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    do yourself a favor and dont buy this divx player by phillips like i did

    it is slow it overheats and it dont work the way it needs to
    here is the name of the player

    Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
    unrealiable
    the menu is slow to even read like 4 divx movies on a dvd player, and it sucks
    going to return this piece of shit today


    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

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    I got a DVD player recently....
    its the Panasonic DVD-S47K

    its pretty good, and plays all my burned "DVD backups"

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    Quote Originally Posted by WE_DELIVER
    I got a DVD player recently....
    its the Panasonic DVD-S47K
    where u brought it off
    is it reasonable priced?

    just for the record i thought this would be a good player paid 76bucks for it its lousy, if u read that review from amazon people will tell u how it is, the truth is it sucks.

    it takes so friggin long for the thing to start up.
    its very lackin my other dvd player is much faster.

    hmm
    i am looking for alternative
    maybe the panasonic would be good
    it plays divx i can presume other wise i just will buy a modulator and hook it up via computer.
    i am angry.
    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by crackerjacker
    i am angry.
    cheers
    LOL

    I bought it at a store in Chicago called ABT...but its available online. It's about 100 bucks...but it works pretty well for me.

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    http://www.abtelectronics.com/script....php3?id=17107

    here it is at ABT....pretty cheap in terms of price...i think they do online orders...so check them out.

    to quote you: "hmmmmmm"

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    i think the panasonic don't play divx movies =S

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    in theory, cj's should be 10x better than that one--region free, etc

    from the manual


    1 Press up/down to highlight ‘MP3/JPEG Nav’.
    2 Enter its submenu by pressing 2.
    3 Press up/down to choose a setting.
    ➜No Menu: playback all files in
    sequence automatically without a menu.
    ➜With Menu: playback files in the
    selected folder within a menu.
    4 Press OK, then press < to return to the
    Preference Setup Page.
    Helpful Hints:
    – MP3/JPEG Nav can be set to WITH
    MENU only if the disc was recorded with
    menu.
    – It may not be available on some discs,
    even though it is set to ‘WITH MENU’.

    is this your problem?

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    I have the Phillips model you mentioned and it works like a charm. It plays pretty much everything i put in it.
    got it from Walmart for 67 bucks.

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    yea...i dont think it plays Divx...but for me it works great
    I just dupe the DVD i want and keep it in a giant DVD binder.
    I could encode to Divx...but I dont see the point since youre taking an extra step. It only makes sence if you download a movie thats in Divx format...but then again, it just takes us space on the hard drive...thats my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WE_DELIVER
    yea...i dont think it plays Divx...but for me it works great
    I just dupe the DVD i want and keep it in a giant DVD binder.
    I could encode to Divx...but I dont see the point since youre taking an extra step. It only makes sence if you download a movie thats in Divx format...but then again, it just takes us space on the hard drive...thats my opinion.
    The point is that I can have the entire lotr extended version set on one dvd in divx. Instead of 6 dvds.

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    I've got the same player cj, and it works perfect for me. I've never had any problems. Plays all my burned dvds, both + and -, svcd, vcds, and divx movies. Also, having progressive scan and component output is nice. It's the best player I've ever seen for under $100 (and tops most players above $100.)
    - N -

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    sounds good
    i think i have come to the issue or problem.
    from this site http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/143836
    specifically autogk with regards to ess
    With AutoGK did you select the ESS profile or whatever? Because as I understand it AutoGK uses custom quant matricies unless you select ESS. The reason for this is that ESS based players don't handle certain matricies well.

    I think this is the issue but i am still unsure
    another issue was the way the remote wasnt working

    a way to bypass this would be to do this to make the xvid files play
    *from what i read*
    Message To All....I found out that if you press the menu button on the remote of the dvp/642 and then press it again...you're screwed up xvid or divx movies will play perfectly!...

    Also press and hold the stop button to open the cd tray....Hope I kan help.
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    this holds no water, and no resolution to the issue i am having.
    seems like it can work for some people but not for me

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    I highly recommend the divx/dvd player below, I personally do not own of these, but i have set and installed one for my m8. I find that it is very compatiable with Xvid encoded films, it can even handle VBR mp3 and AC3 soundtracks, which too me is very impressive. Only downside is no acess to firmware upgrades, which is really disapointing as a couple of upgrades could really make this a fantastic all-round player.
    The price is very cheap, and you get what you buy for.

    £50
    $93.66
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...367052-8563826

    Medion MD40814 DivX Multi-region DVD player

    * This DVD player has been modified to provide multi-region playback
    * Integrated Dolby Digital (AC3 5.1) Decoder
    * DivX 3-5 compatible
    * MPEG 4 compatible
    * MP3/CD-R/CD-RW/Audio-CD/Photo-CD/SVCD/VCD compatible
    * Digital 10 Bit video processing
    * Digital 24 Bit DVD Audio processing 96 kHz
    * Video formats 4:3; 16:9
    * Child lock
    * On Screen Display
    * Language selection Audio, Subtitle.


    ====
    If price is not the limit, that i would highly recommend this player Pioneer Universal DVD Player - DIVX playback compatible - Silver
    ==

    Hope this is useful :gj
    Allofmp3 Community - http://www.aom3.org Blog - Rutunes.com

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    I have the little cyberhome CH-300 and while it doesnt play DivX it plays svcd and vcd's fine and theres plenty of DivX to DVD tools and guides around so theres no real reason to buy a divX certified player .
    Your better off these days coverting and burning to DVD-ROM so you can play the burnt disk on all your DVD capable devices including xBoxes and Playstations . Double layer DVD writers can be found for $100 .

    Freeware DivX to DVD converter
    http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi..._divxtodvd.cfm

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    Quote Originally Posted by AussieMatt
    I have the little cyberhome CH-300 and while it doesnt play DivX it plays svcd and vcd's fine and theres plenty of DivX to DVD tools and guides around so theres no real reason to buy a divX certified player .
    Your better off these days coverting and burning to DVD-ROM so you can play the burnt disk on all your DVD capable devices including xBoxes and Playstations . Double layer DVD writers can be found for $100 .

    Freeware DivX to DVD converter
    http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi..._divxtodvd.cfm
    i also have a cyberhome ch dvd 320 that plays mpg very well, it is progressive scan, but the new player i have supports divx, but the start up time is slow, that is why i brought the phillips divx player. its very slow to read man. i hope it will work out tho.

    i am testing something right now i hope it will work out, if not i am getting rid of the phillips player man.

    for shame :(



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    my test

    well i put it on a regular cd recordable and the menu does come up, it wont play the file even though its mpeg4. It attempts to play it though but its only showing black on the screen.
    I am thinking maybe its the way I converted the file using autogk, but i am unsure.
    Suffice to say the phillips player should play mpeg4 but its not.

    I am going to think its the issue with the way autogk converted the file.
    for shame
    I thought maybe it was my dvd -r media and its not that.
    hmm well time to do reencode the file maybe to mpg *the file* and see if it plays well in this new player.
    well time to convert it two ways over, but hmm, this kinda sucks.
    the idea that this player will not play this file type is sucky, as that is why i brought it in first place.

    *hmm i just might take it back*
    grr

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