Mintek DVD-2580 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
Mintek DVD-2580	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	$60	7.5/10 23 votes	View 25 reports (10701 views) Post report
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	Video formats: VCD SVCD JPG, Audio formats: MP3 max 320kbit/s MP3 long filename WMA				Other features: Google this player Region code free hack here Google this player.
	DVD Media comments for this DVD Player (click on the link to read the comments)
	1 Magnavox 16xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AM3) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Magnavox 16xDVD+R (CMC MAG.M01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Maxell 16xDVD+R (CMC MAG.M01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play. 1 Philips 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Sony 1xDVD-RW (JVC/VictorT7) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Teon 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Value Disc 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play. Post your DVD Media comments here
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	theBigD from Other reported June 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 320kbit/s WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: This player DOES, in fact, play XVCDs (whoever said it doesn't is simply wrong); I have made nearly 200 of them at bitrates ranging from 112audio/930video to 224audio/1300video and played them without any problem. I haven't tried really high bitrates, but the latter is still 50 bps higher than the VCD standard. It will play the MPEG-2 files on SVCDs (if you know where to look for them), but there's no fast forward or reverse, no zoom and, at least in the case of the one SVCD I tried, it stopped playing about 3 minutes before the end (my software dvd player had no trouble playing the disc in its entirety, so I can only assume it's a problem with this unit, and not with the file). The unit also plays all MPEG-1 video and MP3 files stored on CD-ROMs flawlessly.
	java2architect 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 CBR WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating MP3 long filename Comments: No comments
	me from Other reported June 03, 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 320kbit/s WMA CVD? $60 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: No comments
	Kenny b from Other reported January 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 VBR WMA CVD? $60 N/A 8 of 10 MP3 long filename Comments: I have a Phillips DVDRW228 and am using the WINTV PVR250 to capture (this card supports hardware encoding - very nice and fast), ulead videostudio 6 to edit and ulead dvd moviefactory to author. the Phillips uses DVD+ media. I have had no problems other than dirty discs causing a scanning/reading problem. The Mintek is not the fastest or fanciest player but it is reliable - especially for $60! No difficulty reading either DVD+R or DVD+RW media that i've created. I will replace it when i can afford to but as a entry budget DVD deck, it has been fine. There is a Firmware hack for this player that allows the Macrovision to be turned off and it also allows Region assignment. I have switched the firm ware several times with no problem (from hack back to factory and back...etc). If you do decide to hack this player, be very careful. I did a lot of investigation before i decided on this. Start looking on this site - it's where i began my search. Also, do a search on google for your player by 'Mintek 2580' and you will find more important information regarding the firmware hack.
	donpedro from Other reported December 27, 2002: 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 JPG/JPEG MPEGISO Comments: No comments
	rd from Other reported November 24, 2002: 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? $60 N/A 7 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD Comments: As others have said, this player does not natively play SVCDs... you have to go into the menu and select the file and play it. What others havent said is that 1) you can just burn mpg to the disk and select it and 2) that includes VCD mpg (352x240), SVCD mpg (480x480) and DVD mpgs (704x480). The (704x480) mpg produces a really good result for home movies/video. I was not able to fool the player into playing a DVD mpg by burning a noncompliant VCD with the DVD mpg (gets "PCB" and does not play). When you do select the file to play it, you lose the ability to FF/RW/freeze frame. I did not test the player to see what the maximum bit rate DVD mpg would be supported. This player will also play jpeg and mp3 through the file selection process.
	DVDeval from Other reported October 28, 2002: 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 CBR WMA? CVD? $60 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: Plenty of features but got confirmation from Mintek Digital that they do not make this model anymore and there isn't a recent model that will play DVD+Rs. None of our DVD players are specifically designed to play them.
	Law from Other reported September 07, 2002: 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: This little gizmo is getting a bad rap! Almost every person complaining about VCDs, SVCDS, etc. is burning them wrong. The problem is you, not the little dvd player. Mintek even provides help on how to burn correctly.... To ensure that all files are shown, make sure you are recording (burning) your CD using the following options in your recording software. NOTE: Certain options may not be available in your software. ISO-9660 - If given the option to select a disk format (HFS, etc), make sure it is set to ISO-9660. No Multisession - If given the option, do not burn the disc as a multisession disc. Disc-at-Once / Track-at-Once - Disc-at-Once recording style is the most compatible, as all data is written to the disc in the most organized fashion. Avoid using Track-at-Once. Finalize CD / Close Disc - Setting this option ensures that the data written is most compatible with consumer devices. Leave Disc Open / Leave Session Open - If this option is available to you, make sure that it is not enabled. Most consumer devices, including Mintek players, cannot read discs which are open, or contain open sessions. There ya have it. P.S. For reals guys, for $70 you don't even get the right to complain.
	Nancy from Other reported August 18, 2002: 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? $100 N/A 7 of 10 Comments: This plays store-bought DVDs fine. Some DVDs that our friends have burned play fine and we can use the pause button, nothing else. BUT, when we view a movie with the VCD format, first a lot of folders appear on the screen and we have to select Mpeg then SVCD and it will play. The problem is when we play the second disc it stops about 5 minutes before the movie ends. We tried turning off the player and then inserting the second disc, but it still cuts off the end. This is very frustrating. I noticed someone else posting here also experiences this problem. Where is the Mintek forum referred to above?
	DJKOOLAiDE from Other reported August 09, 2002: 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 CBR 320kbit/s WMA CVD? $80 N/A 3 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: This was OK at first, but now this absolutely SUCKS! Any CD-R or CD-RW I burn, it cannot read. Even the ones that used to work, do not work anymore. It plays DVD fine, and yes I've tried CD Lens Cleaners, and Air Duster Cans. Nothing is working. VCD quality is great though, and there is only limited SVCD support. It can play the svcd but thats literally all it can do. No fast forward/reverse, no zoom, no menu support, NOTHING. I reccomend to NOT BUY THIS PLAYER, and spend $65 at Wal-Mart on the Apex AD-1200. Just my 2 cents -DJKOOLAiDE P.S. the DuraBrand (Walmart brand) CD-R's DO NOT WORK in this player.
	bert nguyen from Other reported June 23, 2002: 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 9 of 10 JPG/JPEG Comments: works with most everything i burn... my only problem with it is when i tried to play a SVCD, it popped up a little menu thing and i would have to go through the folders and choose the video.
	Randy Damewood from Other reported June 07, 2002: 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: No comments
	Thomas from Other reported May 16, 2002: 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? $100 N/A 8 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD JPG/JPEG Comments: This is also a follow-up on my earlier post. The DVD player will record fine to VCR, and after disabling Macrovision on capture device, it records and plays back fine on the computer. The 9/10th of a screen problem was cleared up. I also tested a VCD created by Nero on the unit, and it plays fine, and has menu support. I have not tested a SVCD yet, but I did test a VCD created with 160x192 screen size mpgs, and did not allow Nero to correct. The result was a jumbled image.
	Thomas Brown from Other reported April 12, 2002: 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? $105 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I have not yet tested the complete capibility of my Minteck 2580, but the results that I have seen are fairly good. I can play music CD's with no problems. I can play Mpeg-1 with little problems - depends on the screen size of the mpg. I can play Mpeg-2 with better results - screen size again. I have only had problems with one DVD - DBZ Cooler's Revenge - and that was with the beginning comercial (for Blue Gender) freezing up my DVD player. I can play images as long as they are jpeg. With the CD-R's that I play, one problem has happened - it does not always recognize how many files are on the CD. For instance, on a CD-R with 10 files, most of the time it recognizes all 10, but sometimes it leaves out maybe 6 of the 10. I just take the CD-R out, and put it back in and the problem is usually resolved. The DVD player also allows me to record from it to my VCR without any problems. But, like I posted on the forum, when trying to capture the video from the VCR to my computer, the file has 9/10ths of the screen blocked out. I have not used any hacks or upgrades for my DVD player.
	Steven Waters from Other reported March 25, 2002: 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 10 of 10 Comments: I got this dvd player for christmas and a friend of mine explained to me what a vcd was and brought one over. It didn't work at first it brought up a file menu and he said he must have burned the vcd wrong. But it helped me figure out that you don't have to make a vcd or svcd for this player. It will Read Files with a .MPG extenstion which is really cool. I never Heard of a DVD player that could do that. If only it could read .AVI
	Jeremy from Other reported February 20, 2002: 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 9 of 10 Comments: Cheap price and plays VCD's I burned with nero 5.5 and worked with every CD-R and CD-RW I used. Tested it at wallmart with a vcd I burned, Zoom, sleep mode, frame by frame, and other perks. Also plays pictures of a comic book I scanned, So far only seems to display jpeg format.
	Lawrence Mayka from Other reported February 15, 2002: 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? $100 N/A 4 of 10 Comments: Followup to my previous posting. I now notice that even DVD-Rs have the same problem as DVD-RWs on this player. Specifically, only the first 2 GB are read reliably; the rest of the disk gets progressively garbled. Just in case this was a fluke problem on my unit, I went to Best Buy and tried the one on display there--it had the same problem! This is unconscionable since even my old Toshiba SD-1200 player (purchased well over a year ago) can play DVD-Rs if they are made in just the right way, but this Mintek model can't. I guess the Mintek technical support people were correct: This model is not really compatible with DVD-R or DVD-RW.
	Lawrence Mayka from Other reported February 14, 2002: 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? $100 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: So far I've only used a DVD-R disk from cd-recordable.com, and a DVD-RW disk from Memorex. The DVD-R disk is read perfectly. The DVD-RW disk is also read perfectly for the first 2 GB. Over the rest of the disk, the quality steadily degrades until it eventually becomes totally unwatchable. This has happened consistently on 2 different burns of the DVD-RW disk. Incredibly, Mintek technical support asserts that "Mintek products are not compatible with the DVD-R and DVD-RW formats." This they say even though the player has a dual-focus laser, does explicitly support CD-R and CD-RW, and appears to work perfectly with DVD-R and not-so-bad with DVD-RW.
	John Abbate from Other reported February 03, 2002: 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? $120 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Burned my first DVD-R and put it into the Mintek (after the firmware upgrade and it played perfectly. It also plays SVCD's after the firmware upgrade.
	Mark Coleman from Other reported February 02, 2002: 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? $120 N/A 7 of 10 Comments: Used name-brand and generic DVD-R, worked fine. DVD-RW works, but I had to burn the disk and erase it once before it would work. Maybe it was my imagination. I don't use VCD or MP3 or other stuff, sorry. Bought my unit for $99 at Best Buy storefront. (Not on their web). Sidenote: menues and setups look oddly similar to my apex unit.
	Steve from Other reported January 17, 2002: 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? $79 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I just got the 2580, it plays SVCD just fine. I had to go into the folder to find it, but it was there. I encoded using nero with the SVCD mpeg2 plug in. Seems good overall so far.
	C.K. from Other reported January 13, 2002: 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? $120 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: So far so good, plays everything I put in it(CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, Kodak Picture Disks), but had one episode where put in a CD-RW of JPEGs which it had previously read without problem, but it kept "loading" like it was having trouble reading disc. Overall, a great bargain for $80 with lots of cool features like zoom and multi-angle viewing, and a very funtional remote.
	Sean from Other reported January 09, 2002: 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? $80 N/A 7 of 10 Comments: This will play SVCD, but you have to open the Mpeg file with the onscrean file browser. Anything opened with the file browser, including SVCD and MP3 content, cannot be paused. Has karaoke pitch control on the remote, and it works, but it has no microphone inputs like the 2110. Also supports Photo-CD and will play Jpeg image files as a slide show. DVD-R support seems to depend upon the media. Pioneer plays fine, as does the stuff from CD-Recordable.com, but Ritek suffers from playback glitches and meriteline usually wont even load. Digital audio out is only coax.
	jon newman from Other reported December 29, 2001: 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? $120 N/A 7 of 10 miniDVD/cDVD Comments: Don't believe the bestbuy ad. I have not been sucessful in reading SVCD disks. Also does not read mini-dvds ):-(
	anonymous from Other reported December 20, 2001: 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 used Snazzi to perform 5 min.MPEG1 capture from DVD in SIF quality 4MB/s. Snazzi ignores Macrovision so picture is pristine. Burned resulting MPEG file(160mb) to CD. Loaded into Mintek and pressed play button on file. Played nicely with no skip. Perfect A/V sync (Snazzi does perfect A/V sync). Quality is near VHS quality in 4MB/s mode. Only problem is at this capture setting probably can fit about 15 to 20 min. max on 1 CD. Next, I'm going to try SVCD software encoding to see if the Mintek can play SVCD disks as well. I think the Mintek 2580 at $79 is a great deal! Best Buy can't keep enough stocked. Selling like crazy (see Wall Street Journal write up). Plays regular DVDs perfectly too.
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