On a Cheap DVD Player

Hecht’s had a sale–DVD players for ten bucks.

Ten bucks.

It’s the Coby-207.  Multi-region, PAL-to-NTSC conversion.  In other words, it’s ideal for my needs.

Ten bucks.

And if it craps out?  Well, it was only ten bucks. 😉

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

2 thoughts on “On a Cheap DVD Player

  1. Can you disable the Macrovision? Will they play anamorphic SVCDs and get the aspect ratio right? (Yeah, I made a lot of non-standard anamorphic SVCDs over the years… Hey, they played great on my old Daewoo until it died!)

    If so, pick one up for me! 🙂

    – Geoff

  2. For $50, you can snag a Sima GoDVD unit that will remove Macrovision. I use it with my CyberHome player to play Region 2 and PAL discs through my DVD recorder. Occasionally the stuff I play is recorded too 🙂

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