Lidl hdmi divx dvd player - oct 16th

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 07:56PM #1

Anyone seen this? €60 for a dvd player,

that can output through hdmi,
divx playback support

front usb port for mp3 players, flash drives, external hard drives etc...

front 7 in 1 card reader

"Any format, any source, this multimedia dvdplayer plays it all!"

Available in white or black, doesnt come with a hdmi cable sadly, but does come with a SCART.

Looks excellent tbh. (3 year gaurantee too)

Gonna pick one up myself, buy a hdmi cable, and I will have the unit ready to connect to my new hdtv I hope to get this side of xmas. The deal seems to good to let pass by.

Finally a media player that almost rivals a modded xbox

Ruu_Old · 14-10-2006 07:57PM

Make sure to post some feedback when you get it setup and whatnot, thanks.

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:00PM

Sure thing boss, but wont be able to see what the quality is like through hdmi cause I dont have my set yet!

greeta · 14-10-2006 08:07PM

does having an external hard drive connected by the usb port to the player mean you will be able to watch movies from the external drive

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:08PM

greeta wrote:

does having an external hard drive connected by the usb port to the player mean you will be able to watch movies from the external drive

yes

hawker27 · 14-10-2006 08:13PM

yes seen this on the lidl weekly catalogue and does look a bargain,would be interesting to hear the reports on it with the hdmi cable hooked up to hd tv.
i,ll be having one of these dvd players also,but don,t you really need hd dvd discs to truly discover the quality of picture?.

grumpy mate i,m also looking to buy a hd lcd tv before xmas,have you set your sights on a model your going to buy yet?.

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Anyone seen this? €60 for a dvd player,
that can upscale through hdmi,

divx playback support

front usb port for mp3 players, flash drives, external hard drives etc...

front 7 in 1 card reader

"Any format, any source, this multimedia dvdplayer plays it all!"

Available in white or black, doesnt come with a hdmi cable sadly, but does come with a SCART.

Looks excellent tbh. (3 year gaurantee too)

Gonna pick one up myself, buy a hdmi cable, and I will have the unit ready to connect to my new hdtv I hope to get this side of xmas. The deal seems to good to let pass by.

Dundalk Daily · 14-10-2006 08:14PM

Yes Irish let me know what this machine is like as Im hoping to pick one up in the next few days, if any left

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:21PM

hawker27 wrote:

but dont you really need hd dvd discs to truly discover the quality of picture?

grumpy mate i,m also looking to buy a hd lcd tv before xmas,have you set your sights on a model your going to buy yet?.

yes, there is no hd-dvd players on the market yet, and very few hd dvd movies are available, and you'd prolly have to buy them/pre-order them online. Hd-dvd is an entirely new disc format.

The fact this player has hdmi, simply means it can UPSCALE standard dvds/divx files, to hd resolutions, but it's not coming from an actual hd source (your dvd/file) so therefore it's not proper hd.

If you want proper hd -

Buy a hd ready tv
Buy a hd dvd player, or 360 with hd dvd player add on
And finally, buy a hd-dvd movie.

I'm planning on buying a 26' sony bravia this side of xmas (dont think I'll have the cash though) I decided sony purely cause there latest bravia sets are the only ones with every connection I require.

gokgok · 14-10-2006 08:23PM

Is there oututs on the back for surround?
I have a DVD player with 3 phono outs on the back for my amp, is this the norm for DVD players now.

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:27PM

gokgok wrote:

Is there outputs on the back for surround?

Yes, digital coaxial and optical

standard audio out (red/white)

mini-din 6 pin audio out (looks a bit like an s-video connection, but for audio output on older sound systems)

It has fu*king everything

Timans · 14-10-2006 08:37PM

I know it's bad but for some reason, I can't help but think this will break.

It seems to good to be true.

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:46PM

Apologies for poor quality pictures, but the lidl website is crap, and I thought the leaflet was far more infomative. The pictures REALLY suck, sorry!

Timans · 14-10-2006 08:46PM

Will this player play any region DVD's?

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 08:48PM

Timans wrote:

Will this player play any region DVD's?

It doesn't say actually, but it will play about anything else, from any other device, so I wouldn't worry too much

Timans · 14-10-2006 08:55PM

Well, That would be the deciding factor for me. If it played all regions.

BTW - Why are we talking on boards when we are on MSN?

Hmmm..

Ruu_Old · 14-10-2006 08:58PM

Whats the model number of that DVD player, can check online if its region free (more than likely it can be patched to make it that way).

