Looking for the best deal on a New DVD player for my parents want it to be Region free, along with being able to play VCD's and MP3's.
Have seen Cyber Home ADL528 at Richersounds for £99.99. Is there a cheaper place?
Any other recommendations for a budget DVD player. (Parents have to be dragged into the 21st Century)

[AV Junky]

Originally posted by Gazza
Looking for the best deal on a New DVD player for my parents want it to be Region free, along with being able to play VCD's and MP3's.
Have seen Cyber Home ADL528 at Richersounds for £99.99. Is there a cheaper place?
Any other recommendations for a budget DVD player. (Parents have to be dragged into the 21st Century)

Could try the Acoustic Solutions Multi-region model from Richer Sounds. See from Spectre's posting (this forum) that he rates the Cyber Home model as crap. Unless you also want your parents to toss it out of their bedroom window, would suggest avoiding the CH model.

[wilber]

LG 5253 £80 from Currys. I've already raved over it in another thread on cheap DVDs but forgot to mention that What Hi-Fi thought it was the beat sub £100 dvd player in their supertest back in November when it cost £99.99.

Have you visited http://dvdplayers.reviewcentre.com/ ?

[jaygee]

I just bought the Cyberhome 505 from Special Reserve for £89.

You can download new firmware from http://www.cyberhome-europe.de/ and using a utility from http://www.powerglitch.com/ called Abconf you can set it to multi region and macrovision disabled.

Alternatively, you can download the updated firmware aleady hacked from http://www.cyberhome-help.de/downloa...e_english.php4

Very easy to burn on to a CDR and simple to update the player.

Picture and sound quality for my requirements is fine and I can copy the kids DVD's for them to play in their bedroom on the VCR.

I can appreciate that it defeats the object of the superior quality of the DVD player but try explaining that to a 6 & 9 year old.

[jaygee]

Just a note following my last post...

Make sure you download the correct firmware version, it's easy to check

Menu 1234 for the firmware

Menu 1111 for region code

Just read the site info it's very straightforward but obviously it's at your risk.

somebody told me that WHSmiths were selling them at £69 but ive not check it out yet!!

[nunew33]

They are selling it for 100 euros in Richer Sounds Eire. which is about £70.

A mate of mine walked into RS in preston pointed this out and walked out of the shop with an £80 (took postage into consideration) Cyberhome. A swift £20 saving!!!

Thanks for all the info , wh smiths have it in for £79.99 but it is the cyber home dvd402 model which
Plays all region DVDs (Code Supplied - Can be permanently set to region free)

Built-in dolby digital and DTS digital output

4:3 / 16:9 selectable screen format

Plays regional code encrypted (RCE) DVDs

Plays MP3 music CDs

Plays regular audio CDs

Also compatible with CD-R/RW, VCD and JPEG (view JPEG pictures from your PC on your TV)

PAL/NTSC Dual TV system

Full function remote control

Welcome screen and Screen Saver

On screen menu and chapter select

Connectors for RGB SCART, S-Video and composite video out

Output digital bitstream audio via coaxial or optical ports

Analogue left and right for stereo output

Scart lead, remote control and composite video lead included