DVD + DivX player £25 delivered

kondormid

Without doubt my DivX/Xvid player is the best bit of kit I have bought for my TV for years. Had it about a year or so now and its great.

Coupled with the re writting power of a DVD-RW your pretty much sorted for transfering (most) avi files from your PC to your TV.

jowie

I'm tempted by the Umax one, since I know people who have purchased their PVRs and are very happy with them.

Out of all those mentioned, which one would people recommend the highest?

tinribs69

I have shopped from svp over the last few years and never had any problems with them whether it's returning stuff(which I haven't had to do as their stuff is good quality generally)
I would recommend them.
Barbara

simonabc wrote: »

I have found one that has DivX and XVid capabilty aswell as being multi-region all for just £30.54 delivered!

It is the Umax Kazuki DVD-2700X MPEG4/DivX/DVD Player

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=2087

Seems like a good deal to me, has anyone purchased this product and has anyone bought from SVP before?

Is this the cheapest Multi-Region, DivX and Xvid player?

Si

ppg

Ragtimeplayer wrote: »

Can anyone answer me this: does Divx/Xvid mean the same as .Avi?

I have tons of .Avi files on my computer from downloading tv programs from Uknova and would love to burn them all to dvd but it would take forever to encode them all.

look for a program called Gspot

it will tell you what codec (divx xvid etc) is used in the avi file

hope that helps

ppg

BTW
these look good if they had any in stock
http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1627

jowie

ppg wrote: »

BTW
these look good if they had any in stock
http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1627

That looks quite intriguing. Does anyone know if it handles widescreen output?

Al_Jolson

I bought that Biostek DivX player from Pixmania a few weeks ago. In fact one of the reviews on the product page is mine. I gave it a very generous 6/10 but the majority of my negative review has 'somehow' been mysteriously chopped off.

Anyway, I had two key issues with the machine:
1. It came with a 2-pin European plug on it!!!; and
2. It did not come with a USB slot.

To be fair, I had been influenced by mention of a USB slot in a bogus review on the product page, rather than Pixmania's official description. However, upon discovering the European plug, I then had to decide between spending £3 on postage to return it or £1.50 for a European plug adapter. I opted for the latter and have fortunately not had any reason to regret it so far.

So, the item now works in the way it's meant to (though a firmware upgrade wouldn't go amiss) but I won't be taking any risks on Pixmania again.

jowie

Al_Jolson wrote: »

To be fair, I had been influenced by mention of a USB slot in a bogus review on the product page, rather than Pixmania's official description. However, upon discovering the European plug, I then had to decide between spending £3 on postage to return it or £1.50 for a European plug adapter. I opted for the latter and have fortunately not had any reason to regret it so far.

I must admit I bought a Canon printer from them about a year ago and that came with a European plug. As far as I know that goes against UK laws on selling electronic equipment, but I had a spare cable so I didn't bother complaining. Having said that, the printer died within its warranty and after sending it back for repairs, they couldn't repair it so we were sent a much better one

But I wouldn't use Pixmania again. Did someone say they had ties with Currys? Figures...

kronas

mjstones wrote: »

http://www.aiop.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3728

This one you can plug usb devices straight into.
It'll play Hi-Def aswell and i have been informed they are reliable.

whats the updatability on this, did a quick search and came up with nothing!

simonabc

simonabc wrote: »

I have found one that has DivX and XVid capabilty aswell as being multi-region all for just £30.54 delivered!

It is the Umax Kazuki DVD-2700X MPEG4/DivX/DVD Player

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=2087

Seems like a good deal to me, has anyone purchased this product and has anyone bought from SVP before?

Is this the cheapest Multi-Region, DivX and Xvid player?

Si

did anyone actually buy one of these^?

Or did you buy anything else recommended on here?