i want to be able to play vcds,svcds etc and ideally pay no more than £80 - £90.
The acoustic solutions 421/451 are out of stock at my nearest richer sounds shop.I brought a alba 108 from argos but found it a pain to keep manually using the hack to get vcds to play.I took it back and got a refund.
So does anyone know where i can buy a suitable dvd player this weekend ?

i recently brought a dvd player fron debenhams . its a lecson dvd 900 and plays everything that i have thrown at it
and it was only £99

Get an apex the are very cheap and play virtually everything.

Get yourself down 2 richer sounds and get a cyber home there really good make sure you put the new firmware on it

Thanks for the replies.
the cyber home for £99 is also sold out at my nearest richer sounds store,they said cheapest dvd player they have in at the moment is £119.

get a dansai 1010 from tesco an excellent machine for£85 abd with the firmware upgrade disc it plays everything

i would pay a bit more and get a aiwa or the bad boy tosh sd220e ($hit hot ) trust me , the cybers quality isnt all that and the acoustics solution is weak also , unless you aint got money to play with !! then i understand , but the tosh is wot i ahve and it turns an averagely recorded vcd or svcd into something special :)

I have to warn you against APEX. It plays everything, and it does some nice things. But i've taken the one I had back 3 times, finally, I got a JVC

dansai now £60 at tesco, plays dvdr, mp3 with onscreen track selection including file names (does not play multi-session though), cdr, cdrw.

NOT vcd, but apparently u can get a firmware upgrade cd for nothing from their help-line

region hack here:

http://www.dansai.freehosting.net/custom2.html

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Gooty, which Dansai is £60? Last time I looked they had the 1010 for £85

Just got a Dansai 1010 from Tescos in Bidston Birkenhead for £60. Offer started yesterday and runs for about 2 weeks.

Doesn't play VCDs out of the box but the firmware upgrade took 20 seconds and now it plays everything I've tried.

At this price it has to be a bargain..

m8ty you get wot u pay for quality will cost you a bit more and its worth it . atehrwise lescon from debs is very good value cos its got progressive scan :)

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dansai now £60 at tesco, plays dvdr, mp3 with onscreen track selection including file names (does not play multi-session though), cdr, cdrw.

NOT vcd, but apparently u can get a firmware upgrade cd for nothing from their help-line

region hack here:

http://www.dansai.freehosting.net/custom2.html

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I phoned my nearest store and they said they are still £85,maybe the offer is only on at certain stores.

thats cheap:) and cheerfull you can also download firmware disc :)

where can u download the firmware disc from?

someone had a link to the site , i forget which forum , maybe dvd ? i think or go to vcd help:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayershack.php