Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Convenience, Versatility and Affordability!
Tired of dragging my notebook over to the TV every time I wanted to watch a DIVX file, I decided to give this player a try.  To my delight, it played all DIVX, +R and +RW discs right out of the box with no quibble, BEFORE the firmware upgrade was applied.  The quality of the DIVX playback depended on the quality of the encode, and an 80 minute movie compressed down to one 700MB CD is very close to DVD quality, IMO.  This player is an awesome value, at $70, especially if you remember that the big selling point of this player is CONVENIENCE--being able to play a great variety of formats in one unit.