Where to buy Philips DVP642 in Canada? Help!

[DrJOnes666]

Hi all!
Today, I went to Futureshop and I wanted to purchased the Philips DVP642. To my horror, I was informed that they were out of stock. Not only that, but it seems pretty much every Futureshop is out of stock. I checked their website online and it says out of stock too.

Ouch. That hurts.

Time for Plan B : Heeeeeeeelp!

Anyone can point me where to purchase one of that player either in Canada or from an online store in the States that will ship to Canada.

Thanks!

DrJOnes666

PS. I want this unit as a second player. My main player is quite good, but there are a few divx I'd prefer to be able to view directly without having to re-encode them... U know what I mean. Cheers!

[matthewmalay]

I got mine from RadioShack online (the shipping was free with Puralotor!) but you can also try their retails stores, I think Best Buy, Walmart and Zellers them also.

He, I know what you mean, it's also my "second" player, only for DivX sutff, I use my Panasonic for regualr vidoe DVDs but I seem to be using my Philips alot more theses days

[DrJOnes666]

Thanks for the info! I'll check these out!

DrJOnes666

[p_l]

Pretty sure you can get them where matthewmalay mentions, and here they are at Radio Shack.

[zorro22]

try futureshop.
I got mine there


edited: DOH, I did re read your note.
I'm glad I got mine in time, about a month ago.
Out of stock ...

[DrJOnes666]

Well, after multiple phone calls, I can confirm that the player is also backorder at Radio Shack - even though some stores show they have 1 in stock on the website. Apparently, it's a mistake in their inventory.

One store I called to, the guy was laughing out loud. I was the 8th person calling today and he gets calls everyday for this unit!!!

LOL!



damn.

[dwkor]

EBay?

[zorro22]

a few alternative players here :
http://onlybestrated.com/catalog/ind...130d5987c5e23d

[derodeo]

Leon's sells them.(yes, the furniture place).

[ProCoasterToaster]

Got mine today at Radio Shack. But I got the last one. Just phone the different shops and get them to search for stock at other loctions. I know that there are 15 at Future Shop in Whitby. Good luck.

[DrJOnes666]

Still had no luck here. It seems to me this unit is out of stock everywhere in Montreal.

If anyone knows a place where they still have some, it'd be cool.

Cheers!

[oldfart13]

Places I have seen them:

Futureshop
Wal-Mart
Real Canadian Superstore
Radio Shack

None available in my city though....

[susie]

leons.ca also sells Philips dvd player

[obs]

http://www.ncix.com (aka Netlink)

Unfortunately, you didn't say where you were.

[DrJOnes666]

Oups! Forgot to say: I'm in Montreal city, Canada.


Well, I finally found two units.

Last week at Radio Shack two blocks from my home. I walked in and asked, and they had one left in stock. Actually, it was a repack- someone brought it back to the store for some reason. I took it in and the player works like a charm. No problem at all! It performs exactly like everyone said it would.

Yesterday I walked in another Radio Shack downtown and asked if they had one. They said they had one left. Not a repack this one, brand new they said. I bought it for a friend of mine.


So far, I've played about 10 DIVX/XVID movies on it. I'm impressed with the AC3 sound on my surround sound system! The image quality varies depending on the source. I prefer the files encoded on two 700MB avi's instead of just one... Better image quality. But still, even a movie on one 700MB avi file looks quite impressive!

Now I can watch Battle Royale! Yay!

Cheers!