DivX DVD player IISONIC II3016PU £30

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http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/170874/art/a/a.html?tag=mail_uk_uk_2006-02-23_8065&srcid=321

"The futuristic styling of the II3016PU DVD/DivX player inc:udes the most amazing features such as a USB port to allow you to connect computer periperals or mobile players and a microphone input for the Karaoke function!
The II3016PU will let you play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX Pro, DivX V4.02/5.02/5.03, XViD and MP3 files on DVD, VCD, SVCD, CD,, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, Kodak CD and HDCD discs.
The range of connections on the II3016PU includes a progressive video output to give you the best picture quality and a coaxial digital audio output to ensure the best quality audio output.
You will be thrilled by the performance and appearance of the II3016PU DVD player."

£30 inc. VAT + around £7 p+p = £37 total.

Not bad at all if you ask me.

wiraone

Not bad at all .. considering I paid £60 for a Philip one with only divx (+ normal CD/DVD formats) from local Comet store..

Jamie_2-2

I wonder if you were to transfer the xvid file onto a USB flash stick and then insert the stick into the player it will read directly from it, ie. no need to use a CD/DVD!

seth

"Popular and ethereally touch screen;" What does that mean?This is from the products home page!

http://www.iisonicasia.com/lcd-model1-spec.php?productid=84



Other gems from the product description this time from Pixmania "includes the most amazing features such as a USB port to allow you to connect computer periperals or mobile players and a microphone input for the Karaoke function!"

I notice it has a mains power switch on the top left useful for reboots after a dodgy encoded file bombs the player

This looks like a good machine, I cannot find the chipset it is based on to find out if it supports QPel and GMC for DivX/Xvid? This is important to me as my KISS DP-1000 does not support this.

Also the USB slot on the front mean you can use USB storage direct, via a card reader or even a hard disk for playback. I'd love to know if anyone has tried this.

I tried to get reviews, about this product there was nothing on VCDHELP.COM under players, they have most players and review there. I noticed posts on other player they people make and there were complaints about the fequency of updates and lack of support from HQ ;(

Not sure what the rotary controls on the left under the touch screen are for perhaps dimmers?

Contact details for EU are not clear. Pixmania are not far from where I live, Hammersmith I think they do in store collection so might chance it, useful for returns and saves £7!

It is a very new player I hope it support Qpel, GMC and packed bitstream...

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/170874/art/iisonic/ii3016pu-dvd-divx-player.html

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Tel: +886-2-2999-6038
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Saw this one which is an ADSA only brand at ebuyer for £24+VAT+P&P=£28.96 Dual DVD859 DivX Player

But reading the reviews and comments quality is an issue. Ok if it is just going back to Asda but not worth it by post to ebuyer!

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/reviews/hardware.asp?Index=10065

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=859&Submit=Search&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&country=&orderby=Name&hits=25

jandrews_2

does anyone know if this is a multiregion dvd as well...I did have a look at the full spec but didnt see anything

seth

jandrews wrote:

does anyone know if this is a multiregion dvd as well...I did have a look at the full spec but didnt see anything

No hacks for MR yet...

seth

Delivery cost
for your order

£ 8,70 Standard Delivery (2-3 days)£ 21,70 Express Delivery (24-48h)£ 8,70 Pixmania Pick Up Store
Some comments on this player and supplier here...

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.media.dvd/browse_thread/thread/fcd9df2a2e56f8/a86f7d031713e59c?lnk=st&q=II3016PU+hack&rnum=1&hl=en#a86f7d031713e59c

cornflakes_2

seth wrote:

This looks like a good machine, I cannot find the chipset it is based on to find out if it supports QPel and GMC for DivX/Xvid?

Here some infos on the II3016PU from divxtest.com
It is either running with a sunplus chip, like the chili mx305 CU,
or a mtk 1389FE.

seth

cornflakes wrote:

Here some infos on the II3016PU from divxtest.com
It is either running with a sunplus chip, like the ,
or a mtk 1389FE.

Thanks cornflakes I searched the page for QPel, GMC and packed bitstream and unpacked bitstream.

It seems to support QPEL and the value against GMC 1 and 3 is zero.

There is a postive iteger against both pack and unpacked bit stream.

Can you interpret the test results? It seems to fail lots of the MPEG4 and OGG tests.

Given they want £8 to collect from a London store and returns seem to go via France, I'd like to make sure this plays all the options. I'd jump at a player in Lidl, Asda, Tesco etc as returns are simpler IMHO.

cornflakes_2

Lets see,
from the results on divxtest, it seems that the player doesn't
support ogg audio and the mp4 container, even if it is ASP.

From Divx aspect:
This means one should only use the avi container, with mpeg4-Asp codec,
3 b-frames with/wihout packed bitstream,
and a max bitrate of under 4500.
For audio mp3 with cbr or vbr should do fine.
AC3 seems also be supported in avi,
however multi audio (2 or more AC3 streams) seems to be problematic.
So in the end it is pretty basic.
The usb port, like most divx payer with usb support,
should allow you to run files direct from a usb media (HDD or flash memory),
but watchout for file name length and format (no ntfs support)

DVD/VCD aspect:
Supports customised mpeg2 formats, see KVCD,
and standart formats such as SVCD.
Dolby digital and dts are supported, i reckon the player can,
not sure, downmix those audio format into stereo output too.
However only standard audio cds, mp3 and wma is supported as audio disc.
This means that it doesn't support DVD-Audio disc and SA-CD.

Looks like it is powered by a sunplus chip, mips risc core like the zoran ones,
unlike mtk, arm risc core.

For £4 you can get the h&B 3255 (no usb port) which is supported with modded firmware.

welshblob

Hi Cornflakes,
You seem like the man (or woman) in the know. I've got a Yamada 6700 which I've very happy with as with modded firmware it supports packed bitstream and APS : QPEL and GMC with 1 warppoint. However my friends want a recommendation on whats the best player to buy for under £50 to support those and as the Yamada isn't available anymore I don't know what to recommend.
So in your opinion what player under or around £50 can support those at the moment with or without modded firmware and do you have any links to forums\firmware updates too.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Rob