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Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...87957?v=glance
I want to get this for my birthday. For geeks, this is the best DVD player? Correct? I can burn AVI movies onto a DVD, and it will be able to play them? As long as the audio is encoded correctly? Is there anyone who has actually purchased this who can give their two cents?
i have one and i do love it. it has all the features you'd want and plus plays the divx/xvid movies. it doesn't do real well with older, divx encoded movies. they'll be blocky and look crappy, but newer xvids will look perfect. for the $70 or whatever, they're about the best bang for your buck i think. :cool:
It's the same model as the DVP630 over here in the UK and yes it does play everything. A newer model came out in last 2 weeks (DVP5100) which I managed to exchange for a faulty Toshiba model, so if you can get that you'll be laughing ;)
I have two of these and theyre great. As a tip remember if the video looks mushy push the menu button on the right twice and many times it will clear it up. Also holding stop down for a few seconds makes the tray open or close. Not a better deal out there for the money really...
Is geek diferent or worst thatn Nerd?Quote:
Originally Posted by orcutt989
and then, are we to understand you consider your self a geek?
...just havin' fun. ;) .
And now on subject, I agree with all you guys, it might be the best player
for the moment.
In fact I can't remember it not working for me,
and as a Plus, it took me no time to make it 'multi-region',
and about the 'blury' picture, the trick about the Menu is true..
I luv it, I play all my Voyager, Galactica, Lost and more in it.
Yep. I've got one and I'm a DVD burning fool. I've burned about 150 DVD's in the past 8 months and this player will play everything that I throw at it.
by the way if anyone needs a remote hack to make this multiregion, send me a pm my way ;) i used it on my dvp5100 and i believe it works with all philips dvd players ;)
I have 2 also, you can fit so much on a dvd.
i have this beast. it's amazing. it's truely amazing. it plays anything. xvid, divx, even does srt subs if u get the newest firmware. just amazing.
buy it. it's well worth $70
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Originally Posted by worldpease
No, I didnt mean anything by it. Yes, I do consider myself a geek! I will burn many a AVI to DVD for this. Imagine, fitting like 6 or eight movies on one DVD!
yes and compleat seasons on a dvdr, its the best investment I made.Quote:
Originally Posted by orcutt989
Having complete season eps on one disc is a real nice bonus also...Quote:
Originally Posted by muchspl3
Family Guy here we come! So everyone agrees that this is a good investment? What problems has anyone had with it?
just that it wont play some very older-version divx movies. like some of the indiana jones divx-encoded movies i burned are all blocky...but maybe that menu trick would work.... i dunno. only problem i've ever had, and it was just on a few discs.Quote:
Originally Posted by orcutt989
turn on progressive scan
i'll try that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Samurai
What is that, and how one go about doing that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Samurai
wont help you unless you have a HDTV....Quote:
Originally Posted by orcutt989
Well I have that anyway, but the manual said it would work if you chose YUV instead of RGB (scart) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by muchspl3
US VS OVERSEAS
I;i've never seen a scart connection here, but higher end tvs over here have rgb.
RGB is required for progressive scan here, along with a tv that can display progressive (HDTV) dunno about overseas :unsure: