What is the best .. most error free VCD + SVCD Player ???

[tokyootaku]

Suggestions and ideas ? Samsung I know has several models but I hear do not play well.. Any player that can play SVCD CDRWs ???

[abularkin]

Well I got lucky w/ my DVD player. I have a Philips DVD711 and I bought it before I even found out you could make playable movies w/ your computer! Anyway, it doesn't play MP3s but it does play every color layer both cd-r and cd-rw from every brand I've tried. Not so good on the FF/REW for SVCDs though.
My roommate has a Pioneer DV-525 which so far has played every single disc I've made as well AND it FF/REW very well.

But ultimately, it may take a bit of browsing. http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php

[Spicuzza]

tokyootaku:

I'm not claiming the Pioneer DV-343 to be the "best" but it has played everything I've stuck in it.

It took me two years to find a DVD player that would play my homemade movies (XVCD's). I would make something that would play just fine on the computer then go to my sister's house or a freind's house or to the electronics store and the disk would not play.

The main thing I wanted was the ability to play XVCD at least @ 2000 kbps on a CD-RW.

Somehow I found this site and read the reviews on the Pioneer DV-343 and finally found a store that carrier it, (REX TV), put in the disk and it played flawlessly and I've been happy ever since.

[fantomlord]

I've also got a Pioneer(DV 525) and it has also played anything I've thrown at it...I'm trying to find some time to find out what's the maximum bitrate it can really handle. but, (x)(S)VCD's have all been no problem yet, and it even handles CDRW's--which is a great thing for testing different settings and bitrates.