# Questions about DVD player! "Panasonic RV-30" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790 "2001-04-30T01:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Downhome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Downhome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Downhome)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/1 "2001-04-30T01:59:44Z")
I have the chane to buy a Panasonic RV-30 at Sears (Sears Card, hehehe)for $199, and, I was just wondering if it’s a good deal and if it’s a good player. I’d realy appriciate it. Also, what will I need to hook it up to my TV, it only has that one place on the back of it to hook a coex cable into. Can I run the DVD player through my VCR? Or do I have to go straight to my TV using an RF Adapter therefore having the DVD player and my VCR hooked up at the same time? Just let me know what you can. Thanks everyone!!! …Downhome… ---
**Author:** ![MIKE\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/2 "2001-04-30T02:27:39Z")
The dvd player has to hook directly to your tv or else most dvd’s won’t play. If you dont have a/v conectors,then you need an rf adapter. The reason for this is that most dvd’s have a program called macrovision which means that if the dvd player is connected to the vcr,it scrambles the picture. This is done so the you cant copy dvd movies onto tape,because dvd’s last way longer than tapes so video pirates can just copy the same dvd over and over without the picture degrading. ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/3 "2001-04-30T02:39:19Z")
I just bought that very DVD player. So far I’m happy with it. $199 isn’t such a good price, though; you can get it on the Internet for as little as $146 + shipping. [CNet Shopping](http://electronics.cnet.com/cgi/CEMListing.asp?ptable=DVD%5FPlayers&pid=1000225) is a good place to price-shop. I got it at [thewiz.com](http://thewiz.com) for $148. Strangely, they have just increased the price to $189. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/4 "2001-04-30T02:44:31Z")
That’s the player I’ve got. I’ve been very happy with it, but I do have direct RCA inputs to my TV, so I’ve never tried it through co-ax. I chose this player because the reviews were very good for the price, and there’s a multi-region mod available (though I haven’t done that yet). ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/5 "2001-04-30T03:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MIKE\_P \* > **The dvd player has to hook directly to your tv or else most dvd’s won’t play.** I have coax from the cable box, to the VCR then to the TV. I run my DVD to the aux inputs on the VCR via the supplied RCA cables. I just have to switch the TV to video mode to play DVDs. The VCR still gets its input from the coax while the DVD is outputting to the TV, so it won’t record the DVD. It does however, work fine. ---
**Author:** ![Gatsby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatsby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dvd-player-panasonic-rv-30/63790/6 "2001-04-30T04:08:42Z")
After reading this over I just realized it didn’t make sense, and upon checking, realized that it was not true at all. Sorry. Please disregard the entire post above. :o