Malata DVP-393 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
Malata DVP-393	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	$40	7.6/10 9 votes	View 15 reports (17726 views) Post report
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	Video formats: VCD SVCD DivX XviD JPG, MPEGISO Audio formats: MP3 DVD-MP3 max 128kbit/s MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG WMA				Other features: Visit manufacturer's site Region code free hack here Google this player.
	DVD Media comments for this DVD Player (click on the link to read the comments)
	1 Dynex 2.4xDVD+R (MKM.....001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Eagle Media 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Generic/Unbranded 8xDVD-R (OPTODISCR008) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Imation 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 KHypermedia 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Maxell 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Maxell 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Maxell 8xDVD-R (MXL RG03....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Maxell 8xDVD+R (MAXELL..002) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 MaxMax 4xDVD-R (GSC002......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 16xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR03) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Msonic 4xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 2 Msonic 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 2 plays 0 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Philips 16xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AM3) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Philips 16xDVD+R (CMC MAG.M01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
	Comments
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	chris stibrany from United States reported February 20, 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? $? 300 days 4 of 10 Comments: Just gotta say, it seems like a great deal but dont buy it. i thought everything was A OK (regardless of slow reaction time when buttons were pressed, or no reaction) but then after 10 months, just tonite it stopped displaying a picture. it only has sound now. and im very pissed off. i read it happend to a lot of other people too. so dont waste your money, get a more expensive one that wont break. cuz ur pics gonna die..sorry.
	cowgoo from Canada reported September 26, 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? $50 120 days 9 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD MPEGISO DVD-MPEGISO Comments: i have the 393a that has pogressive scan, but in every other way seems to be a 393. has played everything i have access to. only prob was i had to manually reset the firmware as it is shipped with prog scan as default.
	Daniel from United States reported September 23, 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? $? 1 days No rating Comments: I'm only writing this review to say that this is NOT a portable player unlike what it might say up top. Just because a player is small in size doesn't make it portable.
	Nataq from Canada reported March 17, 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? $60 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: I bought a second unit today (bought one for my girlfriend 6 months ago, still running fine). Before buying it again i shopped a lot for another portable dvd player and couldnt find anywhere else what the dvp-393 can offer me. I must say that i wanted a portable player so I only looked for compact/small dvd players. I chose this one for the following reasons: -compact/small and very GOOD LOOKING (yes it matters to me :) -Can turn it REGION FREE in seconds with remote (cant be easier than this) -Plays about any formats (except divx) -3 video outputs: S-video, composite, COMPONENT -2 audio outputs: Stereo and coaxial This player is NOT progressive scan but you can connect it with INCLUDED COMPONENT CABLE (altough cheap silver plated ones) for better image quality. I have searched hours on the net to find portable players with component out and i can say that it is very rare. I tested my new player with mp3 disk and worked great. You can place songs in folders and player will change folders automatically when all the songs in a folder are finished. Can also play songs randomly. Never used a dvd player for listening to music before but i think i cant ask more with what ive seen with this player. Not sure if i will use that tough. Also tried a picture cd and everything (image quality, menu) was good. My region 3 dvds are perfectly working too with the region free hack posted in the forum. I had made a svcd before to test on different dvd players for my friends but it never worked so i didnt expected this one to work in my player but it did perfectly! Image was perfect for svcd. About the remote. Heard some people complaining about it. Ok it doesnt look like a normal remote, its very small and there is like a plastic that cover all the surface. Personnaly i found that look good and think about this: You cant pull out a button like on a normal remote and built this way it seems like its kind of waterproof (even if you spill liquids on it the liquid wont enter in the remote, altough it seems so! :) So i give this player a 9 because it fills MY need perfectly. And by the way, all test i did with this dvd player (mp3 cd, jpg cd, svcd cd...) were my first ones on a dvd player so im not an expert and everything that i tried worked. Also heard there is now the Malata DVP-393a on the market. This one is supposed to have progressive scan...
	Kexx from Canada reported January 27, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R Few DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 128kbit/s WMA? CVD? $40 N/A No rating JPG/JPEG DVD-JPG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX DVD-RAM Comments: I had bought myself a DVP-393 recently and I ended up returning it. Remote did not work at all and it would not read my burned DVDs. There were a mix of Maxell and Memorex -R,+R,-RW and +RW. The interface menu was pretty primitive and it's MP3 capabilities very limited. I ended up getting myself the Koss KD305-2 instead for 70$ which also has progressive scan. Good quality mahcine that ready all my DVDs and played my MP3s flawlessly. It also has a very nice interface menu. Plus the warranty on it is one year as opposed to only 3 months for the Malata.
	farnyjr from Other reported January 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 128kbit/s WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: No comments
	Simon from Other reported December 20, 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 JPG/JPEG Comments: Everything works as advertised. Picture is great. It even comes with component video cables. However, to get the component outputs fully working, one must use the remote to set it up. It is default to S-Video output. READ the user's manual. Also, there is no power on indicator. However, for the price ($45 cdn), it is still a great bargain.
