(I have also posted this in the Bargain Forum, apologies if this was the wrong thing to do..)
ALDI UK: bargains, special buys,sales promotion articles
"One of the most remarkable, feature-packed DVDs on the market today - and for an equally remarkable price. Already compatible with 'next generation' HD TVs, this is set to become yet another Aldi best-seller.
- Includes FREE HDMI cable
- Employs a digital process that upscales standard DVD quality to virtual HD quality
- HDMI connection means no loss of picture or sound quality
- DivX compatible for playback of downloaded movies
- 5-in-1 card reader for viewing all your digital pictures on your TV
- 5.1 channel output with AC3 Dolby Digital Decoder
- Full function remote control with batteries
- Front headphone socket
- Progressive scan
- DVD±R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, JPEG CD, Kodak Picture CD, MP3 CD
- DTS decoder"
Looks like a very good offer to me !
Available from this Thursday 7/9/06
Seems to be a version of the Tevion 8000 player, which has had very good reviews on some German forums. There seems to be USB port on the thing, which they managed to hack to get it working, so you can feed and external HDD into the thing, to get yourself a fully fledged media player !