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Guys, what's that DVD player that plays DIVX movies?!
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SSGMUN10000
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Mugen said:
Philips DVP642
SentientStone
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jenov4 said:
There should be a menu that pops up that lists all the files and directories when you pop in a disc with more than one movie file (in which you can select which file you want to play), at least that is what it is like when I pop in a CD with multiple files.
Chairman85
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It will work perfectly with a DVD-R with multiple DivX files from my experience.
Kabuki Waq
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i have the philipps DVP642 the firmware is upgradable. It plays ALL DIVX FILES but is 50% of Xvid files dont work.
Its all region free though the remote so its well worthe the budget price.
Its all region free though the remote so its well worthe the budget price.
Wario64 said:It's DivX you noobs lolomgwtf
This is why I got a modded Xbox and Xbox Media Center, so much easier since all you gotta do is stream the file or FTP it to your Xbox
How is that easier than sticking a disc in a DVD player? Stream is fine if you've got the protocols and the sharing and everything sorted, but its not really easier than nero'ing a bunch of files onto a DVDR
The Faceless Master
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the Philips DVP 642 played Samurai Champloo (Aone) Teen Titans (Moonsong) and Justice League (Moonsong) fine...
apparently from what i read, it doesnt playback divx/xvid that use ogg for audio
apparently from what i read, it doesnt playback divx/xvid that use ogg for audio
I see, I wasn't worried about the MKV/OGM stuff, just having my animes play on it is a HUGE factor in me buying it. And also acts as a CD player which I need right now. Gonna buy it tomorrow for sure now.
But if it can play MKV and OGM stuff, THAT would be really really awesome. Hell, I would pay $300+ dollars if it does that.
But if it can play MKV and OGM stuff, THAT would be really really awesome. Hell, I would pay $300+ dollars if it does that.
Marty Chinn
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Mugen said:I see, I wasn't worried about the MKV/OGM stuff, just having my animes play on it is a HUGE factor in me buying it. And also acts as a CD player which I need right now. Gonna buy it tomorrow for sure now.
But if it can play MKV and OGM stuff, THAT would be really really awesome. Hell, I would pay $300+ dollars if it does that.
Why not spend less and get a modded Xbox with Xbox Media Center?
Kabuki Waq
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It plays All My anime so far
I dont know if it plays DBZ style Crap like NAruto tho
but yea it works for all the naime i have tried.
Google it.
I dont know if it plays DBZ style Crap like NAruto tho
but yea it works for all the naime i have tried.
Google it.
Marty Chinn said:
modded Xbox is more than 300+ isn't it? But then if I do get a console, I wouldn't get an XBox, I'm going to get PS2 too that's why and having Xbox and a PS2 just doesn't please my wallet.
Kabuki Waq said:It plays All My anime so far
I dont know if it plays DBZ style Crap like NAruto tho
but yea it works for all the naime i have tried.
Google it.
Naruto rocks d00d, but I think One Piece is just better and DBZ? It was good when I was young and stupid then.
SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
Well for some reason it works good with One Piece but for Naruto the subs are chopped in half. Of course you can see it in 1/2 zoom but I would have preferred it full screen.
Marty Chinn
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Mugen said:modded Xbox is more than 300+ isn't it? But then if I do get a console, I wouldn't get an XBox, I'm going to get PS2 too that's why and having Xbox and a PS2 just doesn't please my wallet.
Naruto rocks d00d, but I think One Piece is just better and DBZ? It was good when I was young and stupid then.
Xbox is $150, Mod chip is $35 to $50. That's $200 right there. I don't get it though. If you're willing to spend $300 on a DVD player that plays certain formats anyway, how would buying an Xbox for Xbox Media Center be any different? What does that have to do with buying a console? You already were going to get a DVD player that does it anyway for more.
There is finally a DVD player out in america that will play xvid and divx files that the Philips DVP642 won't, the Rjtech RJ800DVX. It's some taiwanese brand, so as for robustness I won'T trust it too much.
It uses the Mediatek chipset, the Philips uses some ESS chipset that does not have enough power to play advanced MPEG-4 features (QPel and GMC with xvid, and DivX Pro). The Mediatek does, but as for MPEG-4 with AAC audio such as files done with Nero Digital, forget about it. As for Matroska and OGM whatever containers. But there's one in america.
