Dunnes MPEG4 PLAYER €45

popey21

Dunes have an MPEG 4 player for €45 seen it today in the Irish independent, no details on what formats it supports anybody got any more info, nero,divx,xvid,mp3 etc looks like a good bargain

event

do you mean like a portable mpeg4 player or what?

popey21

No sorry its not a portable player, I don't have the paper in front of me, But it does look very small next to the 4Mega Pixel camera they have advertised, picture could be deceiving, i was hopeing someone might have more info on it

subway

it supports all mpeg 4 formats
xvid/divx/mpg on cd/dvd
vcd/svcd/dvd/mp3

i was looking at one last week,
theyre quitre nifty, but i was looking for 6channel sound outpur.
they only have 2 channel or else optica / coax

popey21

do you know what brand name it is ?, any reviews.

Doodlebug

Is this the Amstrad one they've been selling for a while now? They were 38 euros a while back. Great cheap little player! Handles nearly everything!

comet

I've seen the small plustron one for 44.99 alright, is that the one? Does that support divx?

subway

its the plustron one

dancin

If it's a plustron, is it model DVD988?

I brought it up in the last thread about cheap dunnes DVD players ( http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054947878 ), and info in thread says that the DVD988 doesn't do DivX etc...

subway

have no idea of the model,
im loking at the ad now.
theres a picture of a dvd player with the words "mpeg4" emblazoned across the front

jjbrien

Does it support AVI? It it does Im running down to dunnes to get this player.:D

subway

avi is a container,
as long as whats in that container is divx or xvid standard encoded then yes, it will play it.

popey21

from the picture looks like this one

http://www.inxjapan.com/product07.html


choose DVD Player RH-988

Playable Disc DVD,SVCD,VCD,CD,HDCD,MP3,Picture-CD,Photo-CD,CD-R,CD-RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW
Playback formats MPEG1,MPEG2,CD,MP3,NTSC/ PAL
Audio Output

Dolby Digital,MPEG Audio,PCM,DTS

CBR and VBR support
Sampling Rate

Dolby Digital,MPEG Audio,PCM,DTS

48/ 96 KHz

subway

thats the same style palyer alright.

however,
i had one in my hands last week and it clearly said mpeg4 on the player, the SEL and the box.

im looking at an image of one now that says mpeg4 on the player.

believe me if you want

comet

I'm pretty sure it says it plays xvid on the side of the box.

comet

I bought one, it's the plustron DVX-2250 MPEG4/DVD Player, it plays MPEG4. It plays DIVX, I tested it from a DVD-RW no problems, lovely little player too.

dancin

comet wrote:

I bought one, it's the plustron DVX-2250 MPEG4/DVD Player, it plays MPEG4. It plays DIVX, I tested it from a DVD-RW no problems, lovely little player too.

Anything on it to indicate that is plays DVD+R or DVD+RW?

comet

dancin wrote:

Anything on it to indicate that is plays DVD+R or DVD+RW?

No mention of + but don't know for sure, i suppose you have to get someone to test it.

branners69

I am interested in getting an MPEG4 DVD Player to play xvid files.

Is it just a case of dropping the xvid files onto a dvd?

Does the dvd player then realise there are seperate tv programmes on the dvd and give some sort of a menu to select a particulat episode?

Hopefully its not a case of have to fast forward through all the episodes to get to the one you want!!

Any help would be appreciated!!

comet

A root menu comes up on the screen of the files on the dvd, you can just select which one you want to play.

jcoote

u just burn the disc as a data disc too

branners69

cheers for the replies lads!!

jabberwock

any one find that the lipsink goes a bit. can be rectified by pausing the film but it's worse with proper dvds??

subway

that used to happen to me on a different player.
make sure the video out is the same as the dvd/avi

if its ntsc and your outputting as pal theres a few extra frames per second,
thast builds up over a efw minutes to a complete loss of synch

branners69

So would people recommend this player??

Would I be better off putting a bit more money to it in order to get a better one? And if so which one suffers from lip sync the least?

Buceph

Get a different DVD player, it's fine for DVDs but the syncing on divx is rubbish.

branners69

cheers for that, I was thinking the same..

OSiriS

I've watched plenty of divx/xvid etc since getting it and haven't had any problems with syncing.