DivX DVD Players

[Syndyre]

Just wondering if anybody knows if these generally also play Xvid etc, and whether there's much difference between DivX and DivX Ultra.

 

[4cer]

yup, well mine seems to play all variants of DiVX aswell as Xvid.

 

[Napalm]

Divx players are a nice thing to have, but do remember that they run on a hardcoded codec. Meaning it is a fixed codec coded into a chip inside the dvd-player.

Most of these dvd-players suffer when it comes to playing Divx 6.0 stuff (the hardcoded one seems to be a divx5 codec)

Also some of the latest stuff come combined with a different mp3 codec. So the movies either don't have sound at all or slip up every now and then.

Unless u are going to buy a new divx player/dvd player every year. Its gonna be useless.. and a waste of money

 

[Roman4604]

Just wondering if anybody knows if these generally also play Xvid etc, and whether there's much difference between DivX and DivX Ultra.

Yep, have an LG DVX-173 and it plays every DivX/Xvid I've thrown at it. Occasionally vids stutter a bit or loose voice sync, but a quick rewind usually solves. Only restriction is res cant be higher than 720 x 576.

DivX Ultra is just some DVD type featues as menus/titles/soundtracks etc. nothing really to do with picture, DivX-HD seems to be the next step up in pic size & quality.

 

[Roman4604]

Most of these dvd-players suffer when it comes to playing Divx 6.0 stuff (the hardcoded one seems to be a divx5 codec)

True most low end one like my LG only support DivX 3-5, however I've found little 'content' that is encoded in 6 or greater.

Also some of the latest stuff come combined with a different mp3 codec. So the movies either don't have sound at all or slip up every now and then.

My LG has no problem playing mp3 2.0 & AC3 5.1 soundtracks embedded in the DivX.

Unless u are going to buy a new divx player/dvd player every year. Its gonna be useless.. and a waste of money

Depending on manufacturer the low end models only cost R350-R700, so its not too unreasonable to upgrade every year. I'd much rather watch slouched on the couch with the remote than fiddle with the PC, especially when writing a full DVD+R only takes ~ 8min.

 

[ebendl]

LG DVD Recorder (RH7624W) plays pretty much anything I throw at it as well. Nice thing is that you can actually copy the movies to the harddisk, as well as MP3s.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Unless u are going to buy a new divx player/dvd player every year. Its gonna be useless.. and a waste of money

Most DivX players these days are firmware upgradable so when new versions of a codec are released the firmware can be updated to accomodate it. I have a Yamada which has this feature. I believe the Wharfdale from Hi-Fi Corporation has this feature also, though you might have to get the upgrades from them directly as I couldn't find these machines on the web anywhere.

Just ask the salesman when you go shopping (if you can find one who knows what they're talking about).

 

[neio]

LG has a certain time each year when you can bring all your LG products to them and they will perform a maintenance and service on it for free. Pretty good deal if you ask me.]

Edit: I suppose they will upgrade the DIVX to the latest version as well during the service.

 

[Slip]

Check out the Phillips models. I have one which works like a pro.