DVD-VHS Combo with the Mostest

[David K]

My parents want to get a DVD-VHS combination player. I do DVD writeables, VCD, SVCD, miniDVD etc and would like to be able to share as much stuff with them as possible. I know there are very few DVD players that support all that. I have one of the few (a Sampo). But I wondered if people could recommend a DVD-VHS combo where the DVD part accepted the most amount of formats, with DVD writeable being a must (and hopefully plays both plus and minus format.) My Aunt has a Panasonic combo and it reads plus and minus DVD writeables, and VCD, but nothing else (although it does read mpeg photos). Anyone know anything out there that does more?

[MachineMan]

Hi, I have the Zenith XBV343 combo, it plays all DVD formats, JPEGs, WMA, and MP3's. Also no problems with cheap DVD media like Princo. It has a smaller recess in the tray for miniDVD but I never tried one. It plays VCD if you do the remote hack listed on this site. I did the Hack the day I got it and it has played VCD's ever since. Not sure about SVCD, I never tried. You could pick one up for probably <$140.

Don't get the Sony SLV D300P, I had it and it wouldn't consitantly play all DVD formats.

Check the DVD players section on the left of this site.

[reed1374]

I have a Philips 750VR. Initially I blasted it (see my post about it on this website), but I found out that I was doing something wrong. I can now play VCD, CVD, SVCD just fine, but the audio for those 3 must be 44100 sampling rate. 48000 will not work. I have not tried a home made DVD yet.

Besides the screwed up remote, the unit plays fine.

R