Shinco 868 DVD Player

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. DVD Tests
4. Mega Drive Tests
5. CD/MP3 Tests
6. Conclusion

Shinco 868 DVD Player - Page 6

Conclusion

Positive (+)	Negative (-)
- Region-free DVD - VCD/SVCD/CD-DA/MP3 (CBR & VBR) support - Zoom (2x, 4x) - Forward and Reverse from 2x to 8x! - DTS Sound System - Dolby Digital decoder - Exceptionally wide connectivity options - Pitch control for movies & MP3 CDs - Built-in Sega Mega Drive - Flash EPROM for easy upgrades - You can make your own Sega Mega Drive collections!!!	- Problems with several CDR and CDR-W media - No power off from Remote Control - Macrovision protection - No fast forward/rewind for MP3 CD

Overall, the Shinco 868 Player seems to be a good all-round solution: It can do more than just replace your stand-alone Audio CD player. It is a region-free DVD player, which means that you can play virtually every DVD-Video disk in the world. VCD and SVCD playback might also prove useful, as well as the built-in Sega Mega Drive. You can also make your own GameVCDs and resurrect old memories.. Support for MP3 discs is well implemented, leaving little more to be desired.

The player's biggest disadvantage is its limited support for CDR and CDR-W media (although greatly enhanced compared to Shinco 8320, it still can't read many CD-R/W CDs). Take this in mind and -if that doesn't trouble you- there really is no other reason keeping you from buying the Shinco player. It is feature-complete, and comes at a price which is really hard to beat.

You can buy the Shinco 868 player directly from Lik-Sang at 259$.