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Value for Money	8.8/10
Overall rating	8.1/10

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By andy. on 18th Mar 2002

andy.'s Ratings

Value for money	7/10
Overall value	6/10
andy.'s recommendation

Good Points

My Alba 103 will not play R1 'a Knights Tale'. Have had 3 copies, none will progress from the route menu. Any ideas? Do Alba have a web site?

Bad Points

General Comments

I have found the Alba DVD103 DVD player good overall, although the laser seems to need cleaning regularly to play dvd's well.

6 Comments on Review by andy. for Alba DVD103

1. Red 5. on 24th May 2002

   I have the same problem with my DVD103 but my copy of A knight tale is Region 2 !!!

2. Si. on 28th Aug 2002

   I have tried both R1 and R2 Knights Tale. I think it might be RCE. Apparently there is a hack of some kind using the "DIGEST" button, but I had given the discs back when I found out.
   
   I also find that if I don't leave an Audio CD in the player, it won't play DVDs at all (just spins wildly). Also has an intermittant glitch which causes lots of blocking on the screen, eventually clears with lots of removing of the DVD and trying again.
   
   Wouldn't recommend this player to anyone, I'm buying a SONY next time (soon).

3. David McGloin. on 30th Aug 2002

   I had the same problem with 'A Knight's Tale' (R2). If you press the Resume button (I think) while on the main menu then you can watch the film. Can't view the extras though.

4. Debs. on 7th Sep 2002

   To get to 'A Knights Tale' extras, when the very first screen where it plays the Columbia Tristar logo plays, press stop twice (quite quickly) and then press digest (right after). Don't panic, it will look as though you haven't done anything and it's just gone back to the blue 'Alba Digital Versatile Disc Player' screen, but then it will begin to digest - lots of little pictures will load (each second one is blank, just an interval) and will play about two seconds of a preview of whatever that picture is. These are basically the extras divided into chapters. You can access whatever one you want by pressing the corresponding number, or scroll to the next page by using the 'Forward' button. You will eventually reach the movie divided up into chapters (with no divides), but there are more extras beyond that.
   Hope this information doesn't come too late and you've not returned it.
   Debs.

5. Anon. on 19th Jun 2003

   I recently bought this model and had exactly the same problems with blocking/freezing etc.
   
   I have now replaced my Alba with a Sony.
   
   I would not recommend this DVD player to anyone.

6. Si. on 19th Jun 2003

   I bought a Sony DAVS880 instead, and don't regret it at all.

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