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Hi,
I want to watch my divx files etc. on my T.V. but its just not feasable cos they are so far apart! :no:
So was looking for an alternative options.
Maybe Looking to buy a portable HDD that play divx files straight from HDD
like these two...
LACIE Silverscreen
RIMAX HDDivx
I never knew they existed until recently... are there any others?
Or alternatively Is there a better way for me?
Thanks
p.s. by the way I have a NVida Geforce TI-4600 128mb Graphics card.
why not get a 60 dollar dvd player ?
phillips dvp642 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...60920?v=glance
Yeah I got a divx player, a Yamada 6100 but just fed up with burning all those discs to watch them... then some don't work :no: .Quote:
Originally Posted by muchspl2
you have a dvd burner? I'm not familiar with that model but mine plays 99% of everything I can throw at it, the only problem is it won't play Xvid files that were encoded with QPEL (Quarterpixel Quantization)
No Don't have a dvd-burner...Quote:
Originally Posted by muchspl2
My can't play QPEL either :devil:
I heard its chip based and we have to wait for the next generation divx players for the QPEL fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by BILLY-THE-FISH
A dvd burner would save you burning tons of cdr's, I can get 2 seasons of most half hour shows or 6 divx movies on one dvdr
dvdr's or less than .40c
how expensive are those hard drive media players? 'cause, there are non-drive players which can stream things from a Windows pc over ethernet, for only about $200 USD... which may be perfectly adequate for your needs.
there's this... http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=318
and this... http://www.linksys.com/extend/
an Xbox game console is also a good choice at $150 USD, since it's easy to apply a hack to it (no mucking around with the nuts & bolts: you just need a memory card, a USB memory card writer, and a particular game which is able to boot the hacked save file), install Xbox Media Center, and essentially have a small-ish multimedia PC for a low price in your tv room.
http://www.xboxmediacenter.de/index.php
apparently Microsoft has also taken a cue from the hackers and released a similar thing officially, which can be used without voiding the warranty... http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...erextender.htm
You might want to look into one of these things... I'm thinking about getting one of these
ModiX USB 3.5 HDD player
Video Support: MPEG1, 2, 4 near DVD quality up to 720 x 576 @ 30f/s, AVI. MPG, DAT, VOB, M2P, M1V, M2V file format. Read XviD and DivX 3.11, 4.0 & 5.0
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050106/
http://www.compusb.com/mohdhd72pous.html
I was about to suggest getting an xbox.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3RA1N1AC
Xbox - $150
200 GB hd - $100
$250 to be able to keep a hell of alot of divx/bin/mpg/mov and all other formats on the hd.
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Originally Posted by freak
Thats Foolish...Quote:
Unfortunately, with Xvid only an error message appears, and the same goes for film files that were coded with Microsoft WMV9. Too bad :(
they couldnt get xvid to workQuote:
Originally Posted by freak
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consume.../modix-09.html
Big deal it takes little to no effort to encode to a divX or mpg file...
Plus I'm sure there will be a firmware upgrade! This is still very new stuff got to give them some time to improve it.
But if u like Xvid here's a few more
http://www.jetaudio.com/products/tvix/
http://www.cooldrives.com/25usb20dvpov.html
http://www.usbgear.com/USB-DIVX-Player.html
http://www.directron.com/av120.html
I don't trust toms hardware, the cater to whoever gives them the best toys.
I wish everyone knew how bias they are
Ide wait on this anyway but its nice to see that well finally see this type of stuff...
Yeah some of them look great to me but unfortunately non of them in the UK!Quote:
Originally Posted by freak
I wish they would sell them here :wacko:
Heres one place that sells the TViX in the UKQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLY-THE-FISH
http://www.rgml.co.uk/results.asp?se...&Submit=Search
Thanks mate, but just look at the price in the UK!! :angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by freak
I didn't bother to convert it... So the #'s really didn't mean much to me i just posted it lol
Ok thanks anyhow