Help! Need to know what DVD player to get?

[BossHogg]

Whats the best DVD player under $150 and plays burned VCDs or burned movies? Thanks

[Mdanner423]

Hey,

If you want cheap, go apex... Wal-Mart has one for 98 bucks, and it will play just about anything...

Matthew

[Greg12]

Look at the list on this site.

APEX players read lots of forms and most can be upgradded.

It seems off brand players are more compatible with home made disks.

[Auric]

I can reccomend Philips DVD711 but for another reason, the playback picture quality is awesome. The colors come out without biasing to any hue, blacks, whites and mid-tones are totally pure.

I use Titanic DVD as a reference material, there's a certain dark scene with a colorfade. On Philips there's slight steps from one hue to another just barely visible. On some other players that I tested the steps are far more severe.

Philips plays many formats ok (look elsewhere on this forum how I got ff and rew to work for my svcd's should you be interested).

Just My Humble Opinion.

[justmc]

I had an Apex 703, returned it. A Philips, returned it.
My Pioneer 434 plays everything I throw at it with no problem. Mostly SVCD's burnt with Nero. FF and RW works too.
Excellent player. Good Luck