Dvd Player

[woodelf]

All I'm after is a bog standard, plain and simple, stand alone DVD player, nothing flashy or hi-tech or paart of a sound system, just something I can plug into the mains and watch - or in my case, listen to - my DVDs. I guess there is a screen/monitor, which would be handy though for someone to look at if something went wrong. But it's summat to watch my DVDs, which are things I remember or things that have been part described and I remember the dialogue. Just summat simple...like me!...smile! Ta Muchly and Take Care All.

[gingejbee]

Something like this....and Richer Sounds is a very good place to buy from....

https://www.richersounds.com/sony-dvpsr760.html

[gingejbee]

....oh, and they deliver free to blind or partially-sighted customers!

[woodelf]

Very Many Thanks Ginge - I'll go and have a look see...smile!...Fanx for being quick off the ginge - well, you aint called mark, eh!

[gingejbee]

You're welcome! You could perhaps get something cheaper (maybe Argos) but Richer Sounds after-sales is second-to-none....if a fault develops in the first year, they will usually simply give you another one without problem.

[pixie374]

Maybe just get a portable one, woodelf... much cheaper.

[woodelf]

Hi Pixie, that is what I'm after, a portable one, but I thought that is what Ginge was on about...unless you know one different!

[pixie374]

I was thinking something more like this...
https://www.wish.com/product/5d514e15d138f04144672121?from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=GB&_force_currency_code=GBP&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5d514e15d138f04144672121&ad_cc=GB&ad_curr=GBP&ad_price=21.00&campaign_id=8701462921&retargeting=true&gclid=CjwKCAjwkJj6BRA-EiwA0ZVPViBEz-uyt1FXKzg4TQyi2fHy8N6A3iLDb9XsjUEyaBPIdNPkdOH8ZhoCV_kQAvD_BwE&;hide_login_modal=true&share=mobileweb
I'm not recommending that company particularly, but they come with the screen attached, which may be worthwhile if you don't need a large TV screen x

[woodelf]

Hi Pixie, I went into the link you gave, but got all mixed up with what was on offer and anyway, I can't seem to find a DVD player which mentions a mains power unit - or summat similar - so I don't know where the power comes from or how...is it wi-fi or from what?...and it keeps on mentioning the telly when I don't want or need a telly to play my discs on, I just want to plug into the mains, put in a DVD and watch(listen) to it...and no mention of headphone socket either!...am I asking too much for stuff to be made simple in product explanations?... or is it just me!

[woodelf]

Yeah, okay, powered by battery, right but even then, unless I've missed it, it doesn't say what kind of battery - I must be more thick than I thought!..."you didn't have to think too much then!" says Lie-in King, with a wicked grin...ah, it's you, right, I'll let you off for that with a reward!...in-joke folks!

[Buenchico]

Hi Woodelf!

If you were to go into a shop and just ask for a 'DVD player', they'd assume that you were referring to the type which has to be connected to a telly. If you're seeking the type that has its own screen (and, more importantly to you, its own speakers and headphone socket) built into it, then it's a 'portable DVD player' that you need.

Just like laptops, tablets, mobile phones and other portable devices, a portable DVD players has a rechargeable battery built into it but you can use it on a mains power simply by keeping the charging unit plugged into it. The sound quality that you get from the speakers on any such unit is always very 'tinny' but you get much better sound quality through headphones.

Asda sell a model that's perfectly good enough for your needs for fifty quid:
https://groceries.asda.com/product/blu-ray-dvd-players/polaroid-9-swivel-portable-dvd-player-black/1000004043607

[woodelf]

Hi Chris, as ever, a very comprehensive answer and one well worth considering...I wonder if their own earphones would do, as I don't suppose those cans you recommended - the cordless ones from Currys - wouldn't work I suppose!

[allenlondon]

What I did, woodelf, was buy the £20 Sony, and ALSO (from ebay) a tiny (7”) monitor - not much use as a TV, but the only way of seeing what you’re doing.

[allenlondon]

But having seen Chris’s recommendation, I wish I’d asked him first!

[barry1010]

Woodelf, just a thought. If you use a laptop and it doesn't have a built in dvd player you could connect an external DVD player by USB. I'm sure your headphones would connect that way

[woodelf]

...and what were you doing Al, if you needed such a Heath Robinson-type set up?...and it's sometimes best to go to Chris for an answer...I would have too, but he's more than fed up with me, I suppose...smile!

[woodelf]

Hi Barry, my cordless cans, with their little transmitter, do work on my desktop's pc tower, in which I downloaded a VLC Media Player, but it aint portable!...if that's any answer!

[Buenchico]

Hi again.

Your Sony wireless headphones can be used with any device that's got a 3.5mm headphone socket, which includes every portable DVD player that I've ever come across (and most definitely includes the Asda model that I've linked to above).