Update: Amazon is no longer selling the Norcent DP300 DVD Player; it has apparently been replaced with the Norcent DP-302V DVD Player
With DVD players now selling for less than $50, I've been wondering how the inexpensive players stack up with their older generation predecessors.
So I ordered a Norcent DP300 DVD Player from Amazon.com to find out.
For the most part I was impressed. It handled just about every DVD that I threw its way, including some that other players had problems with because of errors. In addition to DVDs, of course, it can play back CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs, and it has MP3 decoding technology and NTSC/PAL conversion built-in.
Alas, while it could play back DVDs made from my Mac, it had problems synchronizing the audio on my picture slide shows.
Some models apparently have a back-door secret code that lets you make them region free.
Will post more later.
Posted by jt at September 5, 2003 04:55 PM