Good Cheap but reliable DVD player.....

[rubberman]

Wanting to buy a DVD player for my parents for Xmas. Something cheap but reliable that will play CD-R/W and DVD-R. Any decent ones from Walmart, Kmart or Target? thanks

[shankar_roy]

You can try GoVideo 853 available at Radio Shack. Pretty good,
plays mp3, vcd, DVD-ROM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW.
Price is around $70 after rebate. If you want to go cheaper try Apex.
Walmart carrys them.
I bought a GoVideo one.
Shankar.

[tim_theToolman_taylor]

Walmart had limited supply of the Norcent dp300 for $56. I bought a handful of them for xmas gifts. they play everything ive put in so far. I had to call 8 area walmarts before I finally found a store that had a few in stock

[thxkid]

Pioneer 250 - $98 Walmart
Daewoo 5800 - $79 Sams Club

[hwoodwar]

If you are looking for something that supports VCD, be carefull of the Apex line as their latest DVD players do not play VCD (Including the latest version of the AD-1500.) WalMart online (I'm not sure if they would have it at your local store) has a Magnavox MDV450SL for $88.81 at:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1972356&cat=95987&type=19&dept=0...106168%3A95987

these play just about anything; VCD, SVCD, XVCD (all of Kwag's XVCD templates, although for the K3 you need to change the resolution to 544 X 480), MP3 and JPEG's (just copy to CD and it will display them) on CD-R/CD-RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW formats. It's on the compatibility list (here) at:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDnameid=1209&Search=Search&#comments

For $89 this is a great player. I'm thinking about getting a second one.

[musher70]

go for the sampo's at amazon for 128$us
they got memory card readers....

[syxx2001]

get a apex ad-1201. it doesn't say it on the box, but it plays vcd and svcd and minidvd