Cd Player Or Cd Capable Dvd Player

[Upcountry]

For a couple of silly reasons, I sold my quality CD player and DVD player before moving here a few years ago.

I've bought a few inexpensive DVD players in Thailand, and they all handle CD's terribly. They don't display the tracks numbers appropriately, fast forwarding, skipping tracks, entering track numbers, is all problematic.

I can't find a standard CD player upcountry.

So, I thought I'd ask TV members about brands and models of DVD players that work well with CD's.

Here are my requirements:

1. High quality sound of course (S/PDIF stereo output would be really great)

2. Display CD track numbers correctly (CD text would be good, but not required)

3. Remote and maybe face mounted > >>, < << buttons that correctly fast/rewind and skip back and forth between tracks

4. Capable of playing DVD's with any country code, like most players here.

It's amazing that even advanced models by B&J (Thai brand) can't do 2 and 3.

Thanks,

UC

Edited October 1, 2007 by Upcountry

[ajarnmark]

For a couple of silly reasons, I sold my quality CD player and DVD player before moving here a few years ago.

I've bought a few inexpensive DVD players in Thailand, and they all handle CD's terribly. They don't display the tracks numbers appropriately, fast forwarding, skipping tracks, entering track numbers, is all problematic.

I can't find a standard CD player upcountry.

So, I thought I'd ask TV members about brands and models of DVD players that work well with CD's.

Here are my requirements:

1. High quality sound of course (S/PDIF stereo output would be really great)

2. Display CD track numbers correctly (CD text would be good, but not required)

3. Remote and maybe face mounted > >>, < << buttons that correctly fast/rewind and skip back and forth between tracks

4. Capable of playing DVD's with any country code, like most players here.

It's amazing that even advanced models by B&J (Thai brand) can't do 2 and 3.

Thanks,

UC

I suggest you to go for Philips 3146 DVD player ALL-IN-ONE. It can play virtually any disk, including DivX etc.

I have been using this for about 2 months and very satisfied. It does not provide much information on front panel, except for time and commands like OPEN, CLOSE etc. but provides in depth information on TV/Display. Has multiple output at back panel and a remote control, without any regional restrictions.

One of the main reasons, I preferred it over other players is that it can play any type of discs, such as CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD RW etc.

No, I dont work for them, I just found it quite amazing in this price range.

[solo siam]

Where are you?

I have an old Marantz CD player and Philips CD Player that I don't use anymore.

[Upcountry]

ajarnmark, solo siam, thanks for your replies.

ajarnmark, how much does your Philips cost?

Prompted by your mention that the Philips 3146 gives more info on screen, I decided to make another attempt to get my B&J DVD player to output to my computer LCD analog input. No dice. My model has a VGA output, but I guess I have to hook it up to a regular TV first, and play with the settings, I don't know.

I really want something that simply lets me navigate between tracks and displays track numbers correctly. THE B&J is inconsistent.

solo siam, I'll PM you.

UC

[yeti]

If you live upcountry you can have a look at tohome.com, they have few models for which you should be able to find online reviews.

[Upcountry]

If you live upcountry you can have a look at tohome.com, they have few models for which you should be able to find online reviews.

Thanks, yeti, just saw your post.

I went to tohome but all I see are DVD players. I guess in this country CD players are only sold as part of VCD or DVD units. Makes sense for the majority of buyers here.

[Upcountry]

Where are you?

I have an old Marantz CD player and Philips CD Player that I don't use anymore.

Did you get my PM?

[astral]

From my reading it seems that very few DVD players will produce sound to satisfy an Audiophile

when playing CD's.

This site will help you find DVD players that can play CD's in good quality.