MultiRegion + Optical Out
 

Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial. Dont want to get into a
discussion about the differences between the two, the only reason I would
prefer optical is so that my wife can just press "dvd" on the amp remote
instead of whatever the coax is labelled as.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave

"David Gouge" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial. Dont want to get into a
discussion about the differences between the two, the only reason I would
prefer optical is so that my wife can just press "dvd" on the amp remote
instead of whatever the coax is labelled as.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

"David Gouge" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial. Dont want to get into a
discussion about the differences between the two, the only reason I would
prefer optical is so that my wife can just press "dvd" on the amp remote
instead of whatever the coax is labelled as.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

"Tim Morley" wrote in message
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"David Gouge" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South
dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial. Dont want to get into a
discussion about the differences between the two, the only reason I would
prefer optical is so that my wife can just press "dvd" on the amp remote
instead of whatever the coax is labelled as.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

You could always buy a learning remote control, and have macros to do all
this switching invisibilly. Press "Watch a DVD" and it'll switch the send AV
amp "DVD" input, DVD player "Play", then open up the watch a dvd page with
often used buttons and controls (volume for AV amp, DVD transport controls)
etc

"Tim Morley" wrote in message
...

"David Gouge" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South
dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial. Dont want to get into a
discussion about the differences between the two, the only reason I would
prefer optical is so that my wife can just press "dvd" on the amp remote
instead of whatever the coax is labelled as.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

You could always buy a learning remote control, and have macros to do all
this switching invisibilly. Press "Watch a DVD" and it'll switch the send AV
amp "DVD" input, DVD player "Play", then open up the watch a dvd page with
often used buttons and controls (volume for AV amp, DVD transport controls)
etc

"Tim Morley" wrote in message
...

"David Gouge" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South
dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

Ahah!! I wasn't aware such a beasty existed. That /would/ solve the
problems indeed. Any issues with them that I should be aware of, or any
recommendations?

Cheers,

Dave

"Tim Morley" wrote in message
...

"David Gouge" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Am after a multiregion dvd player so the wife can play her Due South
dvds,
but the 'decent brand' ones i've seen so far (mainly on amazon) dont seem
to
have an optical out for the audio, just coaxial.

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

Ahah!! I wasn't aware such a beasty existed. That /would/ solve the
problems indeed. Any issues with them that I should be aware of, or any
recommendations?

Cheers,

Dave

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

You could always buy a learning remote control, and have macros to do all
this switching invisibilly. Press "Watch a DVD" and it'll switch the send
AV amp "DVD" input, DVD player "Play", then open up the watch a dvd page
with often used buttons and controls (volume for AV amp, DVD transport
controls) etc

Crikey, this is getting complicated, and more importantly, expensive
sounding. ;)

There *must* be a fairly inexpensive MR player out there with Optical Out.
Shirley!

Any suggestions, £100 would be preferable.

TIA,

Dave



You could always get a coax to optical converter?

You could always buy a learning remote control, and have macros to do all
this switching invisibilly. Press "Watch a DVD" and it'll switch the send
AV amp "DVD" input, DVD player "Play", then open up the watch a dvd page
with often used buttons and controls (volume for AV amp, DVD transport
controls) etc

Crikey, this is getting complicated, and more importantly, expensive
sounding. ;)

There *must* be a fairly inexpensive MR player out there with Optical Out.
Shirley!

"David Gouge" wrote in message
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"Tim Morley" wrote in message
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You could always get a coax to optical converter?

Ahah!! I wasn't aware such a beasty existed. That /would/ solve the
problems indeed. Any issues with them that I should be aware of, or any
recommendations?

Cheers,

Dave


I have this one at the top of the page:
http://www.lektropacks.co.uk/dept.as...68&dept_id=109

It works perfectly fine as far all the time I've used it. £20 though, and
you need a free mains socket to plug the power adaptor (not shown) into.

Cheers,
James

http://www.felston.com
"Felston DD340 Digital Audio Delay to fix lip sync"