DVD player that can play VCD 2.0 discs bought from China?

[kding]

I recently purchased some VCD 2.0 discs from China. So far, I tried one Apex model and one RCA model, both of which claim to be VCD-playable. But both of them play my discs black and white with jumping screen. Just don't work. My wife is not happy because of this, and I am not happy because of her.

Can anyone here recommend a better model according to your personal experience? Preferrably some DVD player about $100, which can play VCD's from China.

Any help would be appreciated.

[BJ_M]

maybe because your disks you bought are PAL and not NTSC (never believe anythjng on the packaging on china made disks- not format, type, dolby type or even whats on the disk - hahaha)

[vitualis]

Definitely a PAL/NTSC compatibility issue.

Get the owner's manual out for your DVD players. See if you can set it to force a NTSC output (or PAL). That is, have your DVD player do a PAL <--> NTSC conversion on the fly.

If it can do this, then it should solve your problems.

Regards.

[RavedoG]

maybe because your disks you bought are PAL and not NTSC (never believe anythjng on the packaging on china made disks- not format, type, dolby type or even whats on the disk - hahaha)

That is sooooo true! Never ever believe any thing regarding china vcds... I once brougt a kung fu movie where cd 2 was from a other film