Best Budget Player for dvd,vcd,svcd,mp3,cdr(w) & multi-r

[TheVore]

Hi All
Wondering what's the best all round does everything for very little money machine at the moment in the uk ?

Would like it to play vcd, svcd, mp3 all on cdr or cdrw and of course dvd support would be essential - preferrably dvd+r and dvd+rw. Wondered how good a bargin you can get at the moment ?

Which are the bargin machines out there ? With a few suggestins of the best bargins I can happily search through the individual comments in the DVD player section....

Cheers all and a happy new year.

[bertmartin]

I just picked up the Pioneer DV-250 at Wal-Mart here in FL for $88. It was the only one left and I did a quick check in the player reviews before I ran back down and bought it. Seems to play everything I have just great. VCD, SVCD, and DVDs so far. I wanted something that would play DVD-r for when I get my Sony writer.

[Nicolaus]

check out the CyberHome DVD 402.
It plays nearly everything and is very cheap.
i am very happy with it.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=1479&Search=Search&#comments

[Gazorgan]

APEX 1201. $54.95 anytime at Circuit City. It has played everything I put in it, including MPEG2's at non-standard sizes. Forums say it does DVD-r and DVD+r, as well as DVDRW.

It has composite and S-video out (I can't really tell the difference on my 27 inch TV, so that's pretty clean output!), stereo out, and DTS out. No optical out(not a big deal). Since my stereo is only AC3, and I play a lot of SVCD's (with downmixed AC5.1 sound)....it's perfect.

I'll probably pick up a second one for the bedroom!

[bsbeck]

Apex 1200. I bought both my kids one for Christmas for $58 each from Sears. It plays everything. It plays stuff my new $150 Samsung P421 progressive scan won't even think about playing. The Samsung is going back and I'm buying the Apex 5131 - 3 disc model at Sams for $84.

I've tried VCDs, SVCDs, MP3, and photo CDs in the Apex and they all worked perfect.

bsbeck

[alanfife]

depends where in uk you are i picked up a mustek at the computer fair for £70 plays everything multi region and has a decryptor built in for recording shop lent dvd's to video etc..

[finalvictim]

http://www.second-spin.com/acatalog/
I got Cyberhome ADL528 from second spin £99 a year ago and its played everything I've put in it.They don't sell it anymore(on the website) but they do have 302 and 505 with 2yr warrantys also a macro disabled version of the 505 theyre both multi region aswell

http://www.dabs.com/home.asp
Dabs sell mustek and apex players but you would need to check the reviews on the players section of this site !

Hope I've been some help

[ldvd]

Is the cyberhome 505 available in the USA?. I haven't found any place where to get one yet. Is this model only available in Europe? I'll appreciate any tips

Thanks

[Craig Tucker]

I would think it has been superceeded by a new model by now, this thread is nearly a year old

[MachineMan]

The cyberhome 300 is availible all over the place and can play everything even raw MPEG1/2. Just don't leave it on overnight becuase then it heats up and won't play anything.