Divx or Mpeg2 (DVD)

[tommyoz]

Divx players have been out for a while now and they will continue to get better. I own 2 of them myself. My question to anyone is this.

If you had the option of viewing Divx or DVD on your TV via a standalone player, how would you rather encode your material? Divx or Mpeg2 (DVD)?

With Divx you can get a lot more on a DVD but no menus and chapters.
With DVD you get one movie (depending on the length) per DVD. Just curious to what others think about this.

[babyboo]

Divx players are still pretty hard to find here in NY. For compatability I would go with MPEG2

[teegee420]

Menus and chapters aren't very important to me. Putting 6-8 hours of good quality video via mpeg-4 is pretty damned appealing to me.

[coyote]

Babyboo....Im in Manhattan and I just bougbt a divx compatable from Compusa (the Philips DVP642) and its great....and only $69

For the rest...I always try to get quality...so it really depends on my source material...if my source is already mpeg2...I'll keep it that way...

It also depends on if I want to give someone else the disc. Most people DONT have divx compatable players...so making it divx or xvid for me kinda screws anyone else I want to have it.

[pyscrow]

Menus and chapters aren't very important to me. Putting 6-8 hours of good quality video via mpeg-4 is pretty damned appealing to me.

A bit to long to sit on the couch for me!

At least in standard DVD format I have to get off my butt every couple of hours to change the disc!

[kazz0817]

can you play dvd's in these divx players?

[teegee420]

can you play dvd's in these divx players?

Yes.