Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Yes it does play Divx files however.......
After reading the rave reviews on this player and seeing it at my local retailler on Sale, I decided to purchase my third DVD player (don't ask). <br /> <br />Well, it is small, and looks very sleek and yes, it did play everything I could toss at it however: <br />-my Xvid files look great, no artifacts, perfect <br />-my Divx files (I have approx 80 of them) looked incredibly blocky. Similar to how highly compressed Jpeg images look. I currently have it hooked up with Component cables. <br />-speaking of component, if you use these cables you have to connect them all except the red one, then go into the menu and enable component output then plug the red one back in. otherwise you will get no feed to your TV (this happened to me) or you will get a images that are only blue. Really really odd the system can't simply 'detect' what is plugged in. <br /> <br />Before this player, I streamed my Divx files from the computer to my 30\\" Widescreen Samsung HDTV using S-Video. Using the same files, the image is crisper, and renders the Divx compression much better (the 'blocks' are barely noticeable). <br /> <br />I haven't tried regular dvds on this unit as I use an LG unit which upconverts to 1080i nor have I tried the MP3 capabilities. <br /> <br />The main reason for purchase was the Divx capabilities and I must say, I am quite disappointed. <br />