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IHATEFAKEFILES
05-30-2003, 03:57 AM
If there is such a thing, A DVD player that can play about anything. From .avi , .mpg, .rp, .jpg, .mov, .utp

It there is one, I want one!

Where is the technology?

Linkton
05-30-2003, 04:25 AM
www.vcdhelp.com keeps tabs on all the new dvd players. They have a comparison search engine so you can check off the stuff you want in a DVD player and it will show you the current dvd players that match you're preferences.

{I}{K}{E}
05-30-2003, 04:28 AM
There is an DVD player that can play .avi files but I forgot the website were you can buy it, I will post the link as soon as I remember

XSpikeX
05-30-2003, 04:55 AM
Why not just burn it as an SVCD then play it on 95% of the DVD players out there????

kildred11
05-30-2003, 04:56 AM
Time....

oldjagman
05-30-2003, 05:02 AM
Check out KiSS450 - retails at£199 on the web in UK.

Downloading is fun, sharing is sublime :rolleyes:

-B-
05-30-2003, 05:48 AM
I'm thinking about getting an archos 120 (portable video/audio player) (http://www.archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500425_specs.html) but not sure if it's worth the money yet.
plays mpeg4, avi, divx/xvid 4.0 & 5.0

{I}{K}{E}
05-30-2003, 05:49 AM
Originally posted by -B-@30 May 2003 - 07:48
I'm thinking about getting an archos 120 (portable video/audio player) (http://www.archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500425_specs.html) but not sure if it's worth the money yet.
plays mpeg4, avi, divx/xvid 4.0 & 5.0
what does it costs?

La[bRat]
05-30-2003, 09:38 AM
It's not out yet, but when it does it's rumoured to cost about 500 euros (£360 or $600)...

accat13
05-30-2003, 09:44 AM
here is another link for archos 120 (http://www.datamind.co.uk/Merchant/archos_JMM.htm) new technology this excites me this christmas will beinteresting ,the hell with all the converting of movies bring on the new portables ya baby... :D

3RA1N1AC
05-30-2003, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by IHATEFAKEFILES@29 May 2003 - 19:57
If there is such a thing, A DVD player that can play about anything. From .avi , .mpg, .rp, .jpg, .mov, .utp

It there is one, I want one!

Where is the technology?
yeah, it's called a PC with a tv-out card. ;)



seriously tho, the KiSS dvd players support mpeg 1, mpeg 2 and mpeg 4 (divx/xvid/avi). that's about the best you're going to find right now, which is nonetheless a great step forward for dvd players.

formats like .rm and .mov are closed-source internet media formats, and support for those just ain't gonna happen.

Linkton
05-30-2003, 02:59 PM
Originally posted by 3RA1N1AC@30 May 2003 - 07:33
yeah, it's called a PC with a tv-out card.  ;)

:D :P

rambler
05-30-2003, 03:09 PM
my dvd plays mpegs but it doesnt play avi's, i have a program called NTI Cd-maker it converts avi to vcd etc but i need an MPEG 2 encoder and you need to pay for it :angry: ! if you know were to get it for free, let me know :D :D

Thanks,

Rambler

Hazzy Hazz
05-30-2003, 03:51 PM
out of topic,but does ne1 know of a good brand 4 a dvd player dat plays smoothly over scratched dvds coz my pioneer cant play shit even with a single scratch on a dvd..................

-B-
05-30-2003, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by {I}{K}{E}+30 May 2003 - 05:49--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ({I}{K}{E} @ 30 May 2003 - 05:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin---B-@30 May 2003 - 07:48
I&#39;m thinking about getting an archos 120 (portable video/audio player) (http://www.archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500425_specs.html) but not sure if it&#39;s worth the money yet.
plays mpeg4, avi, divx/xvid 4.0 & 5.0
what does it costs? [/b][/quote]
I seen them going for &#036;333 to &#036;425....I&#39;m pretty sure archos released it already. But i&#39;m waiting for the 140, it has a 40GB harddrive...should cost about &#036;50 more.

Cool thing about this player is that you can record video from a TV (payper view/ DVD/VHS) to mpeg4 with the video module (sold seprately, &#036;50). I think you can bypass dvd protection, not sure though.

I&#39;m hopeing people that get these, record payper view sports events like ultimate fighting, boxing, and westling. Cause we don&#39;t have those channels here... :D

Plus you can use it as an external harddrive.

crazy_billy_bats
05-30-2003, 05:09 PM
shit i have to get me one of those &#33;&#33;&#33;

hotindew
05-30-2003, 06:14 PM
just out of interest is it possible to record from dvd to vhs with an ordinary dvd player

3RA1N1AC
05-30-2003, 06:24 PM
Originally posted by hotindew@30 May 2003 - 10:14
just out of interest is it possible to record from dvd to vhs with an ordinary dvd player
yeah, but nearly all hollywood DVDs are protected by Macrovision, which thwarts attempts to copy the movies by screwing up the color and/or vertical hold when you feed the signal into a VCR.

so you either need to own a DVD player which is capable of disabling Macrovision, or you have to send the signal through a "video stabilizer" (not sure if all of them can defeat Macrovision, but many of them can at least) before connecting it to the VCR.

as far as i know, VCD/SVCD does not support Macrovision, so it is not an issue when copying those to VHS.

fuck-kazaa
05-31-2003, 07:29 PM
the cheapest and probably most powerful way to play mpgs and avis and anything else pretty much aside from your computer is to get a modded xbox. theres a media player for it thats more powerful the windows media player pretty mcu, csan play mpg, avi, xvid, real meadia, everything. so fuck 600 dollars for a media player....

-B-
06-02-2003, 05:39 PM
Just found out that Archos releasd a new version of the AV120, it has a bigger lcd and looks cooler. Probably more expensive though.

archos AV300 (http://gizmodo.net/archives/002182.php#002182)