Posted by W Klofkorn on 01/10/44 11:35

Bought a Philips DVP-642 through Amazon about a month ago. Wouldn't play
DivX files. Tried several disks I had successfully played on my laptop.
That's just anecdotal, of course, but that was my experience with that
particular item.

"Mike S." <littleboyblu87@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1134120122.260037.48140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Could anyone tell me what brand(s) of DVD players you think are good?
> I've been looking at Panasonics but it appears most of them have a
> problem with the motor causing the H07/H02 (or whatever) errors. The
> stores around here don't carry many choices of brands and I hate
> ordering something like that online because I know that some of the
> postal/delivery workers mishandle the stuff, especially around here.
>
> The number one brand I'm looking at is Sony even though I should be
> boycotting them for that crap they pulled with those DRM CDs. Some
> other brands I'm considering are Pioneer (but I don't think the stores
> carry that), Samsung, Philips, and HItachi. I'm really not happy with
> any of the choices. I want a DVD player that will last at least five
> years under normal use. Unfortunately, I think companies make them to
> last one year. It's really sad, my 1975 RCA TV still works. Can't say
> the same for that 1999 Toshiba TV that died in less than a year. Now
> I'm depressed.
>
> But anyway, has anyone has a problem with one of these brands within
> the last 2-3 years? Does anyone know if there are any problems with
> them like there are with the Panasonic motors?
>

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