Dvd Player

[timfromspaced]

My sister wishes to buy a DVD player. What does she need to be able to play downloaded movies/TV episodes on it ?

Cheers big ears ! B)

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vcd/svcd support (mpeg)

[muchspl2]

look here and decide what good
i like apex and rowia there cheap in the states @ 100.00 or so usd
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php

even better if it can play kvcd, fi¶6¯“whole movie on one disc:)

[vegasguy]

Hi,

Buy a el cheapo dvd players ones in the US, cost about $30-$60, these dvd players play anything.

I have a el echeapo, I bought it at Target for $35

[BILLY-THE-FISH]

Is there s Dvd player that plays .AVI files?
I thought i read somewhere that some do!
Also do you know if it's available in the U.K.?

[timfromspaced]

This (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4G/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-2139053-1882010) seems to match the the requirements you mentioned.
How would I need to copy the files to DVD, or does it not matter.

[BILLY-THE-FISH]

Doe's this player play .AVi files?????

You'd be better off burning them to cd-r in vcd or svcd format!

[Busyman]

Originally posted by BILLY-THE-FISH@7 October 2003 - 22:22
Is there s Dvd player that plays .AVI files?
I thought i read somewhere that some do!
Also do you know if it's available in the U.K.?
There is one made by Kiss. It plays Divx movies.

[*´¯`·.¸¸.»Çô©ö»]

Originally posted by muchspl2@7 October 2003 - 21:48
look here and decide what good
i like apex and rowia there cheap in the states @ 100.00 or so usd
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php

even better if it can play kvcd, fi¶6¯“whole movie on one disc:)
Great link.....loved all the buyer reviews for the kiss dp450, think i may buy one, i will keep my tv out lead though, it's 10 meters long and reaches 5 tv's in house.

[muchspl2]

heres a good deal
http://www.pcclub.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A1546967
looks like it plays everthing
Features:


DVD, VCD, SVCD, MPEG-4 (DivX and XviD)

Digital Photo Album Viewer

CD/MP3 Playback

480p Progressive Scan Video Output

NTSC/PAL TV System Compatibility

[*´¯`·.¸¸.»Çô©ö»]

Originally posted by muchspl2@7 October 2003 - 23:15
heres a good deal
http://www.pcclub.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A1546967
looks like it plays everthing
Features:


DVD, VCD, SVCD, MPEG-4 (DivX and XviD)

Digital Photo Album Viewer

CD/MP3 Playback

480p Progressive Scan Video Output

NTSC/PAL TV System Compatibility
Anyone tried this player out yet? I'm a bit skeptical about these players claiming to play this ths and that. Great deal though, but i couldnt get a quote for international shipping, so for all in Europe/UK go HERE (http://www.btopenworld.dealtime.co.uk/xPC-Lite_On_Peripherals_LVD_2001)

[jetje]

yes Kiss is oke... stop wasting time on making SVCD's the dl are way bigger and the quality is much worse then avi...
So why waste time on SVCD!!!

buy a dvd player that plays divx like the Kiss DVD-DivX Players (http://www.kiss-technology.com/)! Or the cyberhome CH-DVD 515- DIVX-Progressive Scan DVD Player.
Or the Philips 737, a new DVD player with DivX support (http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=4052) There are more now. Lite-o has one and all will follow!

DivX will be a standard feature on all new dvd players..!!!

[vivitron 15]

a list of all the compatable divX DVD players here:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVD...1&Search=Search (http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&Submit=Search&divx=1&Search=Search)

If you're getting one, research well...some only play DivX4, 5 and not 3.

some offer firmware updates frequently, some don't...you want something that allows you to keep updating, once DivX6, 7, 8.... come out

definitely get one, but don't jump in feet first :D

[Gre1]

I have a Panasonic RV-32 and it plays everything except divx (to my knowledge) and it has went down to about $99 dollars now it's good.

[cwctv]

I am in the UK and just got the Yamada 6100 from Amazon read the comments about it.Yes it will play anything but the picture is in the middle not expanded to all the screen and no bigger than my 23" monitors :angry: ,this is on a 32" widescreen Pana'
i wish the guy had wrote the comment before I bought this Dvd player so its back to the laptop to TV for me full screen then. :D
Does the Kiss fill the screen or any of the others ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9641477-7437244 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-9641477-7437244)

[*´¯`·.¸¸.»Çô©ö»]

Originally posted by cwctv@8 October 2003 - 17:38
I am in the UK and just got the Yamada 6100 from Amazon read the comments about it.Yes it will play anything but the picture is in the middle not expanded to all the screen and no bigger than my 23" monitors :angry: ,this is on a 32" widescreen Pana'
i wish the guy had wrote the comment before I bought this Dvd player so its back to the laptop to TV for me full screen then. :D
Does the Kiss fill the screen or any of the others ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9641477-7437244 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-9641477-7437244)
thnx 4 the feedback mate...i'll mark it off. ;)

