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Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
rather than online.
Thanks
DonA
Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
rather than online.
Thanks
DonA
Quoth The Raven; DonA <service@nospam.nor.com.au> in
<455be275$0$4674$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au>
> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer
> retail rather than online.
>
> Thanks
> DonA
aldi have one right now for $150
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"Highlandish" <ckreskay1_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote in
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> Quoth The Raven; DonA <service@nospam.nor.com.au> in
> <455be275$0$4674$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au>
>> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available
>> through any of the
>> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts -
>> would prefer
>> retail rather than online.
>>
>> Thanks
>> DonA
>
> aldi have one right now for $150
If you're not too fussy, go for it!
Regards
Bonzo
DonA wrote:
> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
> rather than online.
>
> Thanks
> DonA
I purchased the Pioneer DV-383 earlier this year from JB-HiFi for about
$130 dollars. Plays DivX and XviD files very well.The only annoyance I
had with the player was that it only displayed the first 8(?)
characters of the filename, but this was fixed by installing some third
party firmware.
I've posted my thoughts on the player in a previous newsgroup posting -
you can read it on Google Groups: http://tinyurl.com/y7mrsj
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +1100, "DonA" <service@nospam.nor.com.au>
wrote:
>Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
>retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
>rather than online.
>
>Thanks
>DonA
Pioneer and Panasonic have models for about $130 or so.
I've seen some dirt cheap no brand name ones for as low as $39 but if
I was buying I rather pay the extra for a Pioneer or Panasonic.
Pioneer web site:
http://www.pioneer.com.au
Panasonic web site:
http://www.panasonic.com.au
SalesMart.com.au
Perth, Western Australia
http://www.salesmart.com.au
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Email Contact info on the above site.
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +1100, "DonA" <service@nospam.nor.com.au> wrote:
> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
> rather than online.
I purchased a Conia at Hardly Normal earlier this year for $37. Plays everything I have thrown at
it.
In article <455bfee0$0$87799$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net>,
ckreskay1_CURSING@dodo.com.au says...
> Quoth The Raven; DonA <service@nospam.nor.com.au> in
> <455be275$0$4674$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au>
> > Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> > retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer
> > retail rather than online.
> >
> > Thanks
> > DonA
>
> aldi have one right now for $150
>
>
And that appears to be (even though the wording is just a shitfight)
with 5 speakers...
Either that or they're selling a "DIVX compatable" AMP whatever the ****
that means...
--
"What's that got to do with my KNOB?"
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
My Pioneer DV-969AV connected via HDMI and upscaling to 1080i seems to throw
up green blotches of interferance every now and then when watching some DivX
burns. It doesn't happen with DVD's however...not sure if it's the players
fault or not but never happened in my previous Pioneer model that didn't
upscale and wasn't connected via HDMI.
Mark P.
"SalesMart.com.au" <sales@___Email_Address_on_Web_site> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +1100, "DonA" <service@nospam.nor.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
>>retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
>>rather than online.
>>
>>Thanks
>>DonA
>
> Pioneer and Panasonic have models for about $130 or so.
> I've seen some dirt cheap no brand name ones for as low as $39 but if
> I was buying I rather pay the extra for a Pioneer or Panasonic.
>
> Pioneer web site:
> http://www.pioneer.com.au
>
> Panasonic web site:
> http://www.panasonic.com.au
>
> SalesMart.com.au
> Perth, Western Australia
> http://www.salesmart.com.au
> *******************************************
> Email Contact info on the above site.
> *******************************************
>
Yep - Conia is hard to beat for price....and I have an old one that is going
on 7 years old now and STILL works flawlessly.....
Seems that "Conia" is Chinese for "plays anything with a hole in it"
Cheers!
<grumpy@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +1100, "DonA" <service@nospam.nor.com.au>
wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> > retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
> > rather than online.
>
> I purchased a Conia at Hardly Normal earlier this year for $37. Plays
everything I have thrown at
> it.
>
"princo coasters" <princo@makesgoodcoasters.com> wrote in
message
news:455d5d09$0$5109$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> Yep - Conia is hard to beat for price....and I have an old
> one that is going
> on 7 years old now and STILL works flawlessly.....
>
> Seems that "Conia" is Chinese for "plays anything with a
> hole in it"
.... or heaps and heaps of fuzzy outlines resulting from
colour leakage!
Regards
Bonzo
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market" and receiving a FREE newsletter should visit Colin's
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:12:13 +1100, "Bonzo" <boozoo@iinet.com.au> wrote:
> > Yep - Conia is hard to beat for price....and I have an old
> > one that is going
> > on 7 years old now and STILL works flawlessly.....
> >
> > Seems that "Conia" is Chinese for "plays anything with a
> > hole in it"
>
>
> ... or heaps and heaps of fuzzy outlines resulting from
> colour leakage!
Mine is fine.
"yeltz" <yeltzin_4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> DonA wrote:
>> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
>> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
>> rather than online.
> I purchased the Pioneer DV-383 earlier this year from JB-HiFi for about
> $130 dollars. Plays DivX and XviD files very well.The only annoyance I
> had with the player was that it only displayed the first 8(?)
> characters of the filename, but this was fixed by installing some third
> party firmware.
> I've posted my thoughts on the player in a previous newsgroup posting -
> you can read it on Google Groups: http://tinyurl.com/y7mrsj
I won my LG player, so very cheap!
The only annoyance I have is that it & my LG recorder. which I bought with a
Senior discount at Harvey Norman, won't play discs recorded by my Samsung
DVD recorder combo won by my wife, even when the discs have been finalised.
