Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Okay, but lots of flaws
I bought this player because of its DIVX and XVID features, and most of the time it works well.  However, there are certain encodings, like QPEL, that will not play.  Many new releases on the Internet are taking advantage of the superior .ogm and .mkv formats, which allow for multiple subtitle tracks and audio tracks, and this player will not play them.  There is no slo-mo on DIVX.  Some screens do not fit properly, so often subtitles bleed off the bottom and sides of the screen and are partly hidden.  The menu system is EXTREMELY slow, often mixing up the order of files. <br /> <br />Regular DVD performance is crystal clear and exemplary.  Audio performance is good.  You cannot shut off this player and resume in the same place that you left off like you can with many other players. <br /> <br />The remote is possibly the worst designed that I've ever seen.  Controls are not laid out logically, and some buttons that serve multiple functions are confusing; it's way too easy to hit the wrong button and have to start over again.  The display on the player offers very little information.  There is no time-remaining feature and very little information in the on-screen display. <br /> <br />I would probably not buy this player again, but the other DIVX-enabled players on the market seem to have their own sets of weaknesses and omissions, too.