Re: .avi files on DVD player

Bob wrote:

On Wed, 31 May 2006 20:39:30 GMT, "David McCall"
<david--------@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I just got back from a JVC demonstration of this one:
http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101546


It did play DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPG-1,Mpeg-2, and versions of HD media files.. Pretty awesome.


Keep in mind that if your planning on distributing your video (or create a DVD), you'll have to transcode that AVI to Mpeg-2 to make it play on a regular DVD player


Whoa!! Now, that's a really nice DVD player, and only $399 US at list


The ILO DVDR05MU1-6.10, $99 at WalMart, will play XviD AVIs.


A couple of things to note on this player...

1) It doesn't have an Eithernet jack, so no network play

2) It doesn't have an Optical sound out, just Coxal.

3) It's not DivX certified, so it's iffy if it plays DivX or Xvid.

4) Reviews are mixed, with many reports on the internet about taking the unit back due to it simply just not operating.

5) This is more of a cheap DVD recorder, and not a format player.

Other than those. good price. Be warned though, most el cheapo players have lots of complaints of drawer breaking, no playing, lockups, bad remotes, and a very low lever of usability at best.


This is also a personal opinion, but I most watch DivX files for TV shows. Whether I missed the show or my VCR didn't record it, getting DivX files are a gray area.. but the way I look at it is that once it's broadcast 'on-air', it's free game. Just like a friend recorded a VCR tape and loaned it too you..

Anyway.. Most of these DivX TV shows I'm only going to be watching ONCE! If you don't get one that plays over the network, be prepared to be making endless copies of DivX DVD's that you simply just going to start stacking up, and never watched again, ending up in the trash..

A network player allows you to watch anything in your library, while not creating a landfill of DVD's! :)

-bill
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