Recommend a decent cheap hardware divx player?

Van Hellseek · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:22

As title. Looking for something that will play a decent range of formats and isn't going to cost too much.

SexyGreyFox · 20 Aug 2006 at 18:49

XBOX with Slayers Evox software.
Mines plugged into the router and accesses everything off my PC hard drive.

Van Hellseek · 20 Aug 2006 at 19:54

dmpoole said:
XBOX with Slayers Evox software.
Mines plugged into the router and accesses everything off my PC hard drive.

Presumably you need some kind of modded xbox for that kind of thing?

Drizmod · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:15

I'm not sure if they still do it but about a month ago Aldi were doing a divx dvd player which played virtually everything for £30.

SexyGreyFox · 21 Aug 2006 at 07:11

seek said:
Presumably you need some kind of modded xbox for that kind of thing?

But it works like a treat.
I've got one downstairs and one upstairs and both are accessing my PC's hard drives.
The software on the XBOX looks a bit like Windows Media Centre.

El_Watcher · 21 Aug 2006 at 12:03

There are plenty of cheap DVD players and most now will play DivX/Xvid, but bear in mind, most are cheap for a reason. I used to work for a company that sold several different brands, some of which had upto 60-70% return rate due to faults.
Umax, Yamada, Cyberhome, Eltax. I would suggest paying a little bit more for a Sony/Toshiba/Samsung, like the Sony DVP-NS36 or Toshiba SD360E.

Or as said maybe modded Xbox.

KiNETiK · 21 Aug 2006 at 12:40

Philips DVP-5900,
Plays all divx/xvid i've thrown at it and also has HDMI output, upscales DVDs etc to hi def resolutions. I think its a good player and from what i have read on the av forums, others think so too. I got it for about 60 quid from currys..

Van Hellseek · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:57

El_Watcher said:
Or as said maybe modded Xbox.

Sounds like a good idea, but I wouldn't have a clue how to mod one myself, or where to go to get one done. Besides, I'm guessing it wouldn't be worth it, as a used xbox would be around £50 plus what, another £50 or so for the modding?
For that much I may as well spend £100 on a decent hardware divx player.

Van Hellseek · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:57

KiNETiK said:
Philips DVP-5900,
Plays all divx/xvid i've thrown at it and also has HDMI output, upscales DVDs etc to hi def resolutions. I think its a good player and from what i have read on the av forums, others think so too. I got it for about 60 quid from currys..

Cheers, I'll look into that. Sounds like a good deal.

Sparky191 · 27 Aug 2006 at 22:23

seek said:
Sounds like a good idea, but I wouldn't have a clue how to mod one myself, or where to go to get one done. Besides, I'm guessing it wouldn't be worth it, as a used xbox would be around £50 plus what, another £50 or so for the modding?
For that much I may as well spend £100 on a decent hardware divx player.

Some reviews on it are mixed. I've a Philips 5100 and its ok. I had to return the first on I got and it had some problems with some divx's. The must have updated the firmware because the second one I got didn't. Doesn't upscale, but I don#'t need that at the moment.