Tesco DVD for about 30 euros.

Hobbes

Was in Tesco looking for a DVD player (as my son managed to trash the current one).

Well Tesco have a load of really cheap DVD players. They are region free too (need to find the code yourself ).

Also plays various dvd disc type, CDs, VCD, mp3s.

dahamsta

I boughta cheap Bush DVD player from Woodies a while back and it skips like a bitch, I've been afraid to buy cheap every since.

Ruu_Old

Any idea what make/model they were, Hobbes?

Hobbes

It's a Technika 1030.

Kintarō Hattori

Why do people insist on super cheap DVD players. You really do get what you pay for.

Hobbes

Well you have a baby? I do.. he's already destroyed the other DVD.

If I want quality I watch them on my XPS.

Ruu_Old

Cool, region free hack easily available online by the looks of it. Noice one.

craichoe

But an Xbox, chip it and stick on xboxmediacenter,

Seriously.... Since i did this about 2 years ago i've never looked back !

Plays every format under the sun, It's networkable and has a really cool interface.

Plus you can stick scripts on it so you have youtube, googlevids and thelaunch.com all at your fingertips with a remote control

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/

Scripts are here

Vid of it here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9glicyt--8w

And its region free .. open source and free!

http://www.xbmcscripts.com/

Sully

Hey,

The exact price for the DVD Player in Tesco is €35.99. I looked at the manual and while it plays many formats, it said it only plays the Region for Europe. It doesnt say it plays other regions? But, this site seems to be able to offer a solution to the problem:-

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?dvdplayer=Tesco&hits=50&Search=Search

(Mods: Sorry if im not allowed post a link, feel free to remove if so.)

chasm

They are not bad little dvd players though, my sister and i bought 4 in the uk in the summer for around £17.50 each. She gave her 2 to her kids for xmas prezzies(along with tvs for their bedrooms), my mum got one for our holiday home and i have 1 for my bedroom. They may be cheap but they "do what it says on the box" and as hobbes said if you've got kids why pay out for an expensive one for them to wreck!

Do-more

craichoe wrote:

But an Xbox, chip it and stick on xboxmediacenter

My mate just bought a 2nd hand XBOX, only 6 months old, on the buyandsell for €70, he says you don't need to pysically chip them any more, there is software available to download that will now do it. Running mediacenter, streaming TV off the net etc. etc. Great value for just €70!

okidoki987

Why do people insist on super cheap DVD players. You really do get what you pay for

Bought one during the 25% rebate offer and have to say, it's the best DVD player I've got
(on number 5).
Picture quality is superb and much better then some of the other ones I've got.
Nice and small, ideal for small spaces.
Easy to set up, easy to use, great value at the price.

The only thing against it was when you turned it on, the TESCO logo
comes up on the screen

Trinity

I bought one there was sound but no picture.

It also does not come with a skart lead or any type of wire to connect it to the telly - i suppose you cant expect one for that price.

MickH503

Do-more wrote:

My mate just bought a 2nd hand XBOX, only 6 months old, on the buyandsell for €70, he says you don't need to pysically chip them any more, there is software available to download that will now do it. Running mediacenter, streaming TV off the net etc. etc. Great value for just €70!

Any info on the software or links, etc? Thanks

Sir Oxman

I bought one of these Technikas a year or so ago and it skipped terribly - newer ones could be okay though

Sir Oxman

MickH503 wrote:

Any info on the software or links, etc? Thanks

Seconded.
I'd rather buy an xbox1 and have it do that than the 360 at the moment.

Do-more

Just going to email me mate now, as soon as I get a reply I'll post the link.

Sir Oxman

Cheers Do-More.

Sully

Trinity1 wrote:

I bought one there was sound but no picture.

Often as a result of the scart connection between the DVD and the TV. Happens all the time on a lot of DVD Players. Just fiddle with the connection at the back of the TV and it should work.

It also does not come with a skart lead or any type of wire to connect it to the telly - i suppose you cant expect one for that price.

Some do, some dont. Iv bought expensive DVD Players / Recorders in the past without scart leads or other types of connections.

Aquos76

Do-more wrote:

My mate just bought a 2nd hand XBOX, only 6 months old, on the buyandsell for €70, he says you don't need to pysically chip them any more, there is software available to download that will now do it. Running mediacenter, streaming TV off the net etc. etc. Great value for just €70!

Argos currently have an xbox and 4 free games for €74.98 in their sale catalogue.

Taken from there current sale catalogue

To take advantage of this offer, simply order the following catalogue numbers PACKAGE PRICE €74.98

XBox console 567/1867 €99.99
Forza/Halo 2/PGR2/Fable 4 Game Pack 568/0858 €109.99

Link to offer on their UK site. I assure you it in their Irish Sale catalogue

Sir Oxman

Aquos76 wrote:

Argos currently have an xbox and 4 free games for €74.98 in their sale catalogue.

Taken from there current sale catalogue


Link to offer on their UK site. I assure you it in their Irish Sale catalogue

That's fantastic value!

Aquos76

delah wrote:

That's fantastic value!

Certainly is, actually I think it deserves a thread of its own.

GrumPy

xbox > any other device that plays media (bar pc of course)

old boy

some times its the cheap scart leads that cause the probs, especially on sat recievers.

Do-more

The xbox mod software can be found on www.aideluxe.com

gucci

okidoki987 wrote:

The only thing against it was when you turned it on, the TESCO logo
comes up on the screen

classy!!

whatsupdoc?

It also does not come with a skart lead or any type of wire to connect it to the telly - i suppose you cant expect one for that price.

You can get gold plated scart leads in Lidl/Aldi
(well you could just before Xmas) for 3.99.

Skud

back on topic, i got that dvd player for 25% off one weekend think it came to 26.99 which for a dvd player is not bad. Does the trick watched nightwatch on it anyways...

storka

Sully04 wrote:

Hey,

The exact price for the DVD Player in Tesco is €35.99. I looked at the manual and while it plays many formats, it said it only plays the Region for Europe. It doesnt say it plays other regions? But, this site seems to be able to offer a solution to the problem:-

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?dvdplayer=Tesco&hits=50&Search=Search

(Mods: Sorry if im not allowed post a link, feel free to remove if so.)

Has anyone successfully made this dvd player region free?