Cheap Divx Player

[Whipped]

I know this is more of a technical thing, but I figured the general population may be interested.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=64760

£40 for a DVD player that plays Divx and Xvid out of the box. Coax and Toslink digital connections as well. Not sure how it would handle multiple divx files on one DVD-R, but if it just gave a menu then great. Save me lugging my chipped Xbox upstairs to watch things in bed.

Anyone got one of these and care to shed some light on how good it is?

 

[Clown]

I bought a more expensive one. It's shit. DivX and XViD playback is jerky and actually stops for a few seconds sometimes. DVD playback is fine though.

 

[Cyfr]

I've found my divx player won't play older divx's... (im guessing, since it won't play Monty Python and thats prolly an old divx)

 

[Gef]

I bought an £80 Yamada 6100 a year or so back, it plays DivX fine dont think I have every really had a problem with them other than the ones I burned on crappy unbranded CD's skip sometimes. Xvid's I have problems with though, I would say 50% wont work at all, there is supposed to be a new firmware update at some point though that should fix it.

You can always get VirtuaDubMod and just re-encode to DivX though, the menu system on Yamada is excellent though, can get 5 odd films on one DVD and flick between them. Fast forward and 'jump to time' makes it fairly simple to navigate a film, was definately a worthwhile buy, and a hella lot cheaper than some 'Media PC' option..