Quitacet: I have to thank you for reposting the pics. I attempted after reading the HELP section of this site and tried. Parang palpak nga nangyari. Glad you came to the rescue!
Now the initial review:
LEXING DVD-DIVX 906. PRICE AT 1,700 PESOS FROM RAON ELECTRONIC SHOP'S HOPE STAR MARKETING, STALL 20 (sila lang kasi merong display nitong lexing na mas nagustuhan ko, although other stalls have many other "newer" models of Lexing, ito ang pinili ko kasi ito lang ang merong DIVX sa nameplate although untested yet and unverified ang feature na ito; and i prefer its looks, hindi masyadong funky kasi ang iba ngayon kulay orange tapos ang tray and keys merong blue LED lights, parang JOKEBOX hehehehehe...hindi jukebox ha, JOKEBOX hehehehe)
1. Lexing DVD-Divx-906 Model as printed on the front side. NOTE: THE DIVX IS UNTESTED. I HAVE NO DIVX DISCS TO TRY IT. Better say that as early as now because it is still unconfirmed. (picture #3)
2. Bulky aluminum body type. Tray is also the bulky (not slim) tray which i personally prefer. (picture #1)
3. Two Microphone In Jacks for Karaoke, One volume knob to control both mics na yata; kasi the second volume knob near the display is mark RADIO VOLUME. (picture #2) Yes, this unit comes with BUILT-IN FM RADIO RECEIVER!!! An antenna is attached to the back together with the exhaustive input/output jacks (picture to follow). As you might see from picture #2, the first button on the flourescent display is 'SCAN" which you press to scan FM stations! Speaker is also inside the chasis and comes out from left-right side where the heat vents are located.
4. (Picture 3) You will see there are four buttons here, one circular four-way shuttle ring and a center ENTER button. The four buttons are MENU, RETURN, PBC, FORWARD. Even without your remote control, you can see the Menu of the DVD disc, choose the options available (play/chapter select/subtitles/specialfeatures) if any in the dvd disc using the four-way shuttle and pressing ENTER middle button to enter your choice. Nice feature, at least kahit sira o nawawala ang remote control mo, you CAN STILL view the disc and make use of the basic options/commands! The standard STOP & PLAY/PAUSE are the other two separate keys, and on the flourescent display again, there is the N/P key which is to switch between NTSC and PAL/SECAM system. An EJECT/OPEN/CLOSE key is above the display, beside the tray. Flourescent display in blue LED lights.
5. (Picture 4 & 5) I placed the Lexing above my Skyworth #2650 for comparison. It is almost the same physically in size.
6. (Picutre to follow) At the back, there are TWO GAME PORT JACKS to attach two game pads (comes with the unit) to play first generation Nintendo video games via a CD (comes with the unit also) containing around 300 titles yata! I have not tried it though, but if it works, its another unique fun feature. No built-in games in the DVD player itself. There is complete input/outputa jacks for surround 5.1 channels, a VGA port for you to attach to your personal computer, STEREO SPEAKER JACKS (those in Red/Black na sinasaksak mo ang wire tapos iniipit ito ng jack; its not the same as the video/audio in/output jacks for TV; wait for pics to understand it na lang siguro.hehehehe); One switch for choosing between using the player as DVD or RADIO; and another switch which says IN/OUT, I dont know what it is but it is beside the Stereo Speaker Jacks so i guess you have to switch that in order for audio to come out from the speakers in the RADIO mode. And finally an antenna for the FM receiver is also present.
7. Exhaust heat vents on the left and right side of the unit is present, which also serves as where audio comes out when using it as radio DAW. I have not tried the RADIO feature. I will correct this statement if it is wrong later. Yan lang ang sabi sa akin ng tindera.
INITIAL REVIEW ON PERFORMANCE:
1. The SETUP screen is exactly the same as Monzki's contribution in his Lexing DVD-8800 thread. Monzki attached pictures of the SETUP screen, and the DVD-Diovx-906 shares exactly the same format.
2. OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SKYWORTH 2650, NEXTBASE DVD-9000 and this Lexing 906 is that even after two full length DVDs, each at 90minutes, the Lexing is DID NOT BECOME AS HOT AS EITHER Skyworth or Nextbase!!! I do not see any built in fan on the Lexing, yet, I was amazed na ang lamig ng chasis kung hahawakan mo. My Skyworth is like ang init init na even after just 20 minutes of use!!! But the Lexing 906 is malamig!!!! Take note, hindi ko pa yan tinutukan ng electric fan, and I was watching it without opening aircon of my room. Bow ako sa design or whatever Lexing had to make the unit operate without heating so much. Big big improvement over Skyworth/Nextbase ko talaga.
3. The Remote Control again is the same as Monzki's contribution picture in Lexing DVD-8800 thread. It is white, with one big EJECT button exclusively located on the upper most area, followed by the numerous buttons we see in most of any dvd remote controls.
