Durabrand DUR1700 DVD Player

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Durabrand DUR1700 CDR
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$150  8.2/10
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1 Fujifilm 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Office Depot 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play.
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Richard from Canada reported May 12, 2005:
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$? 14 days 8 of 10
JPG/JPEG
DivX

Comments:
Find support, spares, etc... at www.18002526123.com (Alco Support site also their support phone number). In Canada, they're located in Markham, ON and nice people (eh?:). Go to their office for spares, easier and quicker than mailorder and much cheaper (shipping on my battery would have been $30USD - spare battery cost $28, which is way better than the F'shop or B'buy equivalents).

Pleased with the player so far. Played pre-recorded and many home burned DVD's. Plays all regions with the hack (tested Region 1, 2 and none).




arttyboy from United States reported April 16, 2005:
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$150 3 days 8 of 10
MP3 long filename

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Great Little Player, I burn movies from netflix on Fujifilm dvd-r 8x, on a emprex dvd burner using dvdshring and dvddecrypter and I have no problems with this little player, I have thrown about 20 discs and not a flaw up to this point, Its a must buy!!! and great deal. only down fall is that it doesn't come with a case, and the sound I can deal with, just dont take it into a noisy room without headphones.




Harmless Gryphon from United States reported February 09, 2005:
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$175 60 days 9 of 10
miniDVD/cDVD
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DivX
MPEGISO
DVD-MPEGISO

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Not a bad little player. A little flimsy, and the built in speakers suck, but it plays almost anything you can throw at it, and has every cable you could ever want. With the region hack, I don't have any commercial product it won't play. That includes DVDs from almost every region in the world.

Picked it up at Wal-Mart to test out the DVDs I was making on the computer. It ended up being used for everything but. This is great to take on a trip.

The only real downside to this player is it has trouble with LPCM encoded discs. The only place you should encounter them is with home-burnt DVDs, but it's still a downside.




KEV PARRY from United States reported January 10, 2005:
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$150 21 days 8 of 10
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BOUGHT WHILST ON HOLIDAY IN USA USED HACK TO CONVERT TO REGION FREE TO PLAY MY REGIOIN 2 ON RETURN TO UK AND WORKS A TREAT ON BOARD SOUND NOT GREAT BUT USE GOOD HEADPHONES AND SOUND IS GREAT GOOD VALUE A GOD SEND FOR LONG TRIPS




Michael Alipio from United States reported November 24, 2004:
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$175 1 days 7 of 10
JPG/JPEG
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG
DivX

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I think its a great DVD player especially compared to the initial 4.5 i had before.. but one major gripe.. did anybody else have a problem with the way this thing reads DVDs? like some of the color spectrum especially in the orangish color range turn up green on the screen? Like garfield was orange with green stripes in the Garfield movie.




Gary S. from United States reported November 17, 2004:
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$400 7 days 8 of 10
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Ok, I'm not disapointed with this player. I agree with everyone else, the sounds sucks when using the built in speaker. Way too quiet. But with earphones on I need to push the sound almost all the way off. Also I concur that the DVD cover is very flimsy. (still acceptable).
Now it did play some VCD's I made and burned on Khypermedia. It also played a Multi-movie VCD on DVD-R (nice) that feature. For some reason I shoved in one of those Small DVD's and it wouldn't recognise it.. too small maybe? Tonight I'll D/L a demo Mpeg 4 maker and see what happens when I pervert a VCD to Divx, and see if it will play is as a Mpeg4 data disk.




snider00 from United States reported November 14, 2004:
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$? 14 days 8 of 10
JPG/JPEG
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MP3 long filename

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Bought this one from walmart for $180.00. Best picture qaulity i have seen in the price range. However the built in speakers are a joke. Sound is awesome with headphone or car stereo. It even has some 3D soundfield and equalizer options. love it.




chase from United States reported November 07, 2004:
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$175 2 days 8 of 10
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG

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No comments




movieman122 from United States reported November 07, 2004:
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$? 2 days 9 of 10
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It has played all DVD+R and +RWs movies I have tried. The built-in speakers are not very loud, even at the highest setting. Picture is good but DVD cover that you open and close when you put in a DVD seems flimsy. It is the best value I could find considering you can buy a $16 3 year warrenty. These things would seem to break easily since most of us are buying them for our children.




Chris from United States reported October 22, 2004:
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$200 180 days No rating
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Player works great. Only problem that I am currently having is with DVDs made from DVDXCOPY Platinum 4.0.3.8. When ever I put a disk in, all it says is no disc.




Ann from United States reported September 12, 2004:
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$200 1 days 8 of 10
DivX

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seems to be a great player just woundered if anyone knows the durabrand website for support and to buy more batteries if needed?
Ann




JD from United States reported September 10, 2004:
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$200 7 days 9 of 10
JPG/JPEG

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Like other reviews, this player ROCKS. 200 bucks at Wal Mart,and a $16 replacement warr. Cant beat it
HIGHLY reccomended. Have had unit for about 10 days. NOT a problem as of yet. Anyone know how to expand the Letter box setting ? thanx




killmore from United States reported August 29, 2004:
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$200 1 days 8 of 10
Comments:
Bought at Walmart.
VCD works.
SVCD works. (it even writes "SVCD" loaded)

NOTE:
If you change DVDs from DVR+R to DVD-R that is has to be rebooted before it recognizes new DVD.

I was testing with CHEAP CompUSA DVD+/-Rs - all worked.

I have tried a lot of Low-resolution DVDs as tempgenc calls them. They store 6 hours of movies with lower sound/pic quality - they all worked well.

Speakers terrible at high volume. Normal Volume OK.

Why is there no fast forward on the box? - there is one on the remote.




Phil from United States reported July 27, 2004:
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$200 5 days 9 of 10
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Quite impressed. Originally purchased Kawasaki 6.5"(made by Alco Electronics.) Took back after one day. Screen was washed out even at highest contrast levels and the picture was very blocky. The store where I purchased the Kawasaki only had simulated pictures on all of the models....so, I went to Walmart. They had several models hooked up and running real DVDs....some of the portables are really pretty bad. I was very impressed in the depth of color and resolution of the Durabrand DUR-1700. While the Magnavox was a couple of dollars more (and recommended by the sales staff) the picture on the Durabrand was far superior. The DUR-1700 appears to be made by Initial (and supported by them.) It's more stylish than most (black and silver with black around the LCD which enhances the contrast.) 2 Headphone ports is nice. Comes with car adapter and 3.5 hour lithium battery and AV cables to hook up to TV. Lacks the cheesy headphones that come with many, but, hey I would have thrown them away anyway for some good ones.

The quality seems to be top notch.

Besides, buy either online or in the store.....then go online and buy the 3 year replacement warranty for around $16. Hard to beat that.

I would highly recommend.




Bronx from United States reported July 06, 2004:
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$? 60 days 8 of 10
JPG/JPEG
DVD-JPG

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I am very satisfied with this DVD player. It plays my compusa, memorex, tdk and Ritek G04 dvds.




Darin Underwood from United States reported June 30, 2004:
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$200 14 days 8 of 10
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Not a bad player. Remote is decent and the battery works for 3 hours. The only complaint that I have is the speakers do not get very loud. In fact it only really works well with headphones. If you buy this player from walmart, make sure to go online afterword and purchase the keep it new program for it. $16 for 3 years... Not too bad, if anything happens they will replace it. That is cheap!



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