MP4,MPEG,DivX question?

mikeyboy32

Hi, i'm looking to buy a portable dvd player and i have some divX/MPEG/MP4 files on my hard drive which i can burn to a cd but not a dvd.(i don't have a dvd burner at all).
The question is, if a portable dvd player says that it plays divX as well as the usual dvds/cds does this mean that it will only play the MPEG/divX movie files that are burnt to a dvd-r? or will it play thise movie files which are burnt to a cd-r (which is what i can do at moment).
I'm just wondering if it's worth me paying the extra for divX/MPEG feature on a dvd player when i won't be able to use it anyway.
Can anyone clarify this at all?
If it's any help the portable dvd player i was looking at is the Shinco 1720a.

pennies2pounds_3

Yes you will be able to play these files on a DIVX player via a cd , but remember that a cd will only take about 700mb of data compared to 4.5 gigs for a dvdr. Hope this helps

Just found this too:
A lightweight, slim, elegantly designed, with aluminum top, cheapest 7" portable DVD player in UK but works perfect! with Shinco's unique super strong error correction technology, Shinco DVD players out perform any other brand portable DVD player in comparability with DVDs, including burned DVDs and damaged / cracked DVDs with other portable DVD will refuse to read.

Support MPEG-4 (DivX, Xvid), DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW,VCD, SVCD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD 7" Color active matrix TFT LCD display,
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wonderfullife_2

Hi
Totally agree with pennies, Shinco DVD player, excellent buy, by all accounts, plays almost everything you can throw at it.
Have you thought about buying a dvd burner for pc, you can get a good one for about £30+, straightforward to fit, especially if you take out your old cd writer and replace, advantage you can then burn all the film to one dvd disc.

Hope this helps

Rev

I bought the Shinco 1720c from amazon a few weeks back, plays everything I've thrown at it. Including divx/xvid files burt to a normal CD-R as data. Exellent player.

mikeyboy32

thanks a lot for all your comments guys.thats cleared a few things up for me.defo gonna go for a shinco player.seems to be the best value.