Alba DVD114 DVD Player

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Alba DVD114	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL?	DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL?	BD-R BD-RE BD-R DL	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	$50	8.2/10 39 votes	View 52 reports (13917 views) Post report
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	Happy Dude from Other reported April 02, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 10 of 10 Comments: Here's a little tip for newbeeies.....player works well with vcd's and doesn't require any codes to play but the player is particular about the encoding you use, if the player doesn't play your vcd then re-encode and use a program like roxio's vcd creator to varify the vcd.
	justmental from Other reported February 15, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 10 of 10 Comments: Just bought one of these for and you aint gonna believe this-£49-99 at Tesco. It plays everything i got without a grumble And it even came with a scart lead. Just a brilliant bit of kit that happens to be really cheap Get yerselves to Tescos people
	lier from Other reported October 24, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 10 of 10 Comments: No comments
	rich from Other reported October 09, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR Few CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: had a alba114 for a year and it played everything but recently tried two more 114's and they would not play vcd's or cdr's can only imagine alba have changed something.
	borris from Other reported September 30, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: -- Fixed No Sound on SVCD problem -- the firmware update which is removes macrovision also fixed the problem of svcd's playing with no sound on my DVD114
	Sanddancer from Other reported September 14, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename Comments: There is an unofficial firmware that is supposed to remove the macrovision at: http://www.powerglitch.com/update.html I've updated my player but gave my video to my girlfriend so can't test it. Anyone having trouble with disc playing in B&W should try: 1. pressing the display button with no disc in 2. Selecting 'Display' from the menu 3. Setting Prefered Video Standard to 'Content specific'. I've had trouble playing some DVD-Rs writen with Nero 5.5~, but these discs worked fine on my girlfriends Mustek though. They worked for me when I tried writing the VOBs with ImgToolBurn (a few plug-in for Nero), but then they refused to play in my girlfriends player. Next I tried CloneDVD and they worked fine in both :o) I hope this helps some people. Not a bad player (we have 3 in my house), the remote is nasty though.
	JaseDaMase from Other reported July 24, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Bought this as a present for someone, and it played everything i put in it picture looks good too, a bargain.
	Buckles from Other reported June 29, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $50 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Positives: - Plays VCDs and SVCDs VERY well, no audio sync problems. Quality is very good, menu system is very easy to use and set out in a logical manner. - The on screen interface is clear, easy to access and well set out. - It supports the formats I’ve tested so far fully, by this I mean, it tells me i'm playing a SVCD when I put one in or VCD or DVD: It doesn’t tell me everything is a CVD or some other 'weird' message like some players, no stupid remote hacks needed to play disks either. - Grabbed this neat little player from Argos for £49.99 advertised as the 119, but its a 114 in the box. The 114 is Region free out of the box, plays everything i've thrown at it very nicely. I had a Samsung before this, which, although it looked expensive, lost audio sync and the menu system wasn't nearly as good. - Track search and disk search supported with a full number pad on the remote. i.e. 'Skip to 10:31 into the disk, or even an individual track' of a VCD, SVCD or DVD is no problem' Number pad is hidden under slide door of remote, which makes the remote a bit neater. - Player is small, its slimline, and the CD draw has a smooth action and feels solid (unlike the UMAX player on Ebuyer, which the unit is huge, and feels like I could break the tray if I put too much pressure on the tray) - The player looks nice, sits very nicely on top of my video mat silver finish with small neat buttons in same colour on the front. Next week my DVD writer comes, I expect no problems as I have read the other reviews which suggest it supports both DVDR- and DVDR+. Negatives: - The remote is tacky, Its a cheap silver plastic and looks like a cheap prop out of Star Trek. The remote is very functional, the buttons are responsive and it has a good range, too bad it looks like I should be fixing the warp core with it;) Conclusion: Buy this player, it will play everything WELL, and its very easy to operate, unlike some cheap players. The remote is functional and operates the player well, but looks a bit naff. I'm keeping this one, and i'm not an easy guy to please;)
	Clive Bowen from Other reported June 24, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $70 N/A 3 of 10 Comments: Brought player from Argos for £48.75 but SCART output has humming noise on it, S-Video seems ok though, but must take it back. Picture quality is good and sound ok when not humming during quiet moments Hopefully a replacement will resolve issues.
	Ian Westwood from Other reported June 16, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 VBR WMA? CVD? $70 N/A 9 of 10 MP3 long filename Comments: Originally was to buy the DVD119 from Argos for £49 for mother-in-law, but they gave me the DVD114 instead. It's definitely cheap looking, but the features of player, are very good. Picture quality and sound quality are good, but enough of this, to the features.. I looked for a player to do everything my players do, so that can get all sorts of films playing. To find one so cheap was a bonus. Took everything I threw at it, and surprisingly was multi-region from the box. Tried vcd/svcd/mp3 and even DVDs and they all worked. As said before multi-region from the box, no hack required, but I bet that there may be instances where you need to put the hack in. It's on here, and it works.. All in all, have acheived the impossible, the mother-in-law is happy. Enjoy
	Adam from Other reported May 14, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Small update on posts I have made previously. Just burnt a few DVDs on DVD+RWs to test and they work perfect. They would play in my Alba DVD108 that I have (DVD114 is the main DVD player for the house). Yeah, perfect, no errors. Tools used: Drive: NEC ND-1100A (Dell OEM version) Media: Philips 2.4x DVD+RW TMPGEnc - MPG Conversation IfoEdit - MPG > VOB Nero 5.5.10.5 - Burning (DVD-ROM UDF method) I'll test DVD+R and some cheaper discs soon enough ...
