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vsp · 09-18-2001, 08:57 AM

My wife is a movie nut, and with her birthday approaching rapidly, I'm considering getting her a DVD player. I have some fundamental problems with the handling of the DVD format (can you say "DeCSS?" Can you say "region coding?" Can you say "Jack Valenti's head on a spike?"), but I know she'll enjoy the extras they're putting on DVDs.

The problem is that I want to get one from a halfway-reliable manufacturer, but I also suspect that the big boys aren't putting in the hidden menus that'll let me disable Macrovision, change my region code, and otherwise personally use the discs I pay for in the way I see fit. As far as I'm concerned, since I don't plan on distributing bootlegs to others, it's none of the MPAA's business what part of the world my discs come from or whether I dump selected scenes to VHS.

Are there any players out there that are recommended, having a reasonable blend of picture quality, durability, brand-name recognition and fair-use support?

09-18-2001, 08:57 AM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Looking for a good DVD player My wife is a movie nut, and with her birthday approaching rapidly, I'm considering getting her a DVD player. I have some fundamental problems with the handling of the DVD format (can you say "DeCSS?" Can you say "region coding?" Can you say "Jack Valenti's head on a spike?"), but I know she'll enjoy the extras they're putting on DVDs. The problem is that I want to get one from a halfway-reliable manufacturer, but I also suspect that the big boys aren't putting in the hidden menus that'll let me disable Macrovision, change my region code, and otherwise personally use the discs I pay for in the way I see fit. As far as I'm concerned, since I don't plan on distributing bootlegs to others, it's none of the MPAA's business what part of the world my discs come from or whether I dump selected scenes to VHS. Are there any players out there that are recommended, having a reasonable blend of picture quality, durability, brand-name recognition and fair-use support?