Our DVD player, an old Panasonic A160 from 1999, is dying. It has always had a habit of intermittently refusing to play discs for no apparent reason, but it is now rejecting more discs than it is willing to play. And the usual trick of eject/reinsert no longer works. Very annoying, and using the PS2 as a fallback player is less than satisfactory.
So, any suggestions for a replacement? Our requirements are modest:
- It must be multi-region, with built-in NTSC to PAL conversion. (Our TV doesn’t handle NTSC signals)
- Quieter than a PS2. (Shouldn’t be hard)
- Cheap (sub-£100).
We don’t care about surround sound and home cinema hookups right now. Our living room isn’t set up for extensive speaker setups, and that’s not going to change any time soon. We don’t care about fancy features like zoom, picture-in-picture, or bookmarking. Amazon has several players in the price range I am thinking of (£30-£40). Does anyone know if they’re any good? (Although at that price, it’s pretty hard to go wrong.)
