setting?

lensman

Valentia wrote:

Give us a postcoce so we can have a look.

Hamburg 21031,

Spec's,,,...german to english
The Targa DP-5200x is a super flat DVD Player of the newest generation. Decorations the Design and State OF the kind feature show you the unbelievable possibilities most modern video Entertainments. Whether a reading and announcement your digital vacation pictures directly from the memory card on its television, the reputation of your videos in the place to saving DixX format or playing MP3 and video directly from the USB Speicherstick or USB non removable disk - with the Targa DP-5200x that is possible everything. Now exclusively with Lidl.

Deesy

btw, found that mtk chipset does not support "macrovision off" feature, when zoran looks ok with it.

daveg

For those looking to spend a little bit more on a quality DivX player check out the Pioneer DV-585. It's DivX home theatre certified and seems to play nearly anything that is thrown at it. Richersounds have it for sale at €150.

Failing that check out the links below for the best 100 DivX players.

http://divxtest.surdvd.com/article.php3?id_article=60

Also DivX's own website that states which players are "offically" certified:

http://www.divx.com/hardware/certified/products.php

Now I have a quick question. Xvid and DivX codecs are updated all the time and the latest (legal ) downloads will contain the latest codecs. Are the DivX players upgradable so your guarenteed your player will play the latest codec's?

lensman

Deesy wrote:

btw, found that mtk chipset does not support "macrovision off" feature, when zoran looks ok with it.

better if your dvd recorder can do this,..;) the Liteon LVW 5005 can be modified
to cope with this type of thing

Deesy

following next thread on dvdboards.de http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dvdboard.de%2fforum%2fshowthread.php%3fs%3d8812f67c66518e64f5ff9bcd99a7efae%26t%3d91186%26highlight%3dmedion

or original
http://www.dvdboard.de/forum/showthread.php?t=91186&highlight=medion

targa 5200x built on Sinplus chipset and as describe by some guys on it not realy better that zoran in 6508.
mtk is still good but does not support nero digital at the moment.
i'm staying with 6508 - quality of the picture looks very good.

zeplin43

Hi guys,this is my first of many posts real good and complete forum you created.I am realy interested in this dvd but i would like to have some more inf. from the guys who own one.
1- Is it possible to update softwear ?
2- Is there an update for it,and does it need one?
3- How does it perform in terms of picture quality and sound?
4- What are the most comun problems ?
How does it stand when compared to Sigmatec 400 pro witch is the other choise a am considering.
Thks in advance hope for some quick replys since this sale is due in the next few days and here in Portugal this material dissapears quikly.
I am naturely speaking of the Silvercrest kh 6508.

lensman

zeplin43 wrote:

Hi guys,this is my first of many posts real good and complete forum you created.I am realy interested in this dvd but i would like to have some more inf. from the guys who own one.
1- Is it possible to update softwear ?
2- Is there an update for it,and does it need one?
3- How does it perform in terms of picture quality and sound?
4- What are the most comun problems ?
How does it stand when compared to Sigmatec 400 pro witch is the other choise a am considering.
Thks in advance hope for some quick replys since this sale is due in the next few days and here in Portugal this material dissapears quikly.
I am naturely speaking of the Silvercrest kh 6508.

Lidl are selling Targa DVD player from Monday 28/11/05 in some parts of mainland Europe, it's seems to be the best player they have offered so far,..it can play all types of media and video/audio formats, Lidl Portugal are selling the Silvercrest under the name of Leitor but it's the same unit.
seehere
for more details, I think it's based on the MTK chipset, if so there is a lot of upgrades and modifactions around to enhance it

zeplin43

This is the dvd they are going to sell looks a different to the targa one going to sell in Germany.I`m so dougtfull since i bought on before that has no software update.

zeplin43

please guys give me more info about the silvercrest kh6508.My main concern is if there are firmware updates and where do i download it?

lensman

zeplin43 wrote:

please guys give me more info about the silvercrest kh6508.My main concern is if there are firmware updates and where do i download it?

the chipset in the Silvercrest/Leitor (KH 6508) dvd player is the Zoran Vaddis 776, check this forum out for more info on firmware upgrades

zeplin43

Thkz Lensman for your help,in your opinion is this dvd worth it? Will threre be firmware updates in the future since i did not come across any for now,or is it better to buy a dvd based on the mediatec chipset which seems to have various updates in the portuguese language.
Ps This is an incredible forum full of information spent several hours browsing it this weekend.
Keep up the good work!!!!!:):v: