Mission Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 For 30 notes, I'd be prepared to accept that, I don't use Teletext anyway, I have teh interwebnet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 I found three faults! I didn't have the first two faults you mention but the remote signal strength does appear to be a bit crap yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I'm sat about 6 feet away from my television, does it work at that distance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I'll be getting one of these for the bedroom then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Might have to get one meself seeing as my normal dvd player is a bit wack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Bought one, and I'm impressed by the looks... Looks a lot better than I expected. I'm going to try a couple of movies on it now... EDIT - Must agree with the other bad points - the remote is fairly iffy and the tray flimsy. Asides from that, it looks very professional - I threw in a random DVD+RW and CDR and it played both no problems - both with good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 anyone know if it'll do xvid or divx with ac3 audio ? (5 or 6 films with 5.1 sound on 1 disk = teh win!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Not sure - I'll have a gander through the manual or you may find something on google, the model is the Skyworth 3650; http://www.divxplayers.co.uk/reviews/sky3650/index.html (Note : the review states in the 'cons' that "OSD always displayed when a DivX/XivD file is played" - he obviously didnt see the big OSD button to turn it off) ahh just found this http://www.skyworth-smi.com/English/avproducts/DVD.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 I still thing a few quid for an xbox modchip if you've already got an xbox is a better purchase. Mounting a network share and having access to your entire mp3 and divx collection is teh nuts. Oh, it plays games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 If your getting jerky XVID play back like I was eariler today, read here Edit: Read my next post for proper fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I was thinking of going down the Phillips / Panasonic route for a new widescreen tv, dvd and home cinema setup tbh but I've seen some nice B&O and Mission (lol) speakers too. Not sure now though, I don't have a sound system at home atm, my only source of music is my pc. I'm really in the market for a whole new system tbh, separate from my pc (which is in a seperate room). I need TV, dvd (player and recorder would be nice), cd, radio, cassette (tape to tape option would be ace - I know it's old hat but handy for the car) and vinyl. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 OK found the fix for the Skyworth, a simple firmware flash. BURN THE FILE ”SKY.BIN” ONTO AF CD-R (ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS)NAME THE CD-R ”SKYWORTH” (ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS) INSERT CD-R INTO DVD, AND FOLLOW ONSCREEN INSTRUCTIONS WAIT WHILE UPDATING. THIS CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER SUCCESFULL UPDATE, THE PLAYER WILL RESET/RESTART ITSELF WARNING!!! DO NOT TURN OFF DVD PLAYER WHILE UPDATING. This will lead to A defective DVD player. UPDATE WILL HAPPEN ON CUSTOMERS OWN RISK I've attached the SKY.BIN file, the page I got it from is here. Mine is working amazing now, no jerkiness at all and you even more options to play with. When you first boot it up again, it will have the Input Type set too off, go into the Setup and turn it back to RGB. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 (tape to tape option would be ace - I know it's old hat but handy for the car) and vinyl.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Buy a better car, they come with CD players these days, Grandad! Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Go over to scouseland on a day trip and get some gear from Richer Sounds. I've bought my hifi stuff from them for the last 12 years or so and have always been impressed with their service & staff attitudes, silly cheap prices, and of course the tasty gear I've had from them. I was going to buy some mission floorstanders a couple of years back, then when I went to the shop and listened to the Eltax ones they were selling I was amazed at how good they sounded compared with the dearer missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSOD Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Ive just aquired a Pinnacle Showcenter 1000g, quite expensive but worth every penny in my opinion, I play most stuff from the pc now, from mp3's, divx to vob's, saves alot of burning disc's etc, I just need to get a pci or usb2 tv card now then I can record from the tv-sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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