"Kai Robinson" wrote in message
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LIDL here always do excellent deals on DVD Players, Tellys, VCR's and even
some stonking computers (fully specced - no cheapo oem crap) - although i
usually refer to them as 'super-gippo-mart'


Well, you can call me a 'gippo' then! - For a Monday morning, the total
absence of the usual 'tireditis' and 'cluelessness' that I have come to
expect from the local TV/hifi shops has made me an instant Lidl fan! (Also,
I ain't too posh to get a 'bargain', if bargain it truly is!)

:-)


The player? eBench KH 6777 - got me 'backfooted' atm with a totally
unexpected and very pleasant sound, so I'm a little wary!

Very best audio I've heard in a long while from a silver disk spinner and
movies are *at least* as good as I've seen on quite a variety of DVDPs.
Colour and sharpness are superb and would not disappoint at several times
the proce - make that 10 (or more) times the price!

It uses a Sanyo loader and the Zoran chipset is used by a wide variety of
manufacturers like MiCo, Samsung, Toshiba and Arcam - presumably different
versions of the current Vadis chipset. Fascia buttons are of the very
positive, 'clicky' type and pleasant to use. Build quality is entirely par
for the course - at about 3.5 kg it is not quite as 'flyaway' as one might
expect!

The specification is *ludicrous* at this price:

Onboard AC3 decoder for full DD 5.1
Onboard DTS decoder
Plays DVD-Video, DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW**, CD/CDR/CDRW, MP3s, WMAs, JPEG picture
disks
One Scart socket
Coax and Toslink digital outputs
Video and S-Video outputs
Component video output with Progressive Scan
TWO separate headphone jacks with independent volume controls!
Will output to PAL and NTSC

**Doesn't claim to play -R or +R disks but we've found that it will do so
perfectly with the *exception* of JVC -Rs - it just don't like these! (Not
sure what dye - JVC's own??)

Technical data (photo extract from the manual):

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keith_g/show/manual.jpg

Or the whole manual (1.5 Mb PDF) can be found he

http://www.kompernass.com/product_pd...2b7576bd_4.pdf

Even the zapper is much more stylish than one would expect at this price, as
is the generous and well-presented manual which runs to no less than 65
full-size A4 pages! The top half of the player is a 'dead chick' mirror
finish, so here's a couple of no-flash pix for anyone who's interested:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keith_g/show/ebench.jpg

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keith_g/show/zapper.jpg


If you can get one, you may buy with confidence! (Stand on me.....)

Enjoy!

(Now, who do I see for my commission.......???)

;-)