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by cwctv@8 October 2003 - 09:38
I am in the UK and just got the Yamada 6100 from Amazon read the comments about it.Yes it will play anything but the picture is in the middle not expanded to all the screen and no bigger than my 23" monitors :angry: ,this is on a 32" widescreen Pana'
i wish the guy had wrote the comment before I bought this Dvd player so its back to the laptop to TV for me full screen then. :D
Does the Kiss fill the screen or any of the others ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9641477-7437244 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-9641477-7437244)
uh... did you set it to display at 16:9 rather than 4:3?

also, i've got the LiteOn. it works well. it's basically the same thing as the KISS player, though the support for burned discs might be a bit better because it uses a modified LiteOn PC dvd-rom drive. divx 5 and xvid are awesome on the KISS and LiteOn models, but divx 3 isn't too good.

personally i'm not even sure why anyone still insists on using divx 3. compared to newer codecs or SVCD... it just... sucks.

[*´¯`·.¸¸.»Çô©ö»]

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I am in the UK and just got the Yamada 6100 from Amazon read the comments about it.Yes it will play anything but the picture is in the middle not expanded to all the screen and no bigger than my 23" monitors&nbsp; :angry: ,this is on a 32" widescreen Pana&#39;
i wish the guy had wrote the comment before I bought this Dvd player so its back to the laptop to TV for me full screen then.&nbsp; :D
Does the Kiss fill the screen or any of the others ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9641477-7437244 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-9641477-7437244)
uh... did you set it to display at 16:9 rather than 4:3?

also, i&#39;ve got the LiteOn. it works well. it&#39;s basically the same thing as the KISS player, though the support for burned discs might be a bit better because it uses a modified LiteOn PC dvd-rom drive. divx 5 and xvid are awesome on the KISS and LiteOn models, but divx 3 isn&#39;t too good.

personally i&#39;m not even sure why anyone still insists on using divx 3. compared to newer codecs or SVCD... it just... sucks. [/b][/quote]
Lite-on looks a good deal then, kiss players are about £50 dearer here in the uk. Is the Lit-on player going to except future DivX codecs ? <_<
If so i want 5, one for me and the other 4 are for family and mates.
Do they play the movies from disc in Data format? Or do they have to be burned diffrently? <_<

[3RA1N1AC]

it should continue to support divx codecs until divx decide to make some change that deviates wildly from the mpeg-4 standard. but as long as divx sticks to the mpeg-4 spec, the player should be able to play &#39;em.

as far as burning discs that are compatible with the player, you can burn CDs as ISO-format data discs or VCD/SVCD. and you can burn DVDs as ISO or UDF data, or as DVD-Video. it doesn&#39;t require any unusual burning method.

the divx/xvid/mpeg video-compatibility is pretty high on the player, but prolly 5%-10% of files distributed on the net have incompatible audio-- either because they&#39;re using non-mp2/mp3/ac3 audio, or unusual bitrates. but you can usually use an AVI editor like virtualdub to re-encode the audio to 128kbps mp3 (it takes approx 5-10 minutes on a modern PC) and that almost always fixes the problem.

[twisterX]

Originally posted by timfromspaced@7 October 2003 - 21:43
My sister wishes to buy a DVD player. What does she need to be able to play downloaded movies/TV episodes on it ?

Cheers big ears &#33; B)
mpeg support

most of them have it

[mr.awesome]

go with apex, they are cheep and works good

:ph34r:

[vivitron 15]

Originally posted by cwctv@8 October 2003 - 17:38
I am in the UK and just got the Yamada 6100 from Amazon read the comments about it.Yes it will play anything but the picture is in the middle not expanded to all the screen and no bigger than my 23" monitors :angry: ,this is on a 32" widescreen Pana&#39;
i wish the guy had wrote the comment before I bought this Dvd player so its back to the laptop to TV for me full screen then. :D
Does the Kiss fill the screen or any of the others ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9641477-7437244 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000B0A4H/ref=br_lf_ce_1/026-9641477-7437244)
this is apparently a problem with the way the video was encoded...basically, if it waas encoded with a small resolution, then it will appear as a fraction of the screen size; whereas if it is encoded with large dimensions it will appear fine...

the new firmware due out soon will fix this by adding in an "auto-zoom" function, to allow the picture to fill the screen

in general, this appears to be a good value DivX-DVD. All makes have their problems at this stage, but it seems (from googling this one) that it is a stable, solid machine. And for £90 who can grumble? Its at least £50 cheaper than the Kiss 450, and you will struggle to get any others in the UK atm.