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Posted by Bill on 06/20/06 23:58
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> Ignoring #5 and #6, have a look at the 2006 Philips models that use the
> MediaTek chipset. The DVP5490 can be made region free with a quick remote
> hack, and by all acounts has significantly better image quality than the
> aging DVP642. It also supports more DIVX/XVID encoding schemes and
> natively supports subtitles.
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> If you don't need HDMI, the DVP5140 has similar features for $30 or so
> less.
If S-Video is still important to you, check the units before buying. I
don't know the model number, but Wal-Mart recently began stocking a new
Philips model that I was seriously thinking of buying until checking the
rear of the unit. There was no S-Video connector, only composite and
component.
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