Samsung 1080P9

[jbond994]

Just brought a Samsung 1080P9 DVD player at Wally for $69. Very happy with the player so far (the Philips 5960 is now my spare). One question is that the 1080P9 is supposed to handle mpeg-4 video, when I download some mp4 sample, the Sammy does not recognize the files.
Anyone have this player or know what they mean by "able to play mpeg-4" files? Thanks

[edDV]

Are your files SD? MPeg4 covers lots of territory.

[jman98]

Yes, I know what it means. It's a misleading marketing term used to avoid paying money. What "able to play MPEG-4 files" means is that the player supports Divx/Xvid encoded files. Do note that we have a sticky here
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic352457.html
that lists encoding options that may be problematic for playback. You see they can't say that they support Divx playback without paying money, so to save money they say they support MPEG-4 playback, but it's a code name for Divx (note that Xvid will work too, subject to the issues in the sticky). Divx uses MPEG-4 compression, so it's a "wink wink" kind of thing to say that the player supports MPEG-4 playback. You as a consumer are expected to know that.

What many assume it means is that it supports the MP4 container and it most assuredly does not. Few standalone DVD players support MP4 containers. This is why your download won't play. MP4 and MPEG-4 aren't the same thing.

[jbond994]

What many assume it means is that it supports the MP4 container and it most assuredly does not. Few standalone DVD players support MP4 containers. This is why your download won't play. MP4 and MPEG-4 aren't the same thing.

Thank you for the clarification jman. Yeah when I put in abc.mp4 files, the player does not like it at all but mpg and Divx play really well because its USB 2.0 - much better than my Philip 5960. In spite of the mp4 short coming, I still like the Sammy 1080P9 simply because i can out it any USB HD (self power or not and the sammy pick up all the files.

[jagabo]

they can't say that they support Divx playback without paying money, so to save money they say they support MPEG-4 playback...

Samsung does say it supports Divx:
http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/d...DVD-1080P9/XSA
Bhphotovideo shows it as Divx Certified but doesn't say which level. Probably Home Theater or Ultra.

[geroglifico]

Hi "jbond994" hows been your experience so far with the samsung 1080P9 dvd player, Im actually inbetween buying that one or the pioneer dv-410.

Hey could you tell me if you can fastforward and rewind while playing from the USB port please? cause I bought a philips that couldn't so I returned it.

cheers.