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 09:01PM

No model number on the leaflet, might b on the site.

Just says:

"SilverCrest HDMI DivX DVD Player + 7 in 2 card reader/usb 2.0 port"

plonk · 14-10-2006 10:10PM

I bought a dvd player in aldi with a usb port on it but it doesnt recognise external hard drives

GrumPy · 14-10-2006 11:36PM

plonk wrote:

I bought a dvd player in aldi with a usb port on it but it doesnt recognise external hard drives

Well this lidl one does

Timans · 14-10-2006 11:37PM

plonk wrote:

I bought a dvd player in aldi with a usb port on it but it doesnt recognise external hard drives

Don't doubt the allknowing DVD player.

Smithers · 15-10-2006 12:08AM

how does it work with an external hard drive? does it let u view thefolders and choose what u wanna watch?

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Well this lidl one does

Ghost Train · 15-10-2006 12:26AM

Might be worth trying this regionfree option for one of the silvercrest players to check if it might work for this model

Silvercrest KH 6510/6511
Open tray
Press '9','9','9','9' on the remote control
Press '9' for region code free
Close tray
Restart

could also try 1379 or 2812 instead of 9999

karltimber · 15-10-2006 06:18AM

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Well this lidl one does

had a chat about this and a work colleague said that external hard drives needed to be formated to Fat32 format and not NTFS.
If formatted to Fat32 (correct me if I'm wrong) then the old aldi one will detect it and play the movies.

is this correct - if so - is it possible to get a program to format a hd in fat32 instead of having a windows 98 pc to do it !!!

mathias · 15-10-2006 07:50AM

The maximum file size on a Fat 32 formatted drive is 4 GB , that means that most movies ripped directly from a DVD ( even using DVD shrink ) will not transfer to the drive , so no movies will be playable from the drive unless compressed lower than 4 GB , that would mean Divx only ! And a corresponding loss of quality to keep down the file size !!

GrumPy · 15-10-2006 08:44AM

mathias wrote:

The maximum file size on a Fat 32 formatted drive is 4 GB , that means that most movies ripped directly from a DVD ( even using DVD shrink ) will not transfer to the drive , so no movies will be playable from the drive unless compressed lower than 4 GB , that would mean Divx only ! And a corresponding loss of quality to keep down the file size !!

But you wouldn't be playing dvd files from the external hdd, you'd be playing divx/avi. And I for one dont have any single video files that exceed 4gb :rolleyes:

If you want to properly rip actual dvds, burn them to a disc, and then stick them in.

Ghost Train · 15-10-2006 09:16AM

mathias wrote:

The maximum file size on a Fat 32 formatted drive is 4 GB , that means that most movies ripped directly from a DVD ( even using DVD shrink ) will not transfer to the drive , so no movies will be playable from the drive unless compressed lower than 4 GB , that would mean Divx only ! And a corresponding loss of quality to keep down the file size !!

A dvd splits it's files into 1gb chunks, it's not one big file.

atgate · 15-10-2006 12:06PM

You can format a larger HDD to FAT32, you just can't do it through XP or Windows 2000. You could use partition magic to do it in either of these operating systems. Or get a DOS boot disk and do it from that.

I learnt the hard way, I got one of those 50gb drives from PC world, had a disk error and formatted the drive to NFTS, then it wouldn't work with the telly, had to find a way of formatting to FAT32.

Ghost Train · 15-10-2006 12:19PM

atgate wrote:

You can format a larger HDD to FAT32, you just can't do it through XP or Windows 2000.

You can do a format to FAT32 with the disk management tool in xp. You'll find it under control panal...administrative tools... computer management

Or right click on "my computer" and click on "manage"

atgate · 15-10-2006 12:24PM

eolhc wrote:

You can do a format to FAT32 with the disk management tool in xp. You'll find it under control panal...administrative tools... computer management

Or right click on "my computer" and click on "manage"

That would have been so handy to know a few days ago

Timans · 15-10-2006 12:31PM

eolhc wrote:

Might be worth trying this regionfree option for one of the silvercrest players to check if it might work for this model

Silvercrest KH 6510/6511
Open tray
Press '9','9','9','9' on the remote control
Press '9' for region code free
Close tray
Restart

could also try 1379 or 2812 instead of 9999

So, If I do this, it will be region free?

Creamy Goodness · 15-10-2006 12:36PM

Timans wrote:

So, If I do this, it will be region free?

no, read the part you quoted again.

he say it MIGHT work with this model.

there's no harm in giving it a shot anyways

Lidl hdmi divx dvd player - oct 16th

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