Posted by dgates on 06/22/06 04:41

On 20 Jun 2006 20:22:04 GMT, retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) wrote:

>
>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.


Perhaps I'm not searching intelligently, but I can find almost zero
matches on the whole web for DVP5490. Did you transpose a digit or
something?

By the way, since posting my original request, I've bought two Philips
642's. They do the job. A 45-minute, 350MB AVI file downloaded from
Bittorrent looks great.

One came without one of its little rubber feet at the bottom, and I
got a chance to learn firsthand how crappy Philips's customer service
is (via phone or the web). After 10 minutes or more of phone
navigating, I was told, "Sorry, we don't seem to have that part. Call
back in a couple days and ask again... No, we can't take your order
now anyway."

The remote is also a little weird and unresponsive. But the units do
what I need them to, and they're between $50 (Circuit City, purchased
online and picked up at a store) and $65 (Amazon.com) or so.


So, what is the "DVP5490?" Do you have a URL for it?

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