I suspect the world would be better if that percentage were even greater.
My New Toy: Philips DVP 642
On a whim, I decided I needed a new DVD player. It’s not like I don’t have DVD players, but the one I had in my living room had one disadvantage: it was old enough that it wouldn’t play any DVDs that I burned. It’s simply old enough that it wasn’t an issue. Eric Haines had mentioned that he had bought these uber-cheap Cyberhome DVD players for fun ($30 at Circuit City) but I decided that while I was at it, I should get something that could play DivX/MP4 disks (I’m addicted to the new Doctor Who episodes that I’ve been snarfing from isohunt and my usual method of hooking my laptop up was painful and frequently crashes).
A bit of research suggested that the Philips DVP 642 would be a good one. And so far I must admit, it seems great. $70 from Target. Plays everything I have. DVD. VCD. SVCD. NTSC. PAL. And with a simple code from the web, apparently all regions as well.
I plopped in a DVD with four episodes of Doctor Who in it. Worked perfectly. A CD-R with two episodes. Worked fine. My Episode IV CD. Looks beautful.
It could all go to pieces tomorrow, but so far, it seems great and is a good bargain.
Comment from vh
Time 5/22/2005 at 11:46 am
I’ve owned one for a a few months now. It’s a great player.
I’m surprised the MPAA hasn’t forced Philips to take it off the market given one of the selling points of it (at least on the BestBuy site, where I got it from) is that it plays movies you download.
Anyway, enjoy!