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Title: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: scb on December 24, 2005, 12:35:34 PM: i'm getting my father a new dvd player for christmas. what he has now is a POS toshiba, so anything will be better. i just want to make sure i don't get him another POS.

any suggestions? maybe up to the 150 range
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: Nick Culbreth on December 25, 2005, 05:37:35 PM: It might be a bit too late but I really like the Pioneer DV-563a, it will play pretty much anything you throw at it and it sounds good and has a sharp picture.
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: scb on December 25, 2005, 05:49:16 PM: nah not too late. he's getting a late gift :)

thanks
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: scb on December 26, 2005, 12:47:40 PM: i think i'm going with the 588. seems to be a newer 563

thanks
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: Nick Culbreth on December 26, 2005, 01:04:35 PM: Quote from: scott brown on December 26, 2005, 12:47:40 PM
i think i'm going with the 588. seems to be a newer 563

thanks

FWIW I've heard the 588 is a little noisy.
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: scb on December 26, 2005, 01:53:14 PM: how so?

i doubt my father will notice anything, though. as long as it works, he should be happy :)
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: leehookem on December 27, 2005, 02:38:09 AM: I bought this one today 150 plus tax at Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7048713&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03013&id=1107957009599
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: L Ron Hoover on December 27, 2005, 09:08:41 PM: Does that LG play DVDA gapless?
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: Nick Culbreth on December 27, 2005, 09:11:57 PM: Quote from: scott brown on December 26, 2005, 01:53:14 PM
how so?

i doubt my father will notice anything, though. as long as it works, he should be happy :)

I've read the transport is a bit noisy, but if your dad isn't an audiophile he probably won't notice it. :)

And as an aside thank you Scott for all your work on DVD-Audiofile, I downloaded it a couple days ago and I've been burning DVDs like crazy. It's so nice to have entire shows on one disc.
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: scb on December 27, 2005, 10:45:55 PM: glad i could help
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: leehookem on December 28, 2005, 11:10:06 AM: Quote from: L Ron Hoover on December 27, 2005, 09:08:41 PM
Does that LG play DVDA gapless?

sure does. I love this thing. even has a compact flash reader on the front panel.
Title: Re: ~100 dollar dvd suggestions?
Post by: kskreider on December 28, 2005, 12:06:55 PM: Quote from: Nick Culbreth on December 26, 2005, 01:04:35 PM
Quote from: scott brown on December 26, 2005, 12:47:40 PM
i think i'm going with the 588. seems to be a newer 563

thanks

FWIW I've heard the 588 is a little noisy.

We have had a Pioneer DV 525? for a while and it has a noisy fan. I was aware of that when I bought it (Spring 2000) but it was one of the only ones at the time that handled CD-R/RW AND had a coaxial output in my price range ($250ish) I used it primarily to do CD>CD using my HHb CDR850.