Norcent DP-220 DVD PLAYER WITH DIVX PLAYBACK
cheap awesome DivX/XviD player!
I love this player! I also have a Philips DVP642 DivX player and have had nothing but problems with it. I wanted so much to love that player, but it could barely play anything I had. There's two main reasons why I wanted a DivX player: anime and downloaded TV/movies. <br /> <br />Philips choked on so many things with that stupid codec message. Plus, it had problems reading various media. The latest firmware didn't fix anything. <br /> <br />This player is rock solid. It's so much cheaper than the Philips. It plays XviD! People said that XviD wasn't working but it works beautifully. I can throw old CD's, dirt cheap media, high-end media, etc. and so far they have all worked. <br /> <br />Picture quality is excellent. <br /> <br />At first, I thought it used the same chipset as the Philips because the file menu looks eerily similar but I haven't had the same problems on the Norcent. <br /> <br />Problems: There is no front panel LCD. I didn't miss it much after awhile. I read that the Norcent handled scanning better than the Philips but it didn't seem better at all. The Norcent is uglier than the Philips. <br /> <br />I haven't tried Q-Pel stuff yet but I'm not holding my breath on that one. If it does work, I will be in heaven. <br /> <br />SUMMARY: DivX player preference Norcent > Lite-On > Philips