new MPEG-4 allrounder (GMC, QPEL): Ascomtec DVD-3004

[bond]

the spanish firm ascomtec (http://www.ascomtec.com) also offers a mpeg-4 enabled dvd player (which supports gmc and qpel):

DVD-3004 (http://www.ascomtec.com/SP/fichas%20producto/DVD-3004.zip)

enjoy :)

[oddball]

Now where can I buy one of these or the Elta in the UK? :P

[oddball]

Elta 8883 = 179€
Ascomtec 3004 = 130€

Now if I could find the Ascomtec I'd buy one right away!

[SeeMoreDigital]

How about the: -

Gran PriX (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65648)DivX/DVD player = €89.99!

Cheers

[bond]

from what i read on some spanish sites (babelfish is great :D ) the ascomtec also uses the mediatek chipset...

[Shuichiro]

elta is just ;) 129€ here in Germany ^^

[oddball]

If anyone knows where to buy one of these systems in the UK let me know :)

[Top_Cat]

also want one of these divx players. Where in the UK stocks these? or what reputable company in germany of spain can I approach to get one delivered?

Thanks
Top Cat

[Top_Cat]

Does this player have built in DTS Surround decoding? one of the ebay adverts seemed to indicate it does!

Also does it have DVD-Audio support?

Thanks

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Top_Cat
Does this player have built in DTS Surround decoding? one of the ebay adverts seemed to indicate it does!

Also does it have DVD-Audio support?

Thanks Unfortunately Top_Cat, until someone on the forum has acknowledged to owning one of these players, we'll never know for sure!

Cheers

[bond]

i guess this player is only available in spain
but
as it uses the mediatek chip you just have to look after a player that uses this chip too, also for other features like dts decoding you will only have to check if another mediatek using player can handle it

the important thing is the chip in the first place, than the firmware, than the other hardware features imho...

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by bond
i guess this player is only available in spain
but
as it uses the mediatek chip you just have to look after a player that uses this chip too, also for other features like dts decoding you will only have to check if another mediatek using player can handle it

the important thing is the chip in the first place, than the firmware, than the other hardware features imho... Top_Cat raises a good question though.

The Elta 8883 (http://www.elta.de/english/artikel.asp?Artikel=8883+MP4&Artikel1=8883&x=68&y=17) clearly states that it can handle DVD Audio. But unless I missed something (again), there was no mention of this with the Gran Prix!

Cheers

[Top_Cat]

Shuichiro: do you have a link to a company selling the elta for 129€ ?? maybe I could import one then

Thanks
Top Cat

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Top_Cat
Shuichiro: do you have a link to a company selling the elta for 129€ ?? maybe I could import one then

Thanks
Top Cat Yep, if I knew exactly where to obtain one of these players, I could ask my parents to bring one over to the UK when they visit us for Christmas.

Cheers

[Sharro]

I called Ascomtec today (04/12/03) and they told me that the DVD-3004 will start shipping on the 15th December.

I will see if I can get one from the Canary Islands as soon as they have it there.

All the best,


Sharro

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Sharro
I called Ascomtec today (04/12/03) and they told me that the DVD-3004 will start shipping on the 15th December.

I will see if I can get one from the Canary Islands as soon as they have it there.

All the best,


Sharro Do you have any details of likely stockists.
Will it be popping up at a frindly Llddle store I wonder?

Cheers

[Sharro]

No... just asked for spanish / portuguese market! The guy pointed me to distributors on their webpage (spanish version).

C u

Sharro

[Assault]

@ Top_Cat, SeeMoreDigital

AFAIK you can only buy the elta one online at http://shop.plus.de/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/de/-/EUR/Storefront-KatalogID;sid=XlnHPXmYaE3Hi0ZIiBYGIR0eRPYx8qhaC3c=?KID=22200102&KatalogID=Z0349B at the moment. But they only ship to Germany as it seems .

EDIT: Oops....I've just realized that Doom9 had already posted that three days ago. :rolleyes:

Assault

[Top_Cat]

I found the Arcane player here that seems to have the same spec:
http://www.techstore.co.uk/browse.php?a=p&prodLineID=37803

But at £179.00 inc. VAT which seems far to high to me but I guess you get the advantage to being one of the first to own it. Anyone know anything about this player?

Top cat

[oddball]

Why does everything in the UK have to be priced 2 times or more above everyone else? :P

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by oddball
Why does everything in the UK have to be priced 2 times or more above everyone else? :P Because we are suckers!

It would appear that consumers in the UK have got very used, over the years, to being conned!

Thankfully things are changing!

Cheers

[len0x]

Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital

Thankfully things are changing!


hm... exactly how ? :)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by len0x
hm... exactly how ? :) Over the last 3 years, prices of electrical goods have actually dropped or been held in this country.

In the UK, whether we like it or not, the Euro has helped us too.

For a time, prices of goods in all the Euro currency countries soared. However, consumers found it very easy to compare prices of the same goods across Euro countries and shop around, which helped to force both retailers and manufacturers to stabilise their prices as it's now not so easy for them to disguise the costs of their goods from one Euro country to another.

As a consequence UK consumers are also finding it easier to compare our prices against all the Euro currency countries. Which in turn has helped to encourage both retailers and manufacturers here, to either hold or lower their prices..... You could say they've been shamed into it!

I'm lucky, I'm able to travel all over Europe due to work and because I and my wife have family over there!

I still doubt though, that the bulk of our goods will ever become as low as some of the Euro countries. Which is why I bought my car in Belgium!

Cheers

[m99]

Originally posted by oddball
Why does everything in the UK have to be priced 2 times or more above everyone else? :P

It could be worse, Norway isn't among everyone else. Here we pay 3 times above "everyone else" :-(

[len0x]

Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
Over the last 3 years, prices of electrical goods have actually dropped or been held in this country.


Generally I wouldn't say so... Retail prices in the shops are still very high. Online's getting better, true, but only because many companies have direct imports from the east or they do shipping from outside of UK. Whatever is imported by official channels (through offical distributers) is purposely kept on a certain level. There are some good examples of this: for instance IRiver products...

[Phobos]

Originally posted by Top_Cat
Does this player have built in DTS Surround decoding? one of the ebay adverts seemed to indicate it does!

Also does it have DVD-Audio support?

Thanks

The pdf file says it supports DTS and dolby decoding :D

no dvd audio support tho, but it supports firmware upgrades :D