Best standalone Dvd/DivX Player?

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  1. sajjio

    sajjio Member

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    Im looking to buy a DVD player that can play DivX (Im tired of having to convert these files!)

    I read a review of the Kiss-1000 and yamada 6100 but they both seem to have plus and minus reviews. Im looking to spend about £110 max.

    Whats the best player at that price?
    Others ive considered...
    H&B DX-3220
    Xcico AEP400
    Sigmatek TEK dvd x-300

    Thanx in advance for any reply!!

     
  2. herbsman

    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    [bold]Yamada DVX-6100 MPEG4 Multi-region DVD Player
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    £79:99 (free delivery) on Amazon.co.uk
     
  3. sajjio

    sajjio Member

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    Thanx herbman!!

    Just seen ur post and ive now ordered it by amazon!

     
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    Glad I could be of some help , enjoy your new player fellow brit !: ]-~

    herb
     
  5. nik99

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    wow..herbs i didnt know out this playa..

    does it play xvids 2?
    even im sick of converting ..then trying to sort out av sync probs etc shite

    cheers
    man..i just found out about the Kiss 500/508 ..sweet ..a dvd player with a hdd and ethernet ..so it can connect to ur PC hDD and play from there..wirless..and net radio
    wow ..how cool is that
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  6. herbsman

    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    [bold]nik99[/bold]

    Yes it does play XviD too ;-)
     
  7. mhelin

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    H&B DX-3220 propably with 800x600/75Hz VGA output and 5.1 audio decoder, also it's got the newest Mediatek 1389DE chipset. Subtitles don't work yet though.
     
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    gaz_0001 Regular member

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    Get the Yamada 6600, do a search for it, it does everything the 6000/6100 does and a few other little things, but the 6600 looks good too.
     
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    Did just look at Google - Yamada 6600 & the only differences are :

    • Global motion compensation (GMC)

    • Quarter pixel accurate motion compensation (Q-PEL)
     
  10. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    And both of those features arent really relevant for everyday use. I personally would get, if you are using a HDTV or Projector/Plasma/LCD and player tha supports these formats and Progressive scanning. This is only really applicable to those who wish for line doubling and higher quality with a HDTV.
     
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    gaz_0001 Regular member

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    oh no, i just ordered mine earlier, i thought that this had progressive scanning??? Does it really matter?
     
  12. nik99

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    ye . i chked out the 6600 too...

    but wat id realy want is all ur comments on the kiss 500/508

    and other kiss products..ver y innovative i think ..wat do ya feel .
    .especially the wireless ethernet part..
     
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    Oriphus Senior member

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    Gaz it only matters if you have a HDTV. It can increase the number of lines and usually tehrefore the quality. I use a P-scan unit with my Projector. Amazing results.
     
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    Good. I didnt want to send it back. I dont think that i will ever use progressive scanning, not for a few good years anyway. So, do you think that i made a good choice in standalone players?
     
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    It is a nice player which allows you to save loads of time in NOT having to encode movies now !: )
     
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    Yeah it is a great player, the specification are pretty good. For me its just lacking two things:
    1). Progressive scanning capabilities
    2). Component Video Out
    But as mentioned before, this is for me being picky, but its great for what you need it for.
     
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    My new PS2 (Silver) has a progressive scan drive :p

    [didn't even know that when I bought it - hehehe]
     
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    Somehow I knew when I saw this thread title that herbs would come in braggin' about his modded ps2 :p
     
  19. Oriphus

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    lol - its a nice PS2 so i guess he is entitled to. ;-) and anyway, the Progressive scan unit in it is only for NTSC if im not mistaken, a bit like the Pioneer DV565.
     
  20. gaz_0001

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    herbsman, whats your ps2 like? Modded in what way, internally or externally, ive always wanted to put neons on my PS2.
     

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