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Just FYI, I don't think this Shinco868 is the same DVD player featured at www.gamedvdplayer.com. And I do know that the titles listed on the gamedvdplayer site are Sega Master System games as I have played quite a few of them. A lot of the Master System titles were very similar to Genesis/Megadrive titles so I see how that mistake could be made (a good example being Golden Axe Warrior which was actually an RPG type game rather than the 2-1/2D side scroller platform).

Just to add my two bits about this player, I had actually come across it a couple of weeks before this whole thread was started, and the whole thing seems very sketchy to me. All the good features seem to be on this player, but I have a hard time believing that this is all legit. Not to mention the fact that I'm pretty sure that the Master System didn't have more than a couple of hundred of titles published for it, overseas or domestic.

Buyer beware indeed.

If you look on the comparison page, it lists both DTS and Component Video Out. However, I'm thinking this is a scam, although whoever is doing it is doing a fucking Class-A job. Nicely designed website, and a lot of information on their comparison and dictionary pages.

As a rule of thumb for shopping on the web, I don't buy anything from anybody who's domain name is a collective of generic terms. (ie: GameDVDPlayer.com, SuperVacationGetawayPackages.com, CanineAnalCream.com, etc...)

When you click "buy now" on the site, it takes you to PayPal to finalize the transaction. PayPal lets you know that the real company you are buying the product from is called, "ECommerce Electronics," and that they are a "verified member."

The business web site listed for Ecommerce Electronics (just a mirror of http://www.gamedvdplayer.com/) is http://www.dvd8050.com/ and a whois search shows the company is from Houston, TX, and this site was registered in July. That doesn't make them seem much more trustworthy. Their servers are standing up pretty well to the slashdot effect, maybe that means something...

Here's the whois record:

Registrant:
E-Commerce Inc
5773 Woodway #304
Houston, Tx 77057
US
(PH) 713-785-1556

Domain Name: DVD8050.COM

Administrative Contact:
Dunvale, Robert (DURO32) sales@250dvd.com
5773 Woodway #304
Houston, Tx 77057
US
(PH) 713-785-1556

Technical Contact:
Dunvale, Robert (DURO22) sales@dvd8050.com
5773 Woodway #304
Houston, Tx 77057
US
(PH) 713-785-1556

Billing Contact:
Dunvale, Robert (DURO31) sales@dvd8050.com
5773 Woodway #304
Houston, Tx 77057
US
(PH) 713-785-1556

Registration Date: 19-Jul-2000 19:58:56
Expiration Date: 19-Jul-2001 19:58:56

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.SOG.NET 208.195.144.4

Notice the administrative contact has an email address at 250dvd.com. This site was registered in June 2000 to the same company, Ecommerce Inc. There is more information on 250dvd.com about the product (different views, etc.) but still nothing about any licensing of the Sega games.

Their page also says that they're coming out with a mobile DVD player (not nearly as embelished as their regular one, still plays mp3's but thats about it) but they're also coming out with a mobile Mp3 player combined with a digital camera... This is about the weirdest thing i've ever seen.... Who would want to play songs while taking pictures.... (well... I can think os some situations where some nice music would help make some pictures better ;) )

Anyways, here's the specs:

10 Mhz, 16bit CISC Processor
High-speed downloads by parallel interface (300k per sec)
MP-3 File Playback DSC Mode (Digital Still Camera Mode)
32/64 MB Embedded Flash Card (32MB stores 54 photos)
Voice recording by internal MIC
@ 32kbps = 2 hrs of stored music on MP3000 player
Digital Volume control (32 steps)
Digital Bass Boosting (12 steps)
Digital Trebel Boosting (12 steps)
DSP Modes (8)
Digital Telephone Directory (stores 250 #'s)
2 line LCD display

Only a 2 line LCD display?? Thats a little strange if you wanted a good digital camera... Telephone Directory???? Who needs that on a mp3 player or camera!

Here's a link to their page about it


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See here for the game titles that ships w/ this unit. Great find AC.