Norcent DP300 DVD Player , Silver
JPEG feature doesn't work, unit unreiable
We chose the Norcent for it's JPEG capabilities as well as the good reviews that we found on the web.<BR>Sadly, I'm in the process of sending back my second Norcent DP300 DVD Player to Amazon.com. Neither one would play my JPEG photos reliably. About half the photos would not be displayed properly. Only the top portion of the photo would be displayed or nothing would be displayed and the screen would say \\"JPEG decoding error\\". With identical jpeg files on the same disk the Norcent would display one file but not the other. I can't understand this inconsistency. I used quality IBM CD-R media and made three different disks. The Norcent had the same inconsistent problems with all of them. I even reduced the resolution on photos with which the Norcent had problems but that didn't help. To make sure that the CDs and .jpg files were good,  I tested one disk extensively on two different DVD computer drives, including one that is highly media sensitive. The CD was read perfectly by both drives and all the photos displayed perfectly so, there was nothing wrong with the CD or the JPG files.<BR>The second Norcent also lost its ability to send any image to the TV after being in use for about an hour. Not even the Norcent logo screen would display except as a very faded ghost. To make sure that the problem wasn't with the TV, I then hooked up my old RCA DVD player to the TV and everything worked perfectly. <BR>The Norcent manual wasn't helpful regarding the JPEG problems. An email to Norcent went unanswered. This whole experience was a waste of time and effort.<BR>I attribute the difference between my experience and those of the good reviews to the fact units sold under the same model number can actually contain different internal components and firmware, to poor engineering and to poor quality control.