Total Movie DVD Player Info
Mike Davis
I realized I hadn't seen anyone post about the Total Movie DVD
player deal and thought I throw in a few words about the player they
sent me. I had completely forgotten I even ordered the thing when it
showed up about a week before Christmas as part of the subscription deal
to Total Movie.
First the player; labeled a Dingtian DVD-2106, this thing is amazing
for the price ( a hundred bucks including the forty buck subscription
extension.) The back panel has component video out, as well as s-video
and the composite video jack. Both Toslink and co-axial are included for
digital audio output, plus the little beastie even has a six-channel
output jacks, indicating an internal DD processor. The front panel is a
quite good looking sort of charcoal gray, a nice change from the
ubiquitous basic black. The front left has two mic inputs for Karaoke, a
volume and echo knob are also on the left for the Karaoke function. On
the right are the usual transport controls and an interesting L/R button
in the center of the control ring. I assume this allows selection of
different audio tracks. I haven't tried it yet. The drawer for the disc
drops down in operation and a tray slides out over it, I figure it's
just a normal transport inside, but the door is a nice touch.
As for the playback ability of the machine, here's where I am just
blown away for the price. It supports, get this- DVD in DD and DTS,
SVCD, VCD, HDCD, regular CD's, MP3 discs you burn yourself, and plays
back both NTSC and PAL discs in every zone I could try! Macrovision
seems to be also disabled, so you can record with a VCR if you wish. The
player is weird in one respect, while zone-free, it never indicates the
zone of the disc and has no zone selector in the menu. You just load it
up and it plays. You do have to tell the player the type of TV you are
outputting to (NTSC or PAL,) as well as the aspect ratio, and then it
just takes it from there <ggg.>
Also included are a rather normal remote, which has two levels of
zoom control for those into that type of thing, two RCA audio cables,
one composite video cable, and a rather hefty, nice fat s-video cable.
The only picture I could find of the thing is here at an Aussie site;
http://www.csvav.com.au/HITO_Large_View.htm
The machine in the image is badged a "Hito," but it is definitively
the same exact player as the Dingtian. The only difference being my
player also has the DTS logo on the left front panel, the one in the
image does not. Even the box the player came in is the same as in the
image, though mine doesn't say "Hito." In fact, it has no name brand
anywhere on the box! Heck, for sixty bucks, all these features, and
reasonable image quality, there is no way this baby is ever going back
<ggg.> It is pretty amazing what your sixty plus bucks can buy you these
days.
All the best, Mike
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Quinn
"Mike Davis" <webm...@creativemedia-works.com> wrote
> Fellow DVD Lunatics,
> First the player; labeled a Dingtian DVD-2106, this thing is amazing
> for the price ( a hundred bucks including the forty buck subscription
> extension.)
Shit. I knew I screwed up by not ordering this. I guess the offer is gone
now, right?
Scott S.
"Quinn" <qu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Kellee C.
recently, and then UPS damaged it in shipping to warranty repair... arrrgh!
And they're trying to deny our insurance claim.
So, in other words, some good news would be welcome right about now<g>.
Tell me you tried regions 1,2, and 4. I will order tomorrow if so.
Kellee
"Mike Davis" <webm...@creativemedia-works.com> wrote in message
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> Fellow DVD Lunatics,
[snip]
> SVCD, VCD, HDCD, regular CD's, MP3 discs you burn yourself, and plays >
back both NTSC and PAL discs in every zone I could try! Macrovision
> seems to be also disabled, so you can record with a VCR if you wish. The
> All the best, Mike
Mike Davis
>Out of curiosity, which regions *did* you try? Our region-free player died
>recently, and then UPS damaged it in shipping to warranty repair... arrrgh!
>And they're trying to deny our insurance claim.
>
>So, in other words, some good news would be welcome right about now<g>.
>Tell me you tried regions 1,2, and 4. I will order tomorrow if so.
>
>Kellee
>
Kellee,
Sorry, but I only tried regions one and four. We live in the States,
and my Wife's a native Aussie, so that's what I had on hand. I did also
try Malaysian commercial (as in legit) VCD's, some home-made VCD's, the
one SVCD I had kicking around, HDCD, CD, and MP3. Unfortunately I don't
know about region two.
All the best, Mike