Dvd Players (with divx support)

[lightshow]

I'm looking at a new dvd player to buy. I want it to have divx/mpeg4 playback.

Searching on Amazon.com I found these two::

Norcent DP-220 DVD PLAYER WITH DIVX PLAYBACK
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002XP70I/ref=pd_sbs_e_1/002-2556732-3229667?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846)

Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000204SWE/qid=1114122816/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-2556732-3229667?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846)

I remeber reading a thread a long time ago about this one divx player that was supposed to be the best at the time, but of course, I forgot which one that was. :P

What do you guys reccomend/have?

edit:fixed url

[n18]

xbox is the shizznite

[Formula1]

u got a modchip n18? :'( i want one so bad for my ps2.

[harrycary]

The Philips you've mentioned works rather well.

jpg, mpg, mp3, vcd, svcd, divx and [most] xvid.

wmv, wma didn't work and i've had 4 xvids that didn't work.

check www.videohelp.com for even more info about virtually every player out there.

regards,

[lynx]

The Philips DVP642 was certainly all the rage for the 110Volt market, but why not look out for DVD recorders with Divx playback?

They are certainly no more expensive than the non-Divx versions, possibly cheaper in a lot of cases, and not much more expensive than straightforward Divx players.

[lee551]

i have the philips one and love it. ;)

[RealitY]

I currently have two of the Phillips and they work great. One trick to remember is if you start an XviD and it looks mushy click the Menu button on the right twice and it usually takes care of it. Another is if you hold the Stop button for a few seconds it will open and close the tray, Another good thing is you can buy them at WalMart Frys BestBuy CompUSA and others at around $69 with a local store return and warranty so you can make sure you like it...

[lightshow]

Sweet thanks. Sorry for the delay, I just bought a new car (2002 Honda CR-V) YEAH!! So I've been a little busy buying tags and such!

But I think I'm going to go for the Philips.


The Philips DVP642 was certainly all the rage for the 110Volt market, but why not look out for DVD recorders with Divx playback? They are certainly no more expensive than the non-Divx versions, possibly cheaper in a lot of cases, and not much more expensive than straightforward Divx players.

What do you mean by this? A hardware DVD player that supports Dvd recording, but also plays back divx? Do you mean something like this ::

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php?ID=11212 ?

[lynx]

That's the sort of thing I meant.

Now about £100 (+tax) in UK so they should be well under $200.
Edit: but obviously not the HD ones.

[Samurai]

Toshiba SD-340E

[lightshow]

You know... I've been thinking a lot about it.

My ps2 just recently bit the death trap, so I might just softmod an xbox. I would imagine that the Xbox media center would do a better job playing divx and ogm files (I have a lot of those and I havn't found a dvd player that supports them and not just ogg)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......decisions decisions.

To go with the xbox and also buy a hard drive to go with it... although I believe I can stream video to it from my home network...I believe

Or

Go with the Philips...

[muchspl3]

i have the philips one and love it. ;)
same

[daniboy]

i wanna get a dvd that can play movies i d/l of the net. like xvid divx mpeg wmv -all the types.
so question is i saw a dvd that says it plays:
CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/SVCD/DVD /VCD
is that gonna play xvid and divx?

[Virtualbody1234]

Not likely.

Why didn't you mention what DVD player it is (Make, model)?

Also, there is another thread about that: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=94419

[Peerzy]

Xbox plays everything the phillips does, the quality on the xbox is amazing but ofcourse it wont be as good as say a £500 dvd player. It does the job very well, and with it having a hard drive means you dont have to even burn those divx/xvid movies, you can connect your xbox to your pc and network them over.

[{I}{K}{E}]

NikkiD has a good one, but I cannot remember which one she has.

[lynx]

The codec for wmv would have to be licensed from Microsoft. That wold push the price up by quite a lot if it was available (I don't believe it is). Unless things have changed recently I don't think you will find a player that will play those, despite claims by some of them that they will.

[daniboy]

the site doesnt say what its called except that its from ITT GERMANY
it also says something about - AC3/MPEG-II

[NikkiD]

Mine's the Phillips - plays most of what I throw at it. It doesn't support wmv, mkv, or ogm, but it does support divx, xvid, mp3, and is region free for dvd playback, so PAL, NTSC, doesn't matter. The only issue I've had with xvid is with playing movies encoded with qpel encoding - a few scene rips - but those can be re-encoded, or, most of the time, redownloaded from another ripping group.

It was $70CDN (~$60USD).

Edit: For divx/xvid support, you're looking for a player that supports mpeg4.

[Jon L. Obscene]

DK (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=6042361303&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=64760)

I got one, plays everything known to man :lol:
Plays everything I thrown at it anyway :)

Jonno :cool:

[Shiranai_Baka]

Divx play back means you can play those DVD-rip movies?