Page 1 of Asda Cheapy is really a Pioneer 515 for £99!!!

After waiting nearly 2 weeks for Dabs to get the LG3350e in Stock I thought id pay my local Asda a visit...

Just thought id share this with you guys. Iv just bought a DVD played with the name of ROWA. Now dudes dont laugh.. it looks very similar to a Toshiba SD210 and is silver. Took DVD player to my bros house on way back & to my surprise its exactly the same as his Pioneer 525. All the screen menus look same, same no of outputs, same remote keys altho diff layout, & we couldnt tell diff in picture quality either.

As peeps know Pioneer DVD players Rock!! the 525 is old player but its yet to fail on ANY DVD so far.

Upon further info its actually based on a 515 not 525, the only diff i can tell is that 525 had a RGB scart

The problem Im having is that the remote is ******* set to same frequency as my Hitachi TV. Does anyone know how to change either the DVD or TV remotes frequency? the TV model is C32WTN2 - 32" W/S Hitachi.

BTW Asda offer a 3year Guarantee on the DVD player which for £99 is amazing!!.

This item was edited on Sunday, 29th July 2001, 11:52

I`m really interested to hear about this deal. Is there a hack for the DVD player?
Regards

Geraint

Pity it doesn`t have an RGB output. Still for £99...
I did a search on ROWA on Google, but didn`t come up with anything. As Geraint comments, I wonder if it is hackable?

Yeah the bad point is theres no RGB altho s-vhs is available. To Hack the machine i wud suspect you need to get it modified maybe steve at dvdchips.co.uk has an answer.

It plays CDR/CDRW/VCD/SVD too, and backed up with ASDA 3 year no quibble gurantee its a bargain!

Stoney, what is the model number of the Rowa player? I`ve found this web site relating to the brand. Any of these look familiar?
http://www.great-wall.com.hk/

its DVD-280 m8, looks similar to the one in the pic but its not the same. Best thing to do is get one and if your not happy get a refund. Asda are good with customer service.

Beware tho.. if you have a Hitachi Televisions the remotes clash!! I might have to take mine back. :(

You might as well get the Alba 104 m8, check out my reply to the other post. Its RGB and multiregion & playes RCE cds too. For £99 its a steal