Most compatible brand of DVD Player for DVDRebuilder backups?

[dvdnoob]

Hi all,

My Mintek is crapping out on me :( I have to replace it with something soon. What's the consensus on the most compatible player for playing DVDs backed up with DVDRebuilder? Preferably something cheap and easy for my 4 yr old to operate!

Thanks in advance for your opinions.

Dvdnoob

[wmansir]

For a cheap player I recommend Apex. Try getting an Apex 1500 or 1200 if you can, but I don't know if they are sold anymore. Those are two of the units jdobbs uses to test, and if he can reproduce a problem it is usually fixed very quickly.

From a price standpoint you might want to wait a few weeks if you can. I'm sure there will be some sub-$30 deals around turkey day.

[Whitespliff]

I've got a Philips DVD625, it plays DVD+R perfectly (around 85€).
SVCD is suported but no subs.

[psdos]

I've two Pioneer, one 444 and recorder 520H, in the two dont go fine, there is audio drop.

[SupaCoopa]

A friend of mine owns a Samsung 935 DVI.
He doesn't get the audio drop-outs I'm having with my Pioneer

[Cwluc]

I'm a fan of the Philips DVP-642 even plays XviD, there are a few things I wish I could change but overall for 50 bucks it's a steal. Also if you are in the states I would wait just a few weeks (Black Friday) because the players will be dirt cheap.

btw I have 3 players the Philips DVP642 / Sony DVP-NS500V / Toshiba SD3750 and none of them have problems with the backups from DVD-RB

[TheSeeker]

I had virtually no problems playing DVDRB backups in my PS2...

[VamPYR]

1 got 3 pioneer dvd player
old : DV-505, DV-515 (can play dvd-r (prodisc 4x MCC02),DVD+RW (ritek 4x dvd+rw Ricoh). problem playing some BeAll dvd-r, also sometimes will having problem with some prodisc backup.

new : DV-270s = play every of my dvd backup without problem,
support : dvd-r/dvd+r/rw/dvd-vr/cd-r/cd-rw/cd-audio/svcd/vcd/wma (no lossless encoding)/mp3(no vbr)/photo viewer(jpeg).
:p

[Jiant]

I use a pioneer dv-464 and none of the backups i made ever presented a problem. My first player too :).

[dvdnoob]

Thanks everyone for all the good information. I will definitely have to take a closer look at the Pioneer and Samsung offerings. If I can pick up a sub $100 changer that would even be sweeter!

Waiting until Turkey day sale may not be an option for me. My son's attention span is very very short. And I sure don't want him to mess with my $250 Sony DVP-NC685V. Now there's a good player. Never ever have a problem with any DVDRebuilder backups.

Thanks again.

Dvdnoob

[psdos]

Sorry but Playstation2 V10 have droputs too

[TheSeeker]

Originally posted by psdos
Sorry but Playstation2 V10 have droputs too

Hmmm Thats wierd. I have a little bit older one and I havent ever seen the dropouts on mine. And right now that is my only dvd player, besides my computer that is.

[Morbo]

I use an ancient SONY DVP-330,its not even DTS,and plays all DVDs and SVCDs fine(as long as you stay in specs for svcds,cant mix ac3 and 480 resolutions,etc).

Cheers!

[archaeo]

vamPYR wrote:
new : Pioneer DV-270s = play every of my dvd backup without problem,

ditto. Mine plays everything I can throw at it, without a hitch:). And it was only around 70 bucks.