What is the best DivX Dvd Player out there right now?

[mstoons]

I have the Phillips DVP642, and I haven't had much success with it. Are there any better DivX players out there?

[wwjd]

I tried the DP642 and did not like it either. I have been looking at the AVeL Linkplayer2 from IO Data. I like it because you can play video directly from your computers HDD via a LAN cable or you can burn the movie to DVD and play it that way. Just a thought, give a look see.

Look in the DVD Players Reports section of this website and at DivX.com for more recommendations.

I have just about given up on DivX because there is such a small selection of DivX players in the US.

[mstoons]

I've tried the computer to tv method. It's good, but the picture quality isn't as sharp as it is on the DVD player or even the Phillips DVP642. I just use a standard yellow S-video cable.


I'll check out the DVD player reports section. I'd figure eventually, they'll come out with a good Divx/Xvid player. I hope.

Thanks for the reply.

[satviewer2000]

I'd have to say the Avel IO LinkPlayer2. It can not only play regular DivX, Xvid, but also DivX-HD in true high definition resolution. It also plays WMV and WMV-HD, as well as regular DVDs and VCDs.

And to top it all off, you don't even need to burn the data to a DVD/CD as it can play from a networked connection, or via USB.

[celtic_druid]

Not out yet, but: http://www.z500series.com/

[MJA]

I also have the Phillips DVP642 not happy at all with it (more than heat issue)

I saw this at onecall.com for $116
Pioneer DV588AS
https://ww1.onecall.com/PID_27949.htm

[spectroelectro]

If you're expecting to find any divx standalone player able to just take whatever divx CD-R you happen to have at hand and play it correctly, you're likely to wind up disappointed. Divx remains very much a work in progress. There are so many different flavors of divx -- lo-motion divx 3 (once very common, now much less so), divx 4, divx 5, as the previous poster pointed out some people have now started encoding captured HD to divx rather than hassle with the DRM and expense of HD-DVD/Blu-Ray, and then there's xvid. ALas, while xvid is probably the best implementation of divx from a pure encoding standpoint, not all xvid files are very compatible with standalone divx players...at least in my experience. Out of 10 xvid downloads you burn to CD-R you're lucky if 6 of 'em play on any standalone player.

Until divx shakes out adn settles down into a genuine unified standard it's hard to believe any of the standalone divx players will work that well. The great advantage of using a computer to play divx is that you can switch codecs, or download new ones, which in my experience you must often do. The big disadvantage of watching divx on a computer is that you have to sit at your computer desk wathcing a computer monitor -- for most of us, that's not the ideal place to watch TV or a movie.

Right now my sense of the divx standalone market is that no matter what player you buy, it'll play some divx files and not others. And which files they'll play seem to be pot luck, except for very early players like the KISS player, which you want to stay away from on general principles.

[ROF]

I also have the Phillips DVP642 not happy at all with it (more than heat issue)

I have a DVP642. Plays just about any DIVX I can throw at it. I haven't had any issues, to include heat, with this one. Picked it up at walmart for $55 specifically for DIVX playback. Works Great!

[Eyedoctor2]

If you are looking for a "name brand" and willing to spend about $100:

The Samsung 841 will play divx and upconvert if you use European Firmware and a simple remote control hack.

See: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=544422&page=1&highlight=samsung+745+divx

[Krispy Kritter]

Build your own HTPC and get a decent video card with S-Video out or a HDTV tuner card with DVI output. Then any file playable on a pc will be playable to your tv.

[schwinn]

Love my Phillips DVP 642. Plays nearly everything and the picture is good. What do you naysays dislike about yours? For what it's worth at least some people having problems are burning disks that likely won't play on much of anything.

[ROBERT BLACK]

From what I've read the Pioneer DV588A is the best budget Divx DVD player. Decent compatibility with Xvid and no crap with pixelation or subtitles. I'm leaning toward purchasing it.

[BigSteel]

A modded xbox will play any video file you can throw at it. Nice thing is, they are getting pretty cheap now too :P

[johns0]

Phillips DVP 642 plays most divx files for me with no problems,most likely people dont burn the cds/dvds to well for it.

[DayFour]

i like my xbox with Xbox Media Center

[DayFour]

Xbox media center also plays Xvid

[mgh]

Anything encoded with avi.NET will play on DVP 642. You can check whether the video is divx player compatible with mpeg4 modifier and whether it has vbr mp3 audio with virtual dub. If the video and/or audio are incompatible, you have to reencode.
Videos encoded with latest x-vid beta using HT profiles play perfectly on the DVP 642. Videos encoded with avi.NET whether DivX or XVid play perfectly as well.
Latest Philips models (not dvp642) as per reports accept q-pel and gmc.
editon't forget to FINALIZE the burn!!