Standalone Divx player $43

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Byte

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I had a shuttle that played all my stuff on the living room and a laptop for my room. Then i found this little guy for $43. Sure beats the 5-10x it cost for any computer you can build, heck a decent remote probably costs that much. It plays Divx extremely well but i found some Xvid to sometime get unsync with sound. But it does everything advertised.

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Originally posted by: Byte
I have close to 2TB of space but i'm running out! (No not all of it is pr0n). DVD are pretty sad with only 4GB per disc. When are the new stuff coming out like Blu Ray and HDDVD.
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Oh no......

A Platinum Member posting in the wrong forum...

Flame suit on :)

-LS
 
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TekDemon

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lol nice save by turning into a hot deal ;)
Although there does seem to be a referral ID in the link (not that I'm haterading but someone else would have pointed it out sooner or later)
 
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Zim

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Norcent is a name like Craptola - it inspires zero confidence.
 
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cain

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ok here is my question, i have seen those things around and do they only have divx codecs? i mean i havent used divx in a long time. i either use storm codecs or mplayer. would player/similar players play everything?
 
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kmmatney

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I think the Philips player is better. I got it for $54 shipped about a year ago, and it rocks.

Philips 642 player

Its will play DivX, XVid, as well as VideoCDs and SVCDs. In my experience, all DivX title work well. For XVID format, you need to make sure to install the XVid codec with support for stand-alone players. (ESS support).
 
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kmmatney

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Originally posted by: TekDemon
lol nice save by turning into a hot deal ;)
Although there does seem to be a referral ID in the link (not that I'm haterading but someone else would have pointed it out sooner or later)
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Are you sure. I went to Amazon and searched for the product myself, and the direct link is:

My link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...935945?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

His Link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...935945?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846


What's this about a referral ID, and why we worry about it?



 
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kimchee411

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For XVID format, you need to make sure to install the XVid codec with support for stand-alone players. (ESS support).
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, but I didn't have to "install" anything to play xVid on the DVP-642.

Is there a player with a better interface than the DVP-642? It's great in that it plays like everything, but it's pretty damn slow navigating through files, especially if you have embedded folders. It also doesn't support long files names so it's a pain in the ass to figure out what episode of a TV show you're watching. I've resorted to naming them "01.avi" "02.avi" etc. and making a jpeg with a list of episodes as a guide. Apparently Philips doesn't even post firmware updates anymore either, and the latest revision actually made things WORSE for me (can't read some files it could before, although overall it still reads like 90+% of the stuff I throw at it). I'm surprised there haven't been more advancements with regard to DivX players; I like being able to fit 5 or 6 movies on a single disc!
 
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commandojoe

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I think he means if you are creating Xvids on your PC to play on your standalone you should use "the XVid codec with support for stand-alone players. (ESS support)."
 
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gtd2000

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From my experience the Philips plays some Xvid's but not all.

I have the complete collection of the UK TV series "The Survivors" from the mid 1970's which are of varied quality. One series (there are 3) is of very good clarity and quality on the PC but absolutely awful on the Philips as it is in Xvid format. The playback is totally pixellated and allsorts of weird colours are produced :(

Generally the Philips is good though :thumbsup:
 
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RaiderJ

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I think Divx players are about a year or so past their usefulness.... at least with DVD-Rs being almost as cheap as CD-Rs, I find it easier to just copy my DVDs than do all that encoding stuff.
 
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mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: RaiderJ
I think Divx players are about a year or so past their usefulness.... at least with DVD-Rs being almost as cheap as CD-Rs, I find it easier to just copy my DVDs than do all that encoding stuff.
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Double layer DVDs are expensive though. With Divx you can have much higher quality than when you degrade a movie to fit in half the size and staying in MPEG2.
 
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Pabster

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I like the DVP642. I own 3 of them, and each has been flawless. Plays everything.

My only gripe is the lack of long filename support. I can live with it being a bit slow navigation-wise but not being able to tell what you are navigating through is a PITA.

That, and the remote is a PoS. Took me a while to figure out hitting stop for 2 or 3 seconds would open the tray.

Otherwise this is an awesome player for a great price. I've played DiVX and XVID with no trouble - although if the XViD uses MP3 audio it probably won't play it.
 
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dc

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Originally posted by: RaiderJ
I think Divx players are about a year or so past their usefulness.... at least with DVD-Rs being almost as cheap as CD-Rs, I find it easier to just copy my DVDs than do all that encoding stuff.
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heh, many of us have lots of divx files and a divx player would be easier and faster then re-encoding everything to dvd/mpg2.
 
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Averox

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Has there been a comprehensive review of the Philips vs Norcant? Kind of hard just to base off those Amazon user reviews.
 
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kmmatney

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Originally posted by: dc
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
I think Divx players are about a year or so past their usefulness.... at least with DVD-Rs being almost as cheap as CD-Rs, I find it easier to just copy my DVDs than do all that encoding stuff.
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heh, many of us have lots of divx files and a divx player would be easier and faster then re-encoding everything to dvd/mpg2.
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Also, its nice for longer movies, where you'd had to sacrifice the bit rate to fit it on a single DVDR in mpeg2 format. You can put it in DivX format in a DVD+R without any sacrifices. You can also put three high quality DivX movies on a DVD+R and it will play them all.
 
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jmunjr

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Correct, will no tplay Divx with quarter pixel. Most of the people who do the encoding for distrobution know this know and don't do it as much, but about 5% of the SG-1 episodes form last seaosn id donloaded had it so i had to convert dangit.

Norcet i heard does qpel but very well..

Originally posted by: AkumaX
i <3 my dvp642

won't play xvid w/ qpel, so be cautious :)
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HomerSapien

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Originally posted by: jnmunsey
Correct, will no tplay Divx with quarter pixel. Most of the people who do the encoding for distrobution know this know and don't do it as much, but about 5% of the SG-1 episodes form last seaosn id donloaded had it so i had to convert dangit.

Norcet i heard does qpel but very well..
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Wow....Please edit your post and fix your typos.
 
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Samus

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another vote for the philips dvp642. component output/ progressive scan playback is top notch. being able to play divx and most xvids is just a bonus. i have one xvid that wont play on it and its a dvdrip i downloaded anyway so who knows how well it was encoded
 
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