It's getting silly now.

My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his sister-in-law,
who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!! (Staff
discount from £35 retail!)

How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally. You
couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only a
year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?

(One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)

"Keith G" wrote in message
...
It's getting silly now.

My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
discount from £35 retail!)

How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally.
You
couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only a
year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?

(One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)






yeah they are getting real cheap, I work for Comet and a few weeks back we
had one at 28 quid cos it was end of line, loads sold but they are so
affordable you could get one as a second unit for a bedroom portable tv lol

Daniel

"Keith G" wrote in message
...
It's getting silly now.

My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
discount from £35 retail!)

How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally.
You
couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only a
year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?

(One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)






yeah they are getting real cheap, I work for Comet and a few weeks back we
had one at 28 quid cos it was end of line, loads sold but they are so
affordable you could get one as a second unit for a bedroom portable tv lol

Daniel

"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!! (Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally. You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)
Ross M.
in nz not zn

"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!! (Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally. You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)
Ross M.
in nz not zn

"RdM" wrote in message
news
"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally.
You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only
a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)



I don't know yet - he don't get it until tomorrow (it's a 'sister in law is
buying it' kinda thing).

I suspect it'll be a Mico as Swim was up in Dundee (that's in Scotland - not
Dunedin NZ!!) recently and there were selling Mico DVD Recorders for 199
UKP. Which is very cheap, but not to be recommended as they are based on the
Philips +RW engine (AFAIK) which, I'm sorry to say (especially as I have a
sodding Ricoh +RW burner) is actually a pile o' ****e!

(The only DVD Recorder which makes sense is the Panasonic DMR-E50 with its
100% reliability and the all-important Time Slip functionality - pay less
than 300 UKP on the Net.)

No reason to suspect the MiCo (?) players won't be fine and dandy though,
especially at silly prices like these - like Daniel says, you can have 'em
dotted about all over the house for what they cost!

"RdM" wrote in message
news
"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s naturally.
You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after only
a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)



I don't know yet - he don't get it until tomorrow (it's a 'sister in law is
buying it' kinda thing).

I suspect it'll be a Mico as Swim was up in Dundee (that's in Scotland - not
Dunedin NZ!!) recently and there were selling Mico DVD Recorders for 199
UKP. Which is very cheap, but not to be recommended as they are based on the
Philips +RW engine (AFAIK) which, I'm sorry to say (especially as I have a
sodding Ricoh +RW burner) is actually a pile o' ****e!

(The only DVD Recorder which makes sense is the Panasonic DMR-E50 with its
100% reliability and the all-important Time Slip functionality - pay less
than 300 UKP on the Net.)

No reason to suspect the MiCo (?) players won't be fine and dandy though,
especially at silly prices like these - like Daniel says, you can have 'em
dotted about all over the house for what they cost!

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"RdM" wrote in message
news
"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s
naturally.
You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after
only
a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the
Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas
presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)



I don't know yet - he don't get it until tomorrow (it's a 'sister in law
is
buying it' kinda thing).

I suspect it'll be a Mico as Swim was up in Dundee (that's in Scotland -
not
Dunedin NZ!!) recently and there were selling Mico DVD Recorders for 199
UKP. Which is very cheap, but not to be recommended as they are based on
the
Philips +RW engine (AFAIK) which, I'm sorry to say (especially as I have
a
sodding Ricoh +RW burner) is actually a pile o' ****e!

(The only DVD Recorder which makes sense is the Panasonic DMR-E50 with its
100% reliability and the all-important Time Slip functionality - pay less
than 300 UKP on the Net.)

No reason to suspect the MiCo (?) players won't be fine and dandy though,
especially at silly prices like these - like Daniel says, you can have 'em
dotted about all over the house for what they cost!





Try playing a dvd-ram disc in anything else though, +rw makes far more
sense.

edd

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"RdM" wrote in message
news
"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you believe!!!
(Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s
naturally.
You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after
only
a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the
Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas
presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)



I don't know yet - he don't get it until tomorrow (it's a 'sister in law
is
buying it' kinda thing).

I suspect it'll be a Mico as Swim was up in Dundee (that's in Scotland -
not
Dunedin NZ!!) recently and there were selling Mico DVD Recorders for 199
UKP. Which is very cheap, but not to be recommended as they are based on
the
Philips +RW engine (AFAIK) which, I'm sorry to say (especially as I have
a
sodding Ricoh +RW burner) is actually a pile o' ****e!

(The only DVD Recorder which makes sense is the Panasonic DMR-E50 with its
100% reliability and the all-important Time Slip functionality - pay less
than 300 UKP on the Net.)

No reason to suspect the MiCo (?) players won't be fine and dandy though,
especially at silly prices like these - like Daniel says, you can have 'em
dotted about all over the house for what they cost!





Try playing a dvd-ram disc in anything else though, +rw makes far more
sense.

edd

"edd" zoe.hellen wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"RdM" wrote in message
news
"Keith G" wrote:
in ,
on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:55:37 -0000,
: It's getting silly now.
:
: My brother has finally been tempted into buying a DVDP as his
sister-in-law,
: who works in Sainsbury's, can get one for £31.50 would you
believe!!!
(Staff
: discount from £35 retail!)
:
: How can you go wrong at this price? - They play CD/R/RW/MP3s
naturally.
You
: couldn't buy a secondhand CDP for that and if it crapped out after
only
a
: year or so, it wouldn't be a disaster, would it?
:
: (One snag is actually getting hold of one, apparently - the
Sainsbury's
: staff are snapping them all up as they come in for Christmas
presents!)

What brands, out of interest?
These went down to NZD$129 (about GBP$48 now) before they sold out.
http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2003/mizuda_331k.shtml
There are similiarly priced Musteks about, too.
(I still can't afford one yet though!)



I don't know yet - he don't get it until tomorrow (it's a 'sister in law
is
buying it' kinda thing).

I suspect it'll be a Mico as Swim was up in Dundee (that's in Scotland -
not
Dunedin NZ!!) recently and there were selling Mico DVD Recorders for 199
UKP. Which is very cheap, but not to be recommended as they are based on
the
Philips +RW engine (AFAIK) which, I'm sorry to say (especially as I
have
a
sodding Ricoh +RW burner) is actually a pile o' ****e!

(The only DVD Recorder which makes sense is the Panasonic DMR-E50 with
its
100% reliability and the all-important Time Slip functionality - pay
less
than 300 UKP on the Net.)

No reason to suspect the MiCo (?) players won't be fine and dandy
though,
especially at silly prices like these - like Daniel says, you can have
'em
dotted about all over the house for what they cost!





Try playing a dvd-ram disc in anything else though, +rw makes far more
sense.


Agreed, but in reality there's not much need for RAMs to be played
elsewhere, other than on the Pana, in this household. When I want to make a
permanent +R (or even a +RW) I read the RAM onto my hard disk and burn a +
disc with TMPGEnc DVD Author. (E Z P Z) Then a cheapo, multiregion DVDP
sitting on top of the Pana solves all 'compatability' problems, I find. (As
well as allowing one Div to be played while another is recording at the same
time.....)

'Digital' - don't ya just *love* it...???

:-)