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Old 19-08-2002, 6:14 PM   #1
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DVD Stacker

Does anyone have any experience of these from Sony/Denon/Pioneer. Looking to stick one in a cupboard (so not worried about the size/looks/noise). How intuative is the interface. Can you peruse through the films on screen or do
you need to use the remote (being replaced with a Pronto Pro anyway)?

Many thanks for any help.

BTW Sony UK does not seem to want to sell their Stackers in the UK - the existing model has stopped production and they are not going to introduce a replacement!

Pioneer do not sell their stackers in the UK either. Just leaves the Kenwood (unless anyone knows better!)
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Old 19-08-2002, 8:34 PM   #2
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Old 20-08-2002, 8:41 AM   #3
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I've got the sony CX850 - the 200 disc version (CX860 is the 301 disc version).

The interface on both is slow and naff. I use a pronto to list all the films in the carousel. select it and then it dials the correct disc no. (along with switch all the components etc). I also have an excel spreadsheet on a couple of pages that just lists the numbers so i can manually dial the disc on the front.

You can use the built in interface. You can place the name into 4 different lists and you can place a genre by each disc.

I'm also willing to sell if you're interested - I want a progressive denon3800 or arcam DV27
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Old 20-08-2002, 10:55 AM   #4
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Thanks for the info. I am going to hold out for the DVP-CX875P which has Progressive and support for DVD+RW (as I do video editing using this standard) plus lots of other added support (MP3, CD-rE/RW, 6 disc resume, etc. Be interesting to see if they have done anything with the interface as this seems to let the Sony down.
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Old 20-08-2002, 12:46 PM   #5
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Dont worry about the UI, it is garbage but there are plenty of ways around it, especially if you've got a Pronto.

Do a search for "Nudelist" or check out the "remote central" forum for the Nudelist utility, it's excellent and made my '860 a breeze to use.
I wouldn't be without it now, it keeps all your DVD's in a safe place and it makes it easy to set-up for kids/wife to use without touching the kit!!

Steve
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