4. WEIRD FACTOR #1: The Remote Control has a SURROUND SOUND button. However, if you are watching DVD, you CANNOT access that command. Invalid Key daw. I read the operator's manual and there was no mention that you cannot use it when watching DVD. For the meantime, my suspicion is that the SURROUND KEY is only available when either VCD, listening Audio CD or MP3s. Im not sure if this is available when listening to the Radio only. Remains to be seen. Will post when I have investigated on this feature more. Basta, when watching DVD, you CANNOT use the SURROUND key. Weird. I have encountered other brands before (di ko remember anong brand) where they also have Surround Key and it is accessible even when just watching DVDs (I think it was a PROMAC brand).
5. I tried watching the following kinds of DVDs and it recognized them all and played them:
a. Region One
b. Region Three
c. P-type
d. DVD-R burnt from my computer's dvd writer. DVD-R disc from CD-R King inhouse brand lang nila.
e. PAL DVD disc. Nag play normally in color, therefore meron internal switching automatic feature.
f. A scratched DVD na kinuskos ng cousin ko sa sandpaper. It played, no skipping.
SIDE NOTE: Regarding the reading of DVD-R burnt on CD-R King's inhouse discbrand, I tried it also in the CURTIS BRAND (distributed by Techpoint, importer of Nextbase) and Curtis was NOT ABLE to read the burnt DVD-R disc.
6. WEIRD FACTOR #2: The first two DVDs i tried on it played OK. No problem. Each was around 90minutes long (March of the Penguins, Glen Campbell in Concert). When I inserted a Sex in the City DVD, dito medyo may weirdness. This disc contains around 4 episodes of the TV show. I chose one of the episodes from the Menu and watched. After siguro mga 12minutes, BIGLANG NAG TRIP, IT STOPPED PLAYING AND THEN THE DEFAULT LEXING SCREEN APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE PLAYER READ THE DISC AND IT STARTED FROM THE BEGININING AS IF KAKALAGAY KO LANG NG DISC! Weird........ So I had to go to chapter select, select the episode, and then input to the estimated minute before it tripped. It then played till the end na.
Kagabi, I placed another miniseries DVD, Moonlighting, into the tray. I chosed one of the three episodes inside. Again around the 14th minute, IT TRIPPED, STOPPED, RE-READ THE DISC AND WENT BACK TO ORIGINAL MENU. I had to again chose the episode I was watching, skip to the minute where it first tripped and then watch from there. AND THEN AFTER LESS THAN TEN MINUTES, IT TRIPPED FOR THE SECOND TIME!! I had to again chose the episode, and then press to the minute i approximated where it tripped and watch from there. WEIRD!!
So, after finally finishing the episode, I stopped the playing. Ejected the same disc. Reloaded. And the again, REPEATED THE SAME EPISODE. This time, NO MORE TRIPPING. Ang weird...!!!
I think there is some mechanical defect but it will be so hard to convince the store, so I will let it pass for now. How can I prove the tripping eh di i have to spend so many minutes, pray that the disc I place will cause it to trip pa. Paano kung hindi? Weird noh...?
After that, to convince myself if there is a mechanical problem, I inserted a Lord of the Rings DVD into the player BUT I did not watch it anymore. I placed the LOTR disc on the tray at exactly 9PM last night. Then I went to go my routine of work, watching TV eat.... hinayaan ko lang magplay ang DVD sa tray. I just went to check if the minutes on the display should match the minutes past since 9PM. If i went to check at 9:20PM, dapat ang display should also show 20minutes has been playing. If the flourescent display does not register the same time elapsed since 9PM ibig sabihin, nag trip ito. Furthermore, pag nagtrip ito, it defaults back to the Original Screen and might not play at all kasi I am not there to chose the PLAY MOVIE command (although some discs I know will automatically start playing the feature movie even without pressing PLAY MOVIE after a certain minute has passed).
Well, I went back at around 9:25PM, then 9:40PM and finally 10:15PM and the elapsed time on the dvd display registered the CORRECT number of minutes since 9PM. What does that mean? It meant, it DID NOT TRIPPED, DID NOT STOP. (Note that my LOTR disc is not even in its tiptop condition physically anymore).
Weird noh?
So far that is what I can share. Tonite will be the last night for me to test and picture the unit since tomorrow aalis na ito papunta sa house ng friend ko. Pinabili lang sa akin ng DVD, and since di ko naman pera, I decided to be "bold" and buy the player I thought gave the most bang for the buck. At 1,700pesos, with built-in FM radio tuner (to be checked if working pa), with game port to play games, VGA port for computer, exhaustive in/output video audio jacks, reads most of the discs i placed on it, can play MP3...... Oh, and has KARAOKE PITCH UP AND DOWN +/- FOUR OPTION (but its not easy to use; they designed it on the SETUP Menu so when you are actually starting to sing and intend to change pitch level, you press SET UP and the music/screen stops while you go to access the pitch control dropdown screen, make your plus or minus choice, press SETUP again to go where you left off. If you happen to want to change pitch again kasi mali ang pitch level na napili mo, you have to press so many times again to reach the pitch control option!!)
At 1,700pesos and hopefully the tripping problem is NOT a big issue, the Lexing 906 seems to be a good buy. If the DIVX works, then it becomes a recommended buy. Im more worried with the weird tripping issue than the availability of Divx feature kasi wala naman akong Divx discs at all. hehehehe....
