Posted by Mike S. on 06/20/06 20:22

In article <feoe6216v0nj3tofs1v2e29qd3ojkutqnm@4ax.com>,
dgates <dgates@spamlinkline.com> wrote:
>
>There are a few things that I'd like to be able to do with my DVD
>machine, most of which I've been able to do with past machines, but
>never all at once. I don't think I can get all of these in one
>machine, but I thought I'd ask.
>
>1. Play DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
>2. Play AVI files (probably DivX) straight off a CD-R or one of the
>above discs.
>3. Play all regions.
>4. Be ready for our HDTV we'll be buying in a couple of months.
>5. Record DVDs
>6. Macrovision removal.
>
>They're listed in the order of importance. I'd love to hear that one
>machine can do all of the above. If not, 1 through 4 should be
>enough.
>
>
>TIA to anyone who can recommend a model.

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.

If you don't need HDMI, the DVP5140 has similar features for $30 or so
less.

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