New DVD Player features in our compatibility list

[shunja]

I hope that very soon we will see portable DVD players, capable to play DVD-MP3, that use "AA" batteries and do not have the screen (to reduce power consumption)

So I'd like to add features "SCREEN" and "NO SCREEN",
"BATTERY", "RECHARGEABLE BATTERY"

BATTERY - standard sized battery (AAA, AA and so on) in use,
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - proprietary rechargeable battery

[pooface]

How about CD+G discs (Karaoke Discs). Mine plays them but, ya know it's not on the list.

[vtraudt]

I am interested in SACD or DVD Audio feature of the DVD players. But currently, I cannot search for these features in the DVD Player list. Will it be added as a search criteria? Does anybody have a list of players who can play SACD?

[vag]

It would be helpful to also add "Macrovision On/Off" to the features list as well as to the searchable options

[b1tchm4gn3t]

Hope this is where I am supposed to post this...I bought a new dvd/vhs combo tonight, it is an Emerson DVD/VHS combo Model EWD-2203.
It's not in the dvd players list so I thought I would bring it up that so far it plays dvd+r, dvd+rw, dvd-r, dvd-rw. Hope this helps!

[Baldrick]

Please add new dvd players here:
www.dvdrhelp.com/newdvdplayer

[b1tchm4gn3t]

I feel like a retard, but I did find out that you had it listed already but I just didnt find it, so when it said it was already listed...I added my input.
Thanks alot for the reply. And since this is my first chance to talk to you, I jst want to say THANK YOU for such an awesome site!

[dbinder74]

I have found that not all DVD players support random play for MP3s. And with DVD changers they may only support random play across one disc, not all. This is something I would like to see added to the DVD feature list.

[berkhoff]

As more and more DVD players become available with Ethernet connections, can this feature be added?
Also, DVD recorders are becoming mainsteam. Can the current seperate list of DVD writers be added to this list as an addtional feature?

Mark

[Baldrick]

As more and more DVD players become available with Ethernet connections, can this feature be added?
Also, DVD recorders are becoming mainsteam. Can the current seperate list of DVD writers be added to this list as an addtional feature?

Mark

Ethernet connection sounds like a good idea to add.

Many DVD recorders are already addded to the dvd player list. But I will make some kind of connection to the dvd writer/recorder list. I will also later make a new dvd recorder only section instead of a mixed dvd computer writer and recorder list.

I will also add Countries where you can buy the dvd player. When users reports they will be able to select where they bought it.

[Baldrick]

Does all divx player support divx on dvd media??? or should I add that???

[berkhoff]

Does all divx player support divx on dvd media??? or should I add that???

Not all. For example the Gateway Connected DVD is listed as supporting DivX, but only using transcoding software on the PC. The player itself only supports MPEG-2.

[Baldrick]

Does all divx player support divx on dvd media??? or should I add that???

Not all. For example the Gateway Connected DVD is listed as supporting DivX, but only using transcoding software on the PC. The player itself only supports MPEG-2.

Okey. But I'm thinking of standard divx players....not strange gateway players with weird "connected" features.

[Hardtrancer]

I just found that my Redstar 230 G plays QuickTime6.5 films with no problems.

Just burn the QT films to DVD, no extra conversion needed.
Even with 2 QT6.5 films on 1 DVD there's no problem, as the player itseld adds the necessary menu to choose the film.

Great player for just 60 Euro !!

[Baldrick]

I just found that my Redstar 230 G plays QuickTime6.5 films with no problems.

Just burn the QT films to DVD, no extra conversion needed.
Even with 2 QT6.5 films on 1 DVD there's no problem, as the player itseld adds the necessary menu to choose the film.

Great player for just 60 Euro !!

quicktime is just a container...it could be a lot of formats, sorenson, mpeg4, 3ivx....

[mn_a00]

please don't hijack topics / Baldrick

[cyberhh]

I would very much like to see a kvcd compatibility option on the DVD search menu.

[elomon]

A lot of the search options have disappeared, like DVD-VHS combo. Pls. bring them back.
TIA

[bsmith1051]

I second the request re 720p/1080i output capability.

I'd also like to see:
- optical vs coax DD audio
- correct reading of multisession CDs, i.e., will it recognize the added sessions?
- ability to select playback aspect-ratio (I've also just posted a new forum question about this...)
- does it play MP3s in order of recording, or alphabetically. If alpha, does it sort by the whole filename or just the first 8 (or 12, etc) characters?

[MachineMan]

What happened to all the new features in the DVD players search (VHS-DVD combo, DVI, ...) ? The list has reverted back 1 year.

[zilog_jones]

It's not very accurate saying things like "NTSC->PAL conversion" like that. NTSC and PAL technically really refer only to the colour systems used - and these aren't even used in actual MPEG1/2 video itself - the DVD player modeulates the colour signals itself, and still that only applies to RF/composite/S-video connections. So technically there's no "conversion" of them at all.

