As previously shown on my Instagram I picked up an all region 3D Blu-ray/DVD player last week as a late Christmas present to myself. I had been thinking about getting one for a while, but finally decided to go for it.
I had seen one in Chinatown months ago, and had looked on Amazon as well. Amazon sells them through third party sellers, but they cost a bit more, but at least are recoginized brands like Sony and Panasonic. Since I have a Sony as my main player, this new player would simply be a back up or obviously for watching region locked discs. I figured I didn't need to pay more for a Panasonic when it wouldn't get that much use. Besides a Panasonic is kind of boring, now a Giec that's a little more exciting.
Once I started the player up for the first time this was the menu. Again, all Chinese, but once I did some digging I got the language switched over to English and it was all good. The little cog icon on the bottom right is obviously the settings. I am so smart!
There is a Wi-fi icon, but it doesn't actually have built in wi-fi, you need a dingle or dongle or whatever that is. I see an Internet Explorer icon as well, but that's pretty useless without the dingle.
The is the home menu after changing it over to English. Hey, where did all those other tiles go???
I've watched a couple movies and some stuff via the USB port on it and so far it does what it's supposed to. Looks like Sony and Panasonic got some competition now!
I had seen one in Chinatown months ago, and had looked on Amazon as well. Amazon sells them through third party sellers, but they cost a bit more, but at least are recoginized brands like Sony and Panasonic. Since I have a Sony as my main player, this new player would simply be a back up or obviously for watching region locked discs. I figured I didn't need to pay more for a Panasonic when it wouldn't get that much use. Besides a Panasonic is kind of boring, now a Giec that's a little more exciting.
Ooohhh....aaahhhhh.....
The contents of the box; the player, user manual, remote, HDMI cable and single pair of 3D glasses. It's nice they threw in an HDMI cable, I don't think I've ever bought a DVD or Blu-ray player over here that actually came with a HDMI cable.
The remote is of course all in Chinese. Cam suggested using a label maker to mark the buttons, but there really isn't that much room, but it was a good idea. You really don't need all those buttons anyway, all the major functions can be accessed with only a couple buttons.
Most remotes have separate buttons for toggling the audio and subtitles. I couldn't really locate those buttons on this remote. I did find a button that brings up a mini menu that will let you access audio and subtitle options as well a ton of other stuff. I also found a button dedicated to subtitle customization. You can change subtitle font type, size, colour and even adjust the timing. It's nice, but seems pretty excessive to me.
Once I started the player up for the first time this was the menu. Again, all Chinese, but once I did some digging I got the language switched over to English and it was all good. The little cog icon on the bottom right is obviously the settings. I am so smart!
There is a Wi-fi icon, but it doesn't actually have built in wi-fi, you need a dingle or dongle or whatever that is. I see an Internet Explorer icon as well, but that's pretty useless without the dingle.
The is the home menu after changing it over to English. Hey, where did all those other tiles go???
I've watched a couple movies and some stuff via the USB port on it and so far it does what it's supposed to. Looks like Sony and Panasonic got some competition now!
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