Reviews
When
reading the reviews remember that many of Shinco's latest players
have a new DVD loader which is compatible with CDR & CDRW, and
that some improvements have been made in the firmware and decoder
boards. Also note that Shinco have improved the specifications on
certain units while still keeping the model number the same.
Home
Cinema Choice review the Shinco DVD-8320
What
DVD? review the Shinco DVD-8320
CDR
Info review the Shinco DVD-8320
dvdreview.net
review the Shinco DVD-2120 (August 2000)
Home
Cinema Choice review the Shinco DVD-180 (June 2000)
CDR
Info review the Shinco DVD-868
Emuunlimited
review the Shinco DVD-868
Home
Entertainment review the Alba DVD-103 (August 2000)
dvdreview.net
review the Alba DVD-103 (September 2000)
HiFi
Choice review the Alba DVD-103 (October 2000)
Shinco
Suppliers
Shinco
DVD players are very reasonably priced. Expect to pay anywhere between
£150 and £250, depending on the precise model. The players
all come with a remote control (batteries included!), a composite
video cable (RCA), and phono-phono audio cable. An S-VHS / SCART cable
is not included in the box, but you should be able to get one thrown
into the deal.
Lik-Sang
- [HK, export World-wide] DVD868
Go
East - [UK] DVD868, DVD980, DVD360, DVD8320, DVD2200
Scan
Computers Ltd - [UK] They registered www.shinco.co.uk, but no
longer sell Shinco!
Laser
Vision - [UK] DVD868
Australian
Digital - DVD180, DVD360, DVD2120
David
Console Shop - DVD180, DVD360, DVD868, DVD960, DVD1500 (no digital
outs), DVD6868 (component RGB out), DVD8320
Dust
Online - [Sweden] DVD1500
Ai
Trading Company - DVD180, DVD360, DVD868, DVD1500, DVD2120, DVD8320
Hong
Kong Toys - DVD180, DVD360, DVD868, DVD1500, DVD2120, DVD6868
GameEnhancer.NET
- [Canada] DVD360, DVD380
Just
Entertainment - [UK] DVD830, DVD980
Madeira
Games - DVD868
Gadgets
Planets - DVD360, DVD1500, DVD2120
Twocom
- DVD8320
Links
Trading Company - DVD180, DVD360, DVD868, DVD1500, DVD2120, DVD6868,
DVD8320
Aftertaste
AB - DVD360
Buy
- [USA] Apex AD703
Circuit
City - [USA]Apex AD500a, AD703, AD800
Argos
- [UK] Alba DVD-103
If you
plan to buy abroad, remember to take into account import tax and vat...
CDR
Suppliers (United Kingdom)
Newer
Shinco based units (mid-2000 onwards) use a better DVD loader and
can read most brands of CD media - the below links are just useful
for those who have older Shinco based units.
AbaCom
- Sell Princo Discs
Buy.com
- Sell Vivastar Discs
CD-Rom
Cellar - Sell Sirius Discs
CD-R
Media .co.uk - Sell Princo Discs
Lightning
Imports - Sell Sirius Discs
Creating
your own VCD/SVCD/miniDVD
Doom9's
Video Guide - Loads of info & guides on VCD, SVCD & miniDVD
VCD
Help - Loads of info
RobShot.com
- Info on creating miniDVD & SVCD
MiLLeNNiuM
BuG's SVCD Creation Guide - exactly what it says on the tin
DVD
Ripping Guides by Ka|E| - Info on ripping from DVD to VCD &
SVCD
Flexion.org
- Ripping & VCD guides
Ahead.de
- Home of Nero CD writing software (can burn VCDs & SVCDs, including
Picture VCDs)
Eprom
Stuff
Willem
- An Eprom programmer (click on the user modifcation link for a 29F040
mod).
Macronix
MX29F040 - .pdf data sheet
AMD
Am29F040B - .pdf data sheet
Megawin
MM29F040 - .pdf data sheet
Misc
Links
CD
Media World - Loads of CDR info + section on Shinco players
dvdboard.wpf.de
- There's a good thread on the Shinco made RedStar
Shinco.De
- A German Shinco site
RomHQ
- Links to Megadrive roms
DVD
Alliance - French DVD site
Other
Sources of Information & Support
Shinco
Egroup - Mailing list / discussion group
Lik-Sang's
Support Forum
- Shinco DVD868 support and discussion
Shinco's
BBS - Shinco's technical support web-board (down)
DeJa
News - Search the newsgroups for Shinco information
Other
Player Info sites
As far
as I know, there are no other Shinco DVD Info sites, but there are
plenty of similar sites for 'rival' players such as Apex.
Apex
Info Pages - Apex info site with forums (some Apex models are
made by Shinco)
Negge's
Yamakawa Pages - Loads of info on the Yamakawa and clones
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