Lo there folks,

First of all I've searched through the forums and got some answers, but these are the ones that haven't really been answered so far.

I've got chance to buy a Denon DV2800 MkII on the cheap (about 240 quid). While the price is fairly good, and I'm in the market for a new dvd player, I'm a bit concerned by things I've read on this forum, so I would like to ask a couple of questions.

1: Does anyone own one of these players? Can they comment on it please.

2: I know there are various firmware updates which allow the use of multi region or pal progressive.

Is anyone actually using both features with no problems? I'm particularly interested in lip snyc problems when using progressive scan.

Tia

Dave

[Dimmy]

I have an un-updated DVD2800mkII and can say - especially at £240 - it's one of the best players available IMHO.

There are unnofficial firmware updates available for the enabling of Multiregioning on the player. There is now an official PAL Progressive firmware available.

There are users using both features with no reported problems, but there are probably more with problems. Who have subsequently changed the player for something else or just been left with a non-working player.

Whether you can get a working DVD2800MKII that has been multiregioned and is PAL Progressive enabled depends entirely on the firmware modification used to update the player with. Some work, some have too many side effects.

The firmware releases that work have probably been mentioned in past threads which you should search for.