Fortunately the Panasonics play discs from both recorders.
--
David Barnett
Have you run the test pattern provided?
Maybe you're an analogue TV luddite who expects
imperfections in his video displays!
Regards
Bonzo
PS: Anybody interested in beating "the
market" and receiving a FREE newsletter should visit Colin's
website at
http://www.bwts.com.au
<grumpy@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:12:13 +1100, "Bonzo"
> <boozoo@iinet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> > Yep - Conia is hard to beat for price....and I have an
>> > old
>> > one that is going
>> > on 7 years old now and STILL works flawlessly.....
>> >
>> > Seems that "Conia" is Chinese for "plays anything with
>> > a
>> > hole in it"
>>
>>
>> ... or heaps and heaps of fuzzy outlines resulting from
>> colour leakage!
>
> Mine is fine.
>
David Barnett" <dbarnett@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "yeltz" <yeltzin_4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1163666931.826050.90450@k70g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>> DonA wrote:
>>> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available
>>> through any of the
>>> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts -
>>> would prefer retail
>>> rather than online.
>
>> I purchased the Pioneer DV-383 earlier this year from
>> JB-HiFi for about
>> $130 dollars. Plays DivX and XviD files very well.The
>> only annoyance I
>> had with the player was that it only displayed the first
>> 8(?)
>> characters of the filename, but this was fixed by
>> installing some third
>> party firmware.
>> I've posted my thoughts on the player in a previous
>> newsgroup posting -
>> you can read it on Google Groups:
>> http://tinyurl.com/y7mrsj
>
> I won my LG player, so very cheap!
> The only annoyance I have is that it & my LG recorder.
> which I bought with a Senior discount at Harvey Norman,
> won't play discs recorded by my Samsung DVD recorder combo
> won by my wife, even when the discs have been finalised.
> Fortunately the Panasonics play discs from both recorders.
> --
> David Barnett
How about running the test pattern provided and getting back
to me.
I KNOW that the Pioneer DV-393 suffers from colour leakage,
but I haven't tested the earlier model Pioneer DV-383.
Could you please run the test pattern and come back with
your results.
Regards
Bonzo
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:27:55 +1100, "Bonzo" <boozoo@iinet.com.au> wrote:
> Have you run the test pattern provided?
>
> Maybe you're an analogue TV luddite who expects
> imperfections in his video displays!
My plasma set is just fine.
<grumpy@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:27:55 +1100, "Bonzo"
> <boozoo@iinet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Have you run the test pattern provided?
>>
>> Maybe you're an analogue TV luddite who expects
>> imperfections in his video displays!
>
> My plasma set is just fine.
I was referring to imperfections caused by crap DVD players
and recorders NOT the display devices.
Regards
Bonzo
<grumpy@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +1100, "DonA" <service@nospam.nor.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
>> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
>> rather than online.
>
> I purchased a Conia at Hardly Normal earlier this year for $37. Plays
> everything I have thrown at
> it.
Including Divx (which is the topic of this thread)?
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:20:50 +1100, "Wayne Reid" <REMOVEgokangas@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Anyone know of an inexpensive Divx player available through any of the
> >> retail stores. Looking for a few cheapies as gifts - would prefer retail
> >> rather than online.
> >
> > I purchased a Conia at Hardly Normal earlier this year for $37. Plays
> > everything I have thrown at
> > it.
>
> Including Divx (which is the topic of this thread)?
>
Yes.
BTW, also check Strathfield.
Bonzo said....
> There might be others, but these are the ones I have tested
> at various dealers using a component interface on numerous
> different combinations of player and TV.
Have any of the better players that you've tested ever frozen during
playback of a divx file?
I have an el cheapo Nu-tek DVD recorder (it cost me around $150 in
Safeway) that plays divxs either off DVD or via flash memory drive that
plugs into a USB port.
I've not tested the USB function yet, other than a quick test of one
file to see if it works. But for the most part I've played avi files
that I've burned to DVD media. It plays OK, but on the odd occasion a
file will freeze the player during playback. Sometimes I can "free" it
up, if I hit the "rewind" button. Other times I have to power it down to
reset it. That happens only occasionally.
And yes, I know that it's a cheapy, but for what it can do as a recorder
and playback of divx/xvids, it's been fairly good value for what it cost
me.
"Emjaye" <emjaye_t@yarwho.com.au> wrote in message
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> Bonzo said....
>
>> There might be others, but these are the ones I have
>> tested
>> at various dealers using a component interface on
>> numerous
>> different combinations of player and TV.
>
> Have any of the better players that you've tested ever
> frozen during
> playback of a divx file?
>
> I have an el cheapo Nu-tek DVD recorder (it cost me around
> $150 in
> Safeway) that plays divxs either off DVD or via flash
> memory drive that
> plugs into a USB port.
>
> I've not tested the USB function yet, other than a quick
> test of one
> file to see if it works. But for the most part I've played
> avi files
> that I've burned to DVD media. It plays OK, but on the odd
> occasion a
> file will freeze the player during playback. Sometimes I
> can "free" it
> up, if I hit the "rewind" button. Other times I have to
> power it down to
> reset it. That happens only occasionally.
>
> And yes, I know that it's a cheapy, but for what it can do
> as a recorder
> and playback of divx/xvids, it's been fairly good value
> for what it cost
> me.
Is it DivX certified? If not, then I'm not surprised that
it freezes.
Occasional freezes, no matter how occassional, are a pain.
I would only buy a certified machine.
Regards
Bonzo
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