Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
does more than its worth
this is a good dvd player but consider the price, you shouldn't be expecting much in terms of support and bugs. <br /> <br />good: <br />plays divx files and has some features around it. <br />good dvd playback, has all the requisite s-video, s-component and so forth, I really can't keep up with all the names.  <br />about as cheap as it gets. <br /> <br />bad: <br />no update forthcoming in terms of firmware, I have a feeling that they won't be updating the firmware anytime soon, that means any new encoding format will likely not be played on this. <br /> <br />if you are buying something to keep for more than 2 years and you want to enjoy new formats then you need to buy more expensive models that will have firmware updates.  You should expect to run into problems trying to play avi files.  In my experiences, my avi files are encoded all over places, some will play, many will frustrate.  referred by WhoSave.com a while ago.  Good price, but now there may be other models at competitive prices. <br />