	Barry from Other reported May 10, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Looked at the argos site for this player and noticed they didn't have it. They have a DVD119 though, is this a newer version? It's not on the list here. Thanks.
	supermagpie from Other reported May 04, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Bought this player today for £69.99 from Argos in the UK excellent player- good value for money plays vcd's & svcd's flawlessly without any audio problems plays dvd-r 3rd generation perfectly only drawback is the macrovision will update after further testing
	gaz from Other reported April 24, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 Comments: excellent machine!!!!!!!!!! for £70 from argos. Only thing is that i am not sure if macromedia is disabled. Can anyone tell me if it is and if it isn't where can i get the hack to disable it. Thanks gangsters.
	WalterPK from Other reported April 12, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Just bought the 114 model from Argos today at £70. I already have an Apex 1100wb that does everything, but was having difficulty in obtaining another. Next choice was the Alba 108, but after various comments was wary of landing up with the 108xi model ( much less functionalty ). Anyway ordered the 108 and the Argos man produced ..... a 114 model. Hadn't read up on this one, but took a chance and bought it. Well pleasesd, it played a DVD+R disc first time with no messing about ( eg hacks, etc). I will try out various other media and report back, but later on as its for a present.
	Joust from Other reported April 09, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 8 of 10 Comments: There is a solution to the "no sound SVCD" for owners of older players - just burn the .mpg SVC file as a VCD and the sound comes out fine and the quality is as you would expect with SVCD. In nero just create a normal VCD and then hit the "turn off compliance" when you load the SVCD file. This must therefore be a bug with the firmware - but as I only ever use SVCD's that I create I'm not that fussed. Final thing is that I've found it fussy with some unbranded CDR's and burning at over 16x speed. I use princo and they seem to be fine (although strangly you have to "pop open/close" the VCD sometimes to get it it recognise the VCD....
	John Leggett from Other reported March 11, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $150 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Bought my dvd 114 today from Argos. Region free straight out of the box, no need for a hack. Those that reported problems with B/W picture on Region 1 disks should be aware that there is a menu setting of "content specfic" that should be selected instead of the default "PAL". Plays all my DVD-r/rw disks all makes (TDK, bulkpaq, mirror, unbranded etc. Well pleased with the performance.
	Scienide from Other reported March 09, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 VBR WMA? CVD? $70 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX MPEGISO Comments: Had this system for some time now (before xmas). Cost me about £85 but obviously the prices were high for the xmas rush. Has now dropped much more since. It plays everything i have thrown at it perfectly exept i have no sound on the SVCD;s as a few others have stated. Luck of the draw with the models age alledgedly. I dont use SVCD so i dont care about it. VCD's play perfectly everytime on any disc, cheap or expensive. I started buying Region 1 DVD's online from America almost on the days they arrived in the cinemas here. Got The Ring last week and it played extremely well. Not black and white like some numbnuts keep saying. Thats to do with your TV. I specifially bought a Daewoo TV from Tescos that was NTSC and PAL complient. Pictures are great especially the Region 1's. All in all the player is great and does what i want. Yes the remot is uglier than my rectum but it does what its supposed to do and i cant remember the last time i showed off my remote control collection to anyone so who cares. Go buy it and enjoy.
	Upekshapriya from Other reported February 26, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Roadstar DVD-2019 is being sold by Argos instead of the Roadstar DVD-414 which one poster seemed to think was the same as the Alba DVD-414. Anyone know if it is basically the same machine or not? - the 2019 has the same cosmetic layout as the Roadstar DVD-414.
	D Jackson from Other reported February 21, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I brought this player £69.99 from Argos. Wanted the 108 but got this instead. Plays VCD'S and SVCD'S without using a hack. Good picture quality. Plays discs that have been burned with Nero and Clone. Doesn't discriminate between CDR makes.
	Adam from Other reported February 17, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Small update on the Alba DVD114. Argos now stock this player with its own catalog number, but its called a "Roadstar DVD114". From the picture found in the book (pg 861), there is no difference to the play. Once I take back my old Alba DVD108 for the sole reason it can't search through SVCDs (gets annoying after a while), I will purchase this player and give a report.
	Gary from Other reported February 15, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 10 of 10 Comments: Bought the Alba 108 last week from Makro - utter garbage! Wouldn't play any of my DVD+R, and awkward hack for my VCD/SVCD. Took it back and got the 114 - same price (£58, roughly $80 including tax). What a difference! The 114 plays all my DVD+R (recorded on Sony DRU120a - Datawrite/Ricoh/Intenso media), DVD+RW, VCD/SVCD - out of the box! No hack needed. Can't ask for anything more! Recommended budget buy.
	jeff from Other reported February 14, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: just burnt a DVD +RW and DVD +R it plays back great, disc was ricoh that came with writer, feature was with menu 8 chapter and scene selections x 4 per chapter using tempg to encode from .mov,, used digital origin for editing converted to mpeg with tmpeg this player cost £69.00 from tesco and is better than my bros £500.00 multi changing whatsitcalled
	coolhandluke from Other reported February 13, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 VBR WMA? CVD $80 N/A 9 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD Comments: Just purchased alba 114 from MAKRO in Edinburgh - £58 incl VAT. First impressions excellent player and well worth the money. It plays VCD and SVCD straight out of the box no hack required and I have tried some very cheap copy discs - picture quality and sound first class. Plays multi region straight from the box as well. Tried my different dvd types and no problems yet. All in all a great player and certainly less fussy than the toshiba player I had previously.
	Nick from Other reported January 23, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Darren, I actually have two of these and can back you up, cause one has this problem. (No sound on SVCD) It seems to be an older model too cause there are slight differences. The problem unit doesnt have the bitrate meter when you press disply during playback. Looks like older firmware, I would take it back and replace it if I were you, my working model came in a white box if that helps. Anyone know of any firmware updates? (cause I lost the reciept!)
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