Philips is a european brand, in Europe there's applenty. This Philips DVD player is the hottest selling dvd player! It's incredible how it'S out of stock everywhere. It seems majors want to block piracy with MPEG-4 codecs, and only Philips and some scarce japanese models (Yamaha, JVC), and taiwanese cheap compagnies offer this.
Anyway, I ordered this Rjtech and I have the philips, it's used by my brother right now, I want to see how they perform. And I have a modded Xbox, but it's like, so convenient to use a dvd player and play MPEG-4 videos. I mean, my mom tried it and wants one. And she won'T even know how to press the start button on my xbox controller.
Right now tought the Philips is really cool.
It uses the Mediatek chipset, the Philips uses some ESS chipset that does not have enough power to play advanced MPEG-4 features (QPel and GMC with xvid, and DivX Pro). The Mediatek does, but as for MPEG-4 with AAC audio such as files done with Nero Digital, forget about it. As for Matroska and OGM whatever containers. But there's one in america.
Philips is a european brand, in Europe there's applenty. This Philips DVD player is the hottest selling dvd player! It's incredible how it'S out of stock everywhere. It seems majors want to block piracy with MPEG-4 codecs, and only Philips and some scarce japanese models (Yamaha, JVC), and taiwanese cheap compagnies offer this.
Anyway, I ordered this Rjtech and I have the philips, it's used by my brother right now, I want to see how they perform. And I have a modded Xbox, but it's like, so convenient to use a dvd player and play MPEG-4 videos. I mean, my mom tried it and wants one. And she won'T even know how to press the start button on my xbox controller.
Right now tought the Philips is really cool.
Jotaro said:There is finally a DVD player out in america that will play xvid and divx files that the Philips DVP642 won't, the Rjtech RJ800DVX. It's some taiwanese brand, so as for robustness I won'T trust it too much.
It uses the Mediatek chipset, the Philips uses some ESS chipset that does not have enough power to play advanced MPEG-4 features (QPel and GMC with xvid, and DivX Pro). The Mediatek does, but as for MPEG-4 with AAC audio such as files done with Nero Digital, forget about it. As for Matroska and OGM whatever containers. But there's one in america.
Philips is a european brand, in Europe there's applenty. This Philips DVD player is the hottest selling dvd player! It's incredible how it'S out of stock everywhere. It seems majors want to block piracy with MPEG-4 codecs, and only Philips and some scarce japanese models (Yamaha, JVC), and taiwanese cheap compagnies offer this.
Anyway, I ordered this Rjtech and I have the philips, it's used by my brother right now, I want to see how they perform. And I have a modded Xbox, but it's like, so convenient to use a dvd player and play MPEG-4 videos. I mean, my mom tried it and wants one. And she won'T even know how to press the start button on my xbox controller.
Right now tought the Philips is really cool.
When you get the Rjtech DVD player don't forget to post about how well it works. I'm very interested in it.
NetMapel said:
When they use Japanese parts instead of Chinese parts in their products :lol
Damn, it's stuck in BC! Seems NCIX.com (british colombia, canadian e-tailer) decided to take my order and split it in two. I ordered a 200 gigs Seagate HDD and 1 gig of memory along with it. This was put apart from my rjtech.
The Rjtech weights 7 pounds, the rest on the other order 2 pounds.
The memory and HDD have departed from Richmond, BC, since january 11, but the Rjtech it still in pickup scan. The fact it got to go to my quebecian town (one hour from Montreal) does not helps either.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Jotaro said:There is finally a DVD player out in america that will play xvid and divx files that the Philips DVP642 won't, the Rjtech RJ800DVX. It's some taiwanese brand, so as for robustness I won'T trust it too much.
It uses the Mediatek chipset, the Philips uses some ESS chipset that does not have enough power to play advanced MPEG-4 features (QPel and GMC with xvid, and DivX Pro). The Mediatek does, but as for MPEG-4 with AAC audio such as files done with Nero Digital, forget about it. As for Matroska and OGM whatever containers. But there's one in america.
Philips is a european brand, in Europe there's applenty. This Philips DVD player is the hottest selling dvd player! It's incredible how it'S out of stock everywhere. It seems majors want to block piracy with MPEG-4 codecs, and only Philips and some scarce japanese models (Yamaha, JVC), and taiwanese cheap compagnies offer this.
Anyway, I ordered this Rjtech and I have the philips, it's used by my brother right now, I want to see how they perform. And I have a modded Xbox, but it's like, so convenient to use a dvd player and play MPEG-4 videos. I mean, my mom tried it and wants one. And she won'T even know how to press the start button on my xbox controller.
