DVD player with USB that plays DivX

tywy

Anyone know where I can find a decent enough one for a reasonable price. Pixmania do one for about €75 + shipping but I really don't want to order from them because I've had bad experiences with them in the past. Any ideas?

madmoe

Hey there mate, I am looking for EXACTLY the same thing. Was going to go for this one (http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/424180/art/sigmatek/xs-700-pro-dvd-divx-usb-h.html?itag=6584) then decided to do a bit of looking as I thought the Pixmania delivery charge was a bit steep. Came across the Philips DVP5960 that does DivX, has USB support as well as upscaling for hi def TV's.

I rang Pete's and they are selling it for €99, can't find number for Philips shop on Dame street but I imagine it would be the same price or lower. The Sigmatek including delivery is €92 so its cheaper but it also includes a memory card reader which is a sweet addition.

I am seriously thinking about Pixmania but then read that you had problems with them in the past, can you let me know what they were? I ordered cameras off them before and had no problems.

Cheers,
M

GrumPy

The philips player DOES NOT support divx via the usb port. Only audio, and jpegs.

DONT buy it.

I was also gonna buy the upscaling hdmi player you linked from pixmania, Iv'e ordered before and never had any problems

madmoe

Hey there mate, thanx a million for that! So, u reckon I should go with the Sigmatek model? Can you tell me if the USB interface is USB 1.0/1.1 or 2.0? I have heard prople talking about players with the 1.0/1.1 interface having stuttering playback problems with DivX files? Also, does the HDD need to be formatted with FAT32 or will it also work with NTFS?

Thanx again,
M

loyatemu

this review suggests that the Philip will play Divx via the USB port, though doesn't mention plugging a HDD in.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Philips_DVP5960_37/4505-6463_7-31871079.html

EDIT - the reviews on Amazon.com say that you can use a HDD provided it is FAT32 and has its own power supply (same as the Lidl players then).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000G18DR0/ref=cm_rev_next/002-8658442-9588844?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=172282&s=electronics&customer-reviews.start=21

madmoe

Anyone bought the Philips or the Sigmatek and can provide feedback?

Cheers,
M

aCA

I bought the Sigmatek along with a hdmi cable, just received them both yesterday. I'm gonna try and return it, I'm not happy with it.

The player itself looks quite nice, black and slimline. The build quality of the dvd tray is crap, not hard plastic more like bendy rubber. I tested it with a lot of different of divx and xvid files from cdr's (I haven't tried anything from a usb drive). Most divx files played, though not all, only about 80%. Also quite a few films had the video/sound out of sync, which makes them unwatchable. I'm gonna check later today to see if these divx files play sound/video out of sync on my pc (maybe the problem was with the files themselves, I doubt it though). The file menu system is pretty crap to look at also. I only had about an hour with it last night to test it, gonna throw some more files at it tonight, but I doubt I will keep it. Think I'll go back to using my old xbox and xbmc, was hoping the Sigmatek would replace it while also looking a bit nicer under my tv.

tywy

you're going to try returning it to pixmania? good luck getting your money back! Pixmania sent me the wrong product (DHL dropped it into a neighbour) so I sent it back. After about 2 weeks and about 2 hours on the phone at 45c per min I eventually got my money back, I've heard of people waiting 2 months.

I wouldn't recommend ANYONE buying from pixmania, you're screwed if anything goes wrong really. I've dealt with them the twice, the first time was great no problems, second time was REALLY annoying.

I haven't found any decent offers on a DVD player with DivX and a USB yet but will keep searchin!

madmoe

Cheers for that lads. I am gonna try and get into the Philips shop at the weekend and sus out what the story is with the DVP 5960 playing back DivX files from a hard disk drive, USB pen drive etc. I'll also ask them if it is USB 1.0/1.1 or 2.0 and if the drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 or NTFS.

@aCA, would you mind reporting back anything else you find out that may be useful. Can it play back DivX files from the SD card? Did you connect a USB HDD or a pendrive? Did they play back movies without sputtering? What format were they using? Sorry for all the questions but I'm very curious as I was VERY near buying it earlier today.

Cheers,
Mark

tywy

well looking at that CNET review they had success with playing DivX files off a pen drive on the philips. They said it was the same as reading it off a disc.

madmoe

Coola, gonna take a gawk at them now.

M

madmoe

Hey guys, this is a pretty definitive thread on the whole USB hard disk drive question I was asking http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=301465&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30&sid=4584c55879518ce92e34207aad541c49

loyatemu

yeah I was reading that forum yesterday - to summarise:

Divx\Xvid off a HDD works fine provided - the drive is a primary partition formatted to FAT32 and with its own power supply. It may struggle with very high bit rate files as its only USB 1.1, and the player only displays 8 character filenames (this is typical of DVD-Divx players though). YMMV.

madmoe

@loyatemu, cheers for that! Me is gonna but it this weekend and I'll let ye know how I get on. I have a Western Digital My Book 320GB that I am gonna hook up to it.

M

madmoe

Just bought the DVP 5960. Will post my findings in a bit.

M

GrumPy

madmoe wrote:

Just bought the DVP 5960. Will post my findings in a bit.

M

How much you pay?