Initial IDM-1731 DVD Player

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DVD Player	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW	DVD+R DVD+RW	BD-R BD-RE	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	Price	Rating Info	Reports Comments
Initial IDM-1731	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	$125	6.6/10 21 votes	View 24 reports (18968 views) Post report
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	Video formats: VCD SVCD DivX JPG, DVD-JPG MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Audio formats: MP3 DVD-MP3 max 320kbit/s MP3 long filename WMA				Other features: Visit manufacturer's site Region code free hack here Google this player.
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	1 Fujifilm 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...D01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 HP 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...D01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Office Depot 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 RiData 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...D01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
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	Gary from United States reported April 23, 2006: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW Few DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $125 240 days 3 of 10 Comments: Plays rental DVD movies OK, but skips or freezes on majority of DVD-R disks recorded on my burner or friend's burners. Anyone know of a firmware update for this player? It's a boat anchor to me as it is.
	Tom S from United States reported November 06, 2005: 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? $125 210 days 7 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG Comments: I liked this unit from first disk. Half way through the movie the screen went blank. For months we have tried to figure it out but couldn't. Then one day while using headphones the screen went blank, as it has with every movie at some point during movie, being angry and fed up with the fade out every time I smacked the unit and on came the screen. We found that with the headphone plugged in and if screen goes blank you can jiggle the plug and the screen comes back on. Must be a loose wire or connection within the unit. Will be sending back before warranty expires. Considering the price I paid I would have gave it a 10 if not for this problem. Region hack worked great and since my wife is from Russia she can finally watch all her dvds. Works great plugged into our big screen and no fade out as experienced with units lcd screen.
	Bobby from United States reported December 11, 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? $300 360 days 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX Comments: Good player, I beat the shit out of mine and it still works
	John S from United States reported July 20, 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? $? 14 days 5 of 10 Comments: Having problems figuring out how to make the unit receive video input as the Initial website advertises. The switch on the side switches between the screen and video output only. Any help would be appreciated.
	Tommy from United States reported April 19, 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? $200 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: plays all of mt dvd+r. Ive tried one dvd+rw, I got a picture but no sound. On some of the dvd+r it shows a camera icon in the top right hand corner of the screen, but oly during parts of the movie. If you know what this means, or want to ask a question, tln256@bellsouth.net
	frank from United States reported April 07, 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? $200 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-WMA Comments: i got mines at comp usa this is great player it plays almost anything i put in the only id yes the noise when it loading but for 199.00 i love it
	Enrique from United States reported April 04, 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? $200 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-MPEGISO DVD-RAM Comments: Pluses: Plays everything I have put in it. except DVD-RAM Very stable even shaking it. Screen doesn't darken when you move to the sides like others, remote works with Mintek DVD Players, good remote,separate Jacks for audio and Video , you can connect sound to a car deck with input jack, decent Battery life(about 3 hours with LCD on) Minuses: Zoom indicator square stays on all times, sometimes angle indicator only at begining of movie, Battery charger not part of the AC adaptor, you have to remove the battery to connect it, noisy when searching for titles on discs.
	lafjax from United States reported March 30, 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? $175 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Excellent little portable player from Amazon. I discovered it will play PAL discs, 4:3 and 1:1:33. Just starting to use it but impressed right now.
	devon from United States reported March 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? $200 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename DVD-MPEGISO Comments: for the price, I can't argue at all. for $200 or less, it's really nice. Things I like about it: -innexpensive -can be used as a monitor for external sources like camera, vcr, etc. -Has never skipped for me at all -battery life -plays mp3, jpg, mpg off iso data cd/dvd -plays every disk I've fed to it. -4.7 gigs of mp3s on a DVD = 72 cds worth of music... oh yeah! don't like: -speakers are tinny (big deal, use headphones) -screen resolution is a little less than ideal (but acceptable considering the price) -FF/REW only on remote, not on body. body has chapter buttons though -doesn't handle dark movies very well. -video output of True letterboxed movies to TV does not letterbox, but stretches height. -no way to fully expand pseudo letterboxed movies. see, in a nutshell, there are 2 ways to make letterboxed movies. 1. use all 480 lines, but set a flag that tells the player that the movie is letterboxed, and it should treat the lines as being shorter than normal. 2. encode as a regular aspect ratio movie, but include the "black bars" in the compressed video. now with this unit, it playse case #1 perfectly, filling hte entire display. in case #2, you have to set the player to "normal" mode, lest everyone look all stretched and fat, which compresses the width of the movie to normal TV aspect ratio, AND it shows the movie with the black bars on the top and bottom. there is no way to have it crop off the top/bottom in case #2.
	Rod from United States reported March 13, 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? $250 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DivX DVD-MPEGISO Comments: After 3 solid days of buying and trying and returning 3 other 7 inch portable dvd players this one does what I want it to do and that is play raw mpg 1-2 files that are burned as data on a dvd-r or a dvd+r and it dosen't matter what speed those files are burned at. This is my 3rd player i have owned i sold the other two because im just a nut that way,as I said I returned two prior to buying and keeping this one.It plays everything flawlessly,svcds,vcds,mp3s,mpegisos,dvds,authored dvds,full dvds,shrunk dvds,and anykind of cdr or dvdr I can find..It will not play divx,xvid,mpeg-4 files when that firmware is available and is put into these players I will be the first to buy another player.In the meantime I highly recommend the Initial IDM 1731.I rate it a 9 because it wont play mpeg-4s
	Dave from Other reported February 09, 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 No rating Comments: For those of you looking for the Initial Home Page, here it is hope it helps. http://www.initialdvd.com/index.asp
	Ric from Other reported January 07, 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 320kbit/s WMA? CVD? $200 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MPEGISO Comments: This player was bought so my kids could watch store bought DVDs as well as DVDs created with DVDdecrypter (backup copies!) and DVD-RW of recent movies on DVD. No problems except for short battery life. Hope some company comes out with a longer battery life. Plays MPEG 1/2 ISO files excellently. Screen options could be better to allow for contrast, etc., instead of just color and bright. Excellent player for the money. No longer need my Koss portable with separate LCD screen. Have not tried this at home or with multi angle DVDs to check for problems. Region code remote hack worked great on Region 2 and 3 movies.