Right now tought the Philips is really cool.
There's plenty here in Winnipeg. I got mine at Wal-Mart in St. Vital before christmas at $100CDN and everyplace I've been to recently has em stocked on shelves. It's a great player for the price.
Ok I thought it's not worth it to bump this thread but honestly I need to know why everybody bothered with encoding files to mpeg2 (which never worked for me) and burning or buying new dvd players while nero burnes files to dvd-video in a SINGLE CLICK with no messy encoding or whatever needed..
NERO IS AWESOME! AWESOME IS NERO
It came with the DVD-RW I just got. Oh boy. I saw an option for DVD-Video. Clicked it. Added a file to see what is it all about (naruto 126), and 25 minutes later I put that disk in my PS2 and seconds later Naruto is playing on my TV. Quality rocks. The subs get cut off at the bottom though; solution = choose 16:9 option. That's it.
Seriously why doesnt anyone mention nero in these kinda topics? I mean you'd think if there was an easier solution nobody would mention encoding files to mpeg2 with TMPG if you just want to watch .avi files on TV. ¬_¬
NERO IS AWESOME! AWESOME IS NERO
It came with the DVD-RW I just got. Oh boy. I saw an option for DVD-Video. Clicked it. Added a file to see what is it all about (naruto 126), and 25 minutes later I put that disk in my PS2 and seconds later Naruto is playing on my TV. Quality rocks. The subs get cut off at the bottom though; solution = choose 16:9 option. That's it.
Seriously why doesnt anyone mention nero in these kinda topics? I mean you'd think if there was an easier solution nobody would mention encoding files to mpeg2 with TMPG if you just want to watch .avi files on TV. ¬_¬
Chrono said:Ok I thought it's not worth it to bump this thread but honestly I need to know why everybody bothered with encoding files to mpeg2 (which never worked for me) and burning or buying new dvd players while nero burnes files to dvd-video in a SINGLE CLICK with no messy encoding or whatever needed..
NERO IS AWESOME! AWESOME IS NERO
It came with the DVD-RW I just got. Oh boy. I saw an option for DVD-Video. Clicked it. Added a file to see what is it all about (naruto 126), and 25 minutes later I put that disk in my PS2 and seconds later Naruto is playing on my TV. Quality rocks. The subs get cut off at the bottom though; solution = choose 16:9 option. That's it.
Seriously why doesnt anyone mention nero in these kinda topics? I mean you'd think if there was an easier solution nobody would mention encoding files to mpeg2 with TMPG if you just want to watch .avi files on TV. ¬_¬
What version of nero is it?
Shoryuken said:
OEM version 6.3 I think. There are several programs in it like Nero media player and Nero express and each are different versions (like nero express is version 2.1). This is the dvd-rw that it was packaged with btw:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-960&depa=0
Oh and one thing I didn't mention is that a 175 MB .avi file ends up at a little over a gig when making a dvd-video. I think I can change that by messing around with settings but I'm happy with it since I only burn dvd-videos now to watch an episode and not back up.
The Faceless Master
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yeah, that's a part of it.... you can have a whole lot more 175MB divx avi's on a dvd disk than vobs...Chrono said:
plus no loss in quality from another conversion
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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A softmod is free and the easiest thing in the world to do. Xbox Media Center blows away anything any DVD player can do. I truly believe that a modded Xbox with Media Center is the greatest electronic device you could ever own.Mugen said:modded Xbox is more than 300+ isn't it? But then if I do get a console, I wouldn't get an XBox, I'm going to get PS2 too that's why and having Xbox and a PS2 just doesn't please my wallet.
This happend to me just now:
*Walk into ****-*******.com and sees that Naruto 127-128 has been released, I start saying "Gniiiiiiiiiiiiiii" in anticipation, starts DC++, gets a download that goes in 250k immediately, JUMPS to the Xbox, picks the DCTMP file with Naruto, watches the entire thing without interruptions. Becamy happy. (I streamed it while I was downloading it)
*Walk into ****-*******.com and sees that Naruto 127-128 has been released, I start saying "Gniiiiiiiiiiiiiii" in anticipation, starts DC++, gets a download that goes in 250k immediately, JUMPS to the Xbox, picks the DCTMP file with Naruto, watches the entire thing without interruptions. Becamy happy.
(I streamed it while I was downloading it)- Status