[dba-Tech] The ruggedness of DVD players

I have an LG VCR/DVD combo that I got for Christmas a couple of years ago,
and I have to say that it's brilliant. Normally with electronic stuff, I'd
go for a brand name, like Panasonic or Sony, but this LG is great.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Erbach [mailto:erbachs at gmail.com]
Sent: 22 March 2006 22:39
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] The ruggedness of DVD players


...or perhaps I should say the flexibility or forgiving-ness of DVD
players.  We have a 5-disk changer made by Panasonic that recently
went on the fritz.  We'll take it to a local electronics shop for
service soon.  It pretty much played most DVDs, but it had problems
with DVDs created with your garden variety DVD burner.

We got a VCR/DVD player combination for Christmas and that thing is
very touchy playing DVDs, even pristine brand-new disks.  The movie
will be going along fine and then, halfway through, the image will
pixelize and halt.

My son has an X Box that plays just about everything with no problems.
 The only thing that it wouldn't play was a DVD someone sent me that
had a couple of old TV shows on it.  Now my PC's DVD/CD-Writer combo
DID play that DVD just fine, but it was the only device in the house
that did.

My question is, do you lot have any feel for which DVD players or
player/burners are better at playing most kinds of DVDs?  It's great
that my PC's DVD player is so capable, but I don't want to watch
movies on a 19" screen by myself.

Any recommendations for consumer electronics DVD player brands or models?

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Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI
www.swerbach.com
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