Dansai 952 (Tesco)
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Dansai 952 (Tesco)
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Got This After My 852 Died After 11 And A Half Mon
Got this after my 852 died after 11 and a half months of reasonable use, the 852 is a much better player (the 952 pixelates a lot and has a tendencey to skip on quite a few films, which played ok in the 852 and in my PC).
Bought the original from Tesco and when they were informed that I had a problem they arranged a swap immediately but when the new 952 was delivered it was dead in the box so they had to send another!
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I Have Tried Playing Vcd's That I Have Produced Us
I have tried playing VCD's that I have produced using Nero 5.9. on my Dansai 952 DVD player - plays but corrupted pic and sound makes them not watchable. Same with SVCD's.
Mine says it plays VCD's but doesn't mention SVCD's.
I called Tesco helpline and just a call taker decided that I needed a chip or cd upgrade. She didn't seem sure what it was, but they are out of stock.
Has anyone else had this problem or aware of what the upgrade is.
Is it an upgrade for later models that didn't have VCD ?
If its a chip upgrade, if I open the box then I will probably invalidate the warranty so should be interesting what happens.
If anyone knows what the problem might be with the way I record the VCD etc thenplease e-mail me at [email protected]
you need to get a Pacific 1002w from asda only £37
and it will play anything you throw at it and it looks good aswell
Any ideas as to what is the URL for this site to get the upgrade to allow the 952 to play VCD and SVCD?
i myself have purchased the dansai 952 from tesco's and when installed was dissapointed that it would not play vcd nor svcd. I went on the web and downloaded some firmware to resolve the problem. plays both formats no problem. basically you download the file burn it on disk and follow the attached instructions and thats all.
i have just purchased a dansai dvd player with instructions to make it multi region.If these instructions are of any use,iwill gladly forward them on.
I've just bought a Dansai 952 DVD Player from Tesco and am not 100% decided on whether to keep it. I really need/want it to be able to play VCD's but so far can't get them to work. I've trawled through various postings and it is apparent that the newer versions of this player can't play them :0( I would love some advice as to whether it's worth hanging on to as it's likely that something will be available soonish in the future to enable me to play them...or just cut my losses and take it back, get a refund and go get another. All comments/advice greatly appreciated. Many thanx
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For The Price The Dansai 952 Is An Excellent Dvd P
For the price the Dansai 952 is an excellent DVD player. I have tried DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+RW disks and they all work, also plays VCD and SVCD and MPEG files with a bitrate of 6000 kbps.
I have a 952 and it only intermittently plays -RW discs I have authored. Can I save an MPEG2 to the DVD and will it play video & sound through the Dnasai.
Peter Mather
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The Dansai 952 Has To Be One Of The Best Dvd Playe
The Dansai 952 has to be one of the best DVD players about.
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I Got The Old Verson Of The Dansai 952 Can Someone
i got the old verson of the dansai 952 can someone tell me if it is macrovison please help me
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I Bought This Dansai 952 Dvd Player After Having P
I bought this Dansai 952 DVD player after having problems with a Dansai 1010 (remote control sensor was not in line with the "window", and it started to skip on a DVD intro when warm).
So far it's behaved itself, although my first impressions were bad - I saw a lot of artifacts / "cubes" in dark areas in one chapter of CSI (my only DVD :-}), although this does not seem to have been noticeable since - perhaps that one chapter suffers on all machines, or it's encoded badly.
The remote control problem is better, but still pretty poor by most standards. The remote itself is not a thing of beauty, and seems quite poorly laid out overall.
I've been unable to test the 5.1 sound output but the output through the 14" TV it's playing through was OK, but needed the volume control adjusting on the remote control to more closely match the normal TV volume.
The unit itself is LARGE - 43cm wide * 30cm deep * 7cm tall, so make sure you have a large space to put it in !
Bear in mind the depth measurement does not take into account any leads such as scart.
MP3 playback seems ok, but long filename support in the menus would have been nice - it's impossible to pick a track first time if the artist's name forms the first part of the filename and you have the whole album on there...
Navigation could have been made easier with a little more thought, but it's usable.
To make it region free:
Press SETUP on the remote
STOP on the front panel
PREVIOUS on the remote
NEXT on the remote
You will get a setup screen allowing you to bypass region protection.
Macro disable was NOT available in my firmware, version V25J01129, bought 11th July 2002.
Update to my initial post - it`s now another dead Dansai box - this time it`s making a "distressed" electrical sound along with the drive whirring away.
Completely dead, no display, no remote control / front panel operation, DVD jammed in player.
Managed to get the DVD out of it, and it`s back to Tesco for ANOTHER refund on a dead machine.
Not impressed.
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I Managed To Get The Older Version Dansai 952 Dvd
I managed to get the older version Dansai 952 DVD player, you can tell this because on the front of the unit it has the VCD logo.
Newer versions don't have this logo so check the front of the unit.
Anyone know why Tesco have done this!!
Rate old version 10/10
new version 7/10
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Just Picked This Dansai 952 Dvd Player Up From Tes
Just picked this Dansai 952 DVD player up from Tesco -I had a 1010 before which played every format thrown at it even XVSCD.....however the 952 I got plays nothing except DVD format!
Back to Tesco it goes!
PS. It would be a good cheap buy if you want a 5.1 DVD only player.
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I Went Into Tesco, Hatfield To Buy A Dansai 852 An
I went into Tesco, Hatfield to buy a Dansai 852 and saw the Dansai 952 DVD player - guess its just the same internals with dolby 5.1
One gripe tho - my homemade VCD's start at about 30 seconds into film - I have to rewind and then play from beginning.
I have tried one CDrw burnt as NTSC VCD and it had problems decoding yet it played fine on my PC.
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The Dansai 952 Dvd Player Does Not Do All The Thin
The Dansai 952 DVD player does not do all the things the 852 can.
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