Page 1 of First Player ... I`m `asking the audience` !!

Dear all,
I`m now fed up with watching films on my PC so i want a nice cheap first DVD player. At the moment my needs are humble and when the cash is flowing freely (heh! when does cash EVER flow freely?!) I shall buy something more sexy.

ANYWAY ... I can get an LG-3200e for £130 from Toys`r`us ...but I have read and digested most of these forums and views differ wildly, so i`d welcome some more for further confusion. I will be wanting to play Toy Story - disc 3 and the matrix. It looks like it`s not possible to do a DIY firmware upgrade with LG and they need to be sent back, unlike Samsung and Hitchi amongst others. So it`d be more convenient to get one such player. I also have my eye on the Samsung 511 which is £170 in Currys.

It might be a big ask but i`d like to be able to disable Macrovision if possible .. just because i may want to copy a disc occasionally to show to my parents (who will NEVER get a player - trust me!). Are these add on boxes from Maplins satisfactory, or is it preferable to get a player which can be remote hacked?

Sorry about all the questions ... but then that`s what forums are all about innit? :) Bearing in mind that:

- i`m looking in the sub-£200 sector
- i`d like the convenience of DIY firmware U/G if it`s ever necessary
- macrovision removal is quite important
- as is multi-region (preferably remote hack)

Any advice greatly appreciated.

cheers, and hello by the way

Pete.

dear pete sorry about that just a bit of fun

anyway wish me happy birthday

for anything positive about any lg model visit this site run by lg owners
http://www.lgdvd.co.uk its a great site nearly as good as this one {monitors} i am also thinking about getting another lg as i still have the first one they released but now i want diffrent region`s mp3 playback and so forth

hope this helps if so tell me what you get

You can`t go too far wrong with a Himage 2290 for a first player - £110 from Richer Sounds (provided you get a working one), multi-region straight out of the box. I`ve had no problems with it so far...