Alba DVD108xi Review

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dorset.'s Review of Alba DVD108xi DVD Player

25th Dec 2002

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
Good Points

Seems OK if all you want to play is DVD's.


Bad Points

Does not seem to play VCD/SVCD's at all.
none of the hacks for Alba 108 seem to work.


General Comments

Argos seem to be supplying these in place of the 108 (not the same Machine)as advertised. The 108 can be hacked to play VCD's SVCD's and multi region DVD's and none of these hacks work with this machine.
I will be taking mine back as soon as they re-open after Christmas.
My rating may be a bit mean but it just does not do what I want it to.


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  • Sam. on 1st Jan 2003

    I got a DVD player from Argos for an Xmas present and that turned out to be an Alba 109. So it would seem to be a little pot luck on what you get from them at the moment. Don't know about the xi but the 109 is hackable very easily and has played everything i've thrown at it thus far....
    Maybe try a different Argos shop.

    Sam

  • Walter Copley. on 2nd Jan 2003

    this is my first dvd player so I don't have a comparison comment to make.
    I was disappointed that the machine was not multi-region, however this cheat works:-
    TO MAKE MULTI-REGION.
    1)open door using remote
    2)display language menue by pressing "setup"
    3)scoll to "custom setup" using shift right key.
    4)don't enter the screen, leave the highlighter on the "Custom Icon" and key in 3333
    5)"secret menue" will appear.Use the shift arrows and select "code 0". Press "enter". Close door.