Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Plays anything you throw at it
I love this gadget. I have a lot of Divx, Xvid, Mpeg and Avi files which I wanted to watch on my bigscreen TV. The options were: A lousy long cable from the computer to the TV and no remote, an expensive wireless transmitter between the computer and the TV or this DVD player. Was an easy choice! I should admit I was skeptical because of the price. Now it seems the risk was well worth it. This very thin and sleek looking DVD player plays everything you throw at it. Normal DVDs, burnt DVD+ or DVD- disks, CDs, VCDs, MP3 disks, and any windows compatible vido data DVDs. I am yet to have a problem after nearly a year. <br />Long story short here's the skinny : <br /> <br />PROS: <br />-Plays ANYTHING <br />-Plays both NTSC and PAL formats. If you have any DVDs from abroad, just plug and play! <br />-Very thin and sleek look <br />-Has everything expensive ones have (5.1 DTS, optical, component inputs, MP3 capability) <br />-Small and simple remote control <br /> <br />CONS: <br />-Somewhat simple interface for data video menu <br />-Limits filenames to the first 9 letters <br />-You may need to hit the menu button twice to access the menu for real when playing video data (Xvid,MPEG etc.) <br /> <br />Overall the cons are nearly nothing compared to the pros. I bought 3 of these units, 2 as presents.