	Amanda from Other reported December 18, 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? $250 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: This player loves my memorex DVD+R discs. I've had no problems what so ever!
	Jim Smith from Other reported November 05, 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? $250 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I bought it from Walmart. It plays DVD+/-Rs just fine. I also tested it with several dual-layer DVDs and did not have the problems I've seen reported by a few. The screen is very nice and the audio with headphones is excellent. The built in speakers are weak. Overall, this is a great buy.
	Darren Bellouny from Other reported October 02, 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 1 of 10 Comments: Do not buy this unit. The device has a firmware flaw that shows a continous camera icon in the upper right corner when viewing some multi angle dvd's. Shrek and Die Another Day widescreen exhibit the problem every time. Shinsonic(mfg) asked me to return it for flawed hardware. I did, the unit was returned to me with the same problem. They asked me to return it again they say that the problem is not fixed and they are returning the unrepaired unit to me and there is nothing they can do. The unit is falwed and the MFG refuses to take responsibility for the issue. BEWARE!!!!!! (I was happy with the unit at first)
	K.S. from Other reported September 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? $250 N/A No rating MPEGISO Comments: Hello, I bought the player at Circuit City. I was looking up your page and found what I was looking for. Hacking the Region Code. I could switch to Region Code 2, but the original DVD wasn`t starting from the beginning and furthermore I couldn`t use the Remote and the build in pushbuttons. They were not functioning anymore. After I shootdown the player everything was as usual. Does someone can give support for that above mentioned problem?
	t kintzinger from Other reported August 13, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $175 N/A 1 of 10 Comments: I must have defective one. I can't get anything to play thru to end without freezing and restarting several times
	Darren Bellouny from Other reported July 18, 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? $300 N/A 3 of 10 Comments: Just received my unit. It Played DVD-R's and and store bought DVD's fine. The problem I had with the unit was that any multi-angle DVD or(DVD-R) showed the camera angle Icon on the screen always. I contacted Initial and they said I had a defective unit. I had to mail it back 3-4 weeks for repair. I felt that the problem was not a mechanical defect but firmware that shipped on the unit was not tested. Also their is no low battery warning. DVD's freeze on low battery.
	Dante from Other reported July 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? $300 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: I have used VCD, store bought DVDs and SVCDs in this thing and they all play really well. The only thing I don't like about it is the way the battery is on the machine. I also don't like the door on it as it looks kinda flimsy and will not last that long. Overal though I love it and I use it all the time(as a SVCD player at home)
	HaMm3r from Other reported July 01, 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 5 of 10 Comments: Bought this unit at Wal-mart and promptly returned it. While it played every DVD-R and DVD-RW that I put in it. It skipped horribly during the first 2-3 minutes of every one. After that they played fine, but the drive itself was extremely noisy. So noisy in fact, that it was distracting during movie playback. Opted for my money back.
	Alex from Other reported June 25, 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 3 of 10 Comments: Well I hate to say this but this wonderful little player has a bug. Major for some. If you try playing dual layer DVD's it will cause it to freeze at the layer break (my opinion, but others think so also). Tried several discs and they all do it as long as they are dual layer. Single layer discs have no problem whatsoever. You will hear a grinding, then searching and the screen will freeze. This is starting to be widespread problem reported by other posters at another forum.
	Peter from Other reported June 19, 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: This model is portable with 7-inch 16:9 widescreen display. It is sold at Wal-mart.
	janet from Other reported June 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 VBR WMA? CVD? $250 N/A 8 of 10 MP3 long filename Comments: I just bought this player at walmart. Mostly for playing VCD and SVCD on CDR. It has played everything that I have put in there. It gets a really great picture. It also has the audio and video cables allowing you to hook it up to your TV's RCA jacks. That works great also. For the price this is a great portable DVD player
	Alex Cuecuecha from Other reported June 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 VBR WMA? CVD? $300 N/A 10 of 10 MPEGISO Comments: This little player works great. Battery life is about 2.5+hrs. The manual says only 2 hrs, but I got at least 2.5 without any kind of warning appearing. DVD+R's work without a hitch, I only found a couple burned with Nero that gave me a couple of bugs, but the ones burned with RecordNow played flawlessly. Pretty good screen quality. Did not try any DVD-R's since I don't use them at the moment, but I've read second hand reports that they play fine also. Instructions are a little weak, but you can probably figure them out. Make sure to set the "TV Display" to Widescreen to take advantage of a bigger picture on the 7" screen. Played MP3's fine in a browser type display. VCD's all worked perfectly. Also tried some CD-R's with saved mpegs and they played fine, jpegs are viewable also. I'm assuming that this player is an upgrade to the 1711 model.
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