Topic: DVD's you bring for player tests

[galahad]

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

[himura]

I'd probably bring in:

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

[ryu]

I'll bring

Eagles HFO
Toy story 2
Saving Private Ryan DTS

 

[Kahon]

Check these out:

Best Sounding DVDs In Your Collection?

The Top Ten DTS DVDs

Show Off DVDs

DVD Demo Discs

[CrUzSACK]

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.

[Mr. Hankey]

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.

[Mo®pHeOu$]

 


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

[galahad]

thanks for the replies...  

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

Thanks again.  

[nerveblocker]

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

[Archie]

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

[redline]

thanks for the replies...  

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.

[Movie_Geek_Tom]

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.