SVCD compatibility

I have tried SVCD compatibility with three SVCD's downloaded from VCDHelp on the 10:th of July 2002:

	"SVCD NTSC Sample with CVD selectable subtitles, 1 audio track, menus, chapters"
	"SVCD NTSC Sample with SVCD selectable subtitles, 2 audio tracks"
	"SVCD PAL Sample with CVD selectable subtitles, 2 audio tracks, menus, chapters"

I have tested these on the Denver DVD-141 and here are the results I got:

SVCD #	Test results
1	When I inserted this SVCD into the DVD-141, the player recognised the CD as an SVCD, but the screen was all black! If I pressed the "PBC" button (PBC off) on the remote control, the DVD started to play the clip. Very strange! So with this SVCD I could not get to the menu of the SVCD and choose what to do. I could not see any subtitles either, no matter what I did.
2	The movie played fine, but I could only one listen to one audio track. When I pressed the "AUDIO" button on the remote control, I did not get any sound from audio track 2. The only audio track that produced any sound was number 1. Also, I did not get any subtitles at all. When I pressed the "SUBTITLE" button on the remote control, the player did not allow me to change the subtitle.
3	When I inserted this SVCD into the DVD-141, the player recognised the CD as an SVCD, but the screen was all black! If I pressed the "PBC" button (PBC off) on the remote control, the DVD started to play the clip. Very strange! So with this SVCD I could not get to the menu of the SVCD and choose what to do. I could however switch sound track between the two available tracks using the "AUDIO" button on the remote control. I could not see any subtitles either, no matter what I did.

SVCD #

Test results

When I inserted this SVCD into the DVD-141, the player recognised the CD as an SVCD, but the screen was all black! If I pressed the "PBC" button (PBC off) on the remote control, the DVD started to play the clip. Very strange! So with this SVCD I could not get to the menu of the SVCD and choose what to do.

I could not see any subtitles either, no matter what I did.

The movie played fine, but I could only one listen to one audio track. When I pressed the "AUDIO" button on the remote control, I did not get any sound from audio track 2. The only audio track that produced any sound was number 1.

Also, I did not get any subtitles at all. When I pressed the "SUBTITLE" button on the remote control, the player did not allow me to change the subtitle.

I could however switch sound track between the two available tracks using the "AUDIO" button on the remote control.

I could not see any subtitles either, no matter what I did.

I also tested the DVD-141 with an SVCD that I have made myself with Nero. It had no problem whatsoever to display the menus and play this SVCD.

So, to sum up how the Denver DVD-141 plays SVCD's:

Seems to have problems with menus on some SVCD's.
Does not support SVCD or CVD selectable subtitles.
Supports two audio tracks.

If anybody has some coments about the SVCD capabilities of the DVD-141, just send me a mail and tell me what you think.

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