Though saying that, when, say an "NTSC" (525/60Hz) DVD is often played on players, the player will usually output it in NTSC colour, which will end up in black & white on most PAL TVs - and vice versa with playing "PAL" discs on NTSC TVs. Many players have an option in the menu (or a switch) to output the colour in the disc's native format, or whatever you use. You could call this NTSC->PAL conversion too, I suppose, though the actual video frequency won't be changed. It's still not really conversion though. And most PAL/SECAM people using RGB SCART connectors (i.e. most PAL/SECAM people in general) are immune to colour encoding anyway.

What you've really been talking about in this thread appears to be actual 60Hz->50Hz conversions - a much more complicated task - where the video actually does have to be converted. Personally, I hate this with a vengance - my JVC XV-N55 does this with any NTSC DVD, when I don't want it done, and there's no way I can turn it off! Aaarggh!

Anyone who has a remotely modern TV set with automatic horizontal- and vertical-hold control shouldn't need this. Well my experience with PAL TVs has shown this anyway - I would assume similar NTSC TVs shouldn't have a problem with 50Hz signals (in NTSC colour of course, or RGB), but I don't know myself. Any TV made this century anyway definately won't have a problem (unless some really cheap crap still can't do it), and usually decent brand PAL TVs made since the early 90's can view 60Hz signals no probs (older TVs are less likely, and then you're going into manual h- and v-hold territory, though I've heard of old black & white sets that can display 60Hz signals fine). Only people with cheap or old TVs, maybe people with LCD/plasma TVs that don't like 60Hz signals, and people who can't stand what happens to 60Hz signals shown on PAL Trinitrons really need 60->50Hz conversions.

There is the slight problem that some PAL TVs don't scan 60Hz signals properly onto the screen, e.g. when looking at the FBI warnings my brother's '94 14" Hitachi, about a third of the left side of the big "F" goes off the visible screen, meaning it seems to be overscanning it a bit too much. Newer sets aren't as likely to have this problem, unless they're just crap TVs.

And yes, as someone else said the OSDs do get stretched (more vertically than anything else) when displaying 60Hz signals, but I've only seen one case of where some of the OSD actually went right off the screen, and that was on a cheap Grundig TV. It appears that some OSDs used on Japanese brand PAL TVs were actually designed for NTSC in the first place, as they look more as if they're in the right place at 60Hz, if you know what I mean.

Basically, I really think you should call it 60->50Hz conversion, not "NTSC->PAL", as that can mean other things too.

Still, I don't know how anyone could actually watch anything using them, as they make the picture annoyingly flickery and (with mine anyway) it just drops frames to make it 50Hz, making interlaced video a hideous, ugly mess.

[New User]

I would LOVE to have the ability to hide players that aren't available in my region (USA.)

(Apologies if someone has mentioned this elsewhere in the thread.)

[Baldrick]

What happened to all the new features in the DVD players search (VHS-DVD combo, DVI, ...) ? The list has reverted back 1 year.

Way too many features are wrong reported so it isn't any useful. But I'm gonna readd it, i'm gonna change it so it requires at least 2 reports about a features until it is searchable.

[Baldrick]

I would LOVE to have the ability to hide players that aren't available in my region (USA.)

(Apologies if someone has mentioned this elsewhere in the thread.)

I may add a selection for that. But it won't be useful for some months because I added country recently(users must report about the country).

[Baldrick]

I have readded some fetures now. It requires at least 3 reports until it is searchable though.

[MachineMan]

How about DVD-VHS combo, do people screw that up :P
Obvious things like that fall into the 3 reports catagory which limits the search.

[ckw]

I suggest to include the following audio format capability:

HDCD
SACD
DVD-audio
DTS-CD

which are all getting common nowadays.

[bonzobanana]

I'd like to see an mp3 search option. Many dvd players will only allow mp3s to be played as a whole file with the only option being to pause. Newer players allow you to search/scan through an mp3 file to get to the bit you like. A great feature which I find very useful.

I'd also like to see an option for the video DAC speed and type. 8bit, 10bit, 12bit or 14bit plus the actual mhz speed, 27mhz, 54mhz, 108mhz and 216mhz. This tells you how much processing the dvd player can do with the image to improve colour gradiance and other factors.

How about a layer change rating either invisible, fast or slow depending on how long the player takes to move from one layer to another.

What about DVD Xtra/Interactive compatibility? Does the player work with interactive dvds like dragons layer, who wants to be a millionaire etc.

A VGA output option would be good too.

Lastly I'd like to see a fast/slow dvd drive option. Where dvd players that can only do animated picture search upto 2x are classed slow and those players which can do fast animated picture search at 4x or more are classed as fast.

[anh_tuan]

I downloaded a lot of asian movies in WMV, RM, RMVB, and MP4 format. Is there any standalone dvd player supporting these formats? I am convincing that RMVB maybe the next codec for the web since the picture quality is superior, the resolution is twice as much, but the filesize is still about 1/3 when comparing to DivX 5.1.1.

[Bronx]

I apoligize if I am posting in the wrong place.

I submitted a dvd player. How long will it take to be added
to the DVD Players List? I have some comments to add to it.

Thanks.