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DVD Forum => General DVD Discussion => Topic started by: galahad on Jul 24, 2003 at 01:07 PM

Title: DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: galahad on Jul 24, 2003 at 01:07 PM

What are the DVD's you bring along to audition a player?

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: himura on Jul 24, 2003 at 01:17 PM

I'd probably bring in:

Episode 2
Blade II
LotR: Fellowsihp of the Ring (Extended Cut)

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: ryu on Jul 24, 2003 at 03:01 PM

I'll bring

Eagles HFO
Toy story 2
Saving Private Ryan DTS

 ;)

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: Kahon on Jul 24, 2003 at 03:13 PM

Check these out:

Best Sounding DVDs In Your Collection? (http://www.pinoydvd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=530)

The Top Ten DTS DVDs (http://www.pinoydvd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=392)

Show Off DVDs (http://www.pinoydvd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=434)

DVD Demo Discs (http://www.pinoydvd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=434)

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: CrUzSACK on Jul 24, 2003 at 03:23 PM

Along with mostly what they've suggested (see above post), if you're getting a multi-region player, which is most likely what you should get,  you probably also need to test the player with any of these:

- Any R3 DVD
- Any R1 DVD
- Any other region DVD, original or not original
- A DVD with RCE - like Gladiator (?)
- A dual-layered DVD - like Gladiator

This is to test if your DVD player can actually play ANYTHING and hindi siya mamimili. Because it would be so much of a hassle if you bought a DVD, say with RCE, which your player cannot read.

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: Mr. Hankey on Jul 24, 2003 at 04:13 PM

The DVD notorious for having RCE is The Patriot, not Gladiator.

I agree with CrUzSACK's suggestions, but in this day and age, I think bringing a DVD-R disc is also mandatory. Whenever I buy a player (for myself or for a friend - many seem to want to take me with them when they buy a player... ;) ), I personally bring:

1. The Patriot (R1, with RCE)
2. Any R3
3. Any R2
4. A loaded DVD-R
5. A pirated disc

If possible, I also ask them to hook the player to an NTSC television, to see if the player can convert my R2 PAL discs to NTSC, just in case my friend's television isn't multi-system.

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: Mo®pHeOu$ on Jul 24, 2003 at 10:55 PM

 ;D ;D ;D


CD-R also for those MP3 that you downloaded over the net.   ;)

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: galahad on Jul 25, 2003 at 10:56 AM

thanks for the replies...  ;D

just want to ask this silly question. What are these Demo Discs and where could I buy these?

Thanks again.  :)

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: nerveblocker on Jul 25, 2003 at 01:28 PM

DTS Demo Discs 4 & 5- for DTS output
5th Element R2- for checking if region locked
Predator R4-for checking of region lock
Any R 3 DVD- expected to play pero dalhin na din
Dragonheart (P DVD9))- for surround sound
Bug's Life (P DVD5)- very hard to read
VCDs recorded at CD-Rs at 32x speed from my PC- see if choosy ang player for PC- burned material
audio Cd-Rs burned from PC- same reason as previous

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: Archie on Jul 26, 2003 at 03:37 AM

all of my 3 generic dvd players and ps2 have a hard time reading DVD9 disks.  nice to bring along for tests.

Title: Re:DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: redline on Jul 27, 2003 at 05:10 PM

Quote from: galahad on Jul 25, 2003 at 10:56 AM

thanks for the replies...  ;D

just want to ask this silly question. What are these Demo Discs and where could I buy these?

Thanks again.  :)

demo disks basically give you a sample of the audio, video, menu features, etc of DVD disks. pang demo o test ng system. these are what a/v stores usually show you when you audition gear. my brother just bought one a week ago from HMR (yung sa Pioneer St. ) Fox DVD Demo disk # 2. he got it for PHP 99 only. you might want to buy one.

Title: Re: DVD's you bring for player tests
Post by: Movie_Geek_Tom on Apr 18, 2006 at 10:56 PM

THX Demo Disc
Region 1 DVD any title
Region 3 DVD any title
All Region DVD any title
Blue DVD-R disc with dvd movie contents
DVD audio
Bootleg DVDs different kinds.