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Thread: Getting back into DVD - now which player!

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    Tired of not being able to find films because of licensing laws by country, and of course modern day censorship, why for instance cannot I find Peckngpahs 'Straw dogs' to watch on any of the video channels? Or that Jean pierre Melville film I love 'Un Flic'. I've had enough and I',m going back to hard copy, shame I chucked all those vids and dvds years ago though, ah well!
    So need a decent DVD player, preferably cheap cos I'm broke, used I guess these days!!
    Suggestions please.
    Current system 1210 GR. CDP - Meridian G08. Amp -Sugden A21I - Sig. Wharfedale Lintons.

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    I’d look for an Oppo 105D or 103D. Mine are both still doing sterling work up to and including BluRay, although I don’t think they do the very latest resolutions. Even the Oppo 90s models are worth a look. And they do SACD if that’s yer bag.
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    If you are broke there are players around £35 with HD these days. I bought one and am very pleased with it.

    Vati is one make that gets a good review.
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    Thanks guys, but I was thinking of used, as everyone and their aunt are chucking their dvd players, must be some bargains out there, 90s/00s?
    Current system 1210 GR. CDP - Meridian G08. Amp -Sugden A21I - Sig. Wharfedale Lintons.

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    Alas you should have posted a couple of months ago, before I threw out a perfectly good and working Toshiba region-free DVD player. I had no use for it, and knew of no-one who would want it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeandvan View Post
    Thanks guys, but I was thinking of used, as everyone and their aunt are chucking their dvd players, must be some bargains out there, 90s/00s?
    Had a few Pioneer players back in the day I chose for their picture and sound quality.
    Best of the bunch was the DV-575-A. Best picture and the sound was really something compared to other players I'd tried.
    CD playback was fantastic, ran it as a CD Transport for a while.
    Also is a SACD player.




    Sad day when I bricked it with a dodgy firmware update...

    One on Ebay just now, good condition boxed with remote, well looked after for 50 Notes.
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186756427...Bk9SR_Sw9PKMZQ

    I'd jump on this one before its gone.
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    I have a couple of BluRay players sitting in a cupboard at home. I’m away at the moment but let me have a look when I get back. You are welcome to have one for the price of postage. I even have the remotes!

    P
    Separates Systems:

    (1) Antipodes CX and EX, Matrix Audio X-Saber DSD, Meridian DSP7000 active speakers;
    (2) Lumin D2, Cary CD-308 cdp, Quad 99 power amp, Horns 5degreeN*27 speakers;
    (3) Homebrew PC with Onkyo Wavio SE200 soundcard running Daphile, Quad 44 and 405.2 into Dali Zensor 1s;
    (4) Sooloos C15 plus storage, Braun A2, P1, CD3, C1 and T1 into Sonus Faber Concertos.

    Integrated Home System:

    Sony PS-X600, Naimnet NNT01 DAB Tuner; NS02 Server; NNP01/NNP02 room amplifiers; Netstreams switches, keypads, KEF Ci130QS/Soundlight speakers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Had a few Pioneer players back in the day I chose for their picture and sound quality.
    Best of the bunch was the DV-575-A. Best picture and the sound was really something compared to other players I'd tried.
    CD playback was fantastic, ran it as a CD Transport for a while.
    Also is a SACD player.




    Sad day when I bricked it with a dodgy firmware update...

    One on Ebay just now, good condition boxed with remote, well looked after for 50 Notes.
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186756427...Bk9SR_Sw9PKMZQ

    I'd jump on this one before its gone.
    +1

    I have a 565-A still going after more than 20 years (not sure why it would ever need any updates?).

    Good picture quality, better than the first generation Denon player it replaced (which is also still running in a mate's system as his CD player, 26 years of flawless operation).
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    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > Troels Gravesen Faital 3WC-15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kember View Post
    I have a couple of BluRay players sitting in a cupboard at home. I’m away at the moment but let me have a look when I get back. You are welcome to have one for the price of postage. I even have the remotes!

    P
    Thanks Peter, I'll await your return!
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    Hopefully not hijacking the thread too much, Mike - but Gaz/Martin, if you used say the Pioneer DV-575-A as a CD Player/SACD player, can you do so without it being connected to a TV? i.e., does it show the tracks etc. on the machine display? (My Marantz SACD player has decided it doesn't want to play SACD's, and as I only have about 20 of them, I don't want to spend a fortune to replace it.)
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