	Pendragon from Other reported December 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 9 of 10 Comments: OK after having connected this player to a Memorex VCR and then to an old TV I was surprised to find that the unit did not produce any macro-vision distortions at all!!! I did nothing to this unit but take it out of the box. It only cost me $45 Canada dollars at futureshop. That’s about $35 US wow. It’s very small and the remote sucks but my DVD-R and DVD+R disks played perfectly. I used both princo 4x/2x and Memorex 4x media that was copied with DVDXCOPY and have had no problems. SVCD and VCD played with no trouble. The only problem I had was that my unit’s component outputs didn’t work but I’m going to return it tomorrow and get a replacement unit. I recommend that anyone who wants a cheap player get one of these things while they are on sales at this price.
	Debbie from Other reported December 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? $40 N/A 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: Although the remote control is a bit too cheap....the machine itself works great. I got it at futureshop for $59.99 CAD and I asked the salesperson and he told me it was not multi-region..but I went here and found out that even if it isn't I could hack it..voila~ I buy the machine, go home and it IS multiregion (without any hacking..great!).. it works for my dvds (region 1 or 3), vcds (burnt or brought) and mp3 cds..it even does a shuffle on tracks (if you want) or it can just play 1 track it can play an entire directory/disc. It's a great buy~
	Nitram from Other reported December 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? $40 N/A 6 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: Solid Machine! True Region Free built into it. It plays everything I threw at him. It may not be the best quality machine, but for the price, it's worth it!
	B Clark from Other reported November 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? $50 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-MP3 DivX MPEGISO DVD-RAM Comments: Great player for the money. ($59.99 cdn) Unit plays every disk I have tried so far, including many that will not play on my far more expensive JVC unit. Will view a data DVD-R as if it was a data CD-ROM and will view images and play mp3's off the disk Views mpg video files off of a data disk but so far I have not had any actually play...this isn't something I normally use so I'm not sure on how functional it is at this task, but it does display them as a file you can play in the browser. Unit is really nice and small...great if you are pressed for space, and with the exception of the remote, seems fairly well made. Remote is the main drawback of this unit...it is fairly cheap, having the softkeys you normally would see on a diskman type remote...Functional but time will tell if it wears out quickly or not. No power indicator...hard to know if unit is on or off without looking at the TV. Some would say this is a disadvantage, while others would say it is a feature as you don't have lights glowing at you while trying to watch a movie. Other features: Volume control on remote Will slideshow images Displays all files on data DVD/CD-ROM in file browser Component video output Unit includes rca a/v and component video cables in box Coaxial Digital output can be enabled via menues and will provide dolby digital and dts signals. Works for audio as well as video., but must enabled to do this. Has an option for 96khz. Overall a fantastic little player for the money, and seems to work better than the more expensive brands.
	Oldfart13 from Other reported November 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 No rating Comments: Just to update...the region free code works great. Too bad it can't play straight Mpegs burned onto CD-R or DVD-R as well as DVD-/+RW. I spent $10CAD more and bought the Norcent DP-300 and was able to do just that.
	abbytot from Other reported October 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? $? N/A 8 of 10 Comments: great little player....only setback is there is no on/off indicator...bought a futureshop for $60ca..recommend the extended warranty just to be safe
	Oldfart13 from Other reported August 07, 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 6 of 10 JPG/JPEG DivX MPEGISO Comments: DVD-RW causes DVD player to lock. Can only be unlocked by pulling the power cord out of the electrical socket and plugging it back in after 15 seconds (reboot). There are supposed to be hacks for the region and macrovision but they aren't included in the current model, even though the manual says that a region hack IS available from the setup menu. Malata (Canada) says that a firmware upgrade will be made available but in the fast moving world of DVD players, it's taking too much time and people aren't willing to wait. It's not a bad player for the price ($60 CAD) and it does quite a bit out of the box that a lot of other players can't but without the Macrovison and Region hacks maybe it's only good for a kid's room. Get the Liteon LVD-2001 either from USA sources or (soon) Canadian sources if you are in North America. A much better player...
	Ric from Other reported August 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? $5000 N/A No rating JPG/JPEG Comments: No comments
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