Re: Need advice
Originally posted by brian0526
I want to buy a DVD player for my in-laws for Christmas. They don't have a computer and I'd like to be able to send them CDs or DVDs they can put in the player and look at pix of the Grandkids. Do I need to get a player that has Kodak CD Photo capability or something like that to do this? Can I make DVDs using iPhoto or iDVD that they could view on their DVD player (very easily- they have zero computer skills).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
you could just check that the specs for the player say "DVD-Video, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD" (I can't think of any DVD sold today not playing these), and you are home free.
i can only add, buy the cheapest possible player. Amazon has a number of lesser known brands starting at around $40, and all of them pretty much okay. eg - the DP300 'Norcent', which is great, even better than many other pricier players in a couple of ways : it is compatible with both NTSC and PAL (european) format TVs, and has a voltage range of 120-240, so usable anywhere in the world. Of course, you many not need these, so you could ignore all that...
if you are only comfortable with name brands, you could still go for the cheapest among them.
i have seen that the prices of dvd players are hiked up for the 'progressive scanning' capability, and for playing multiple dvds sequentially, and did not find any use for either : the progressive scanning is needed only for TV sizes 32 inches or more (i have only a 27 inch), and i cannot think of watching more than one DVD at a time