Posted by Citizen Bob on 10/11/06 13:35

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:48:50 -0700, <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:

>> That's why at this moment I am evaluating the Polaroid DRM-2001G from
>> WalMart for $220. It's a 80 GB HDD unit with DivX/XviD and a fan for
>> cooling. It is made in China for Polaroid.

>I read the instruction manual. It says nothing about DivX/XviD. Indeed it
>clearly states that it records in MPEG-II

Sorry about that. It is not in the manual.

It's on the box: "DIVX Certified". It's also on VideoHelp:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdrecorders.php?DVDname=polaroid+drm-2001g&Submit=Search&hdsize=Any&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&orderby=Name&hits=50&Search=Search

http://tinyurl.com/fkg2a/

Notice that in neither instance is there mention of XviD. I had to ask
these Usenet forums if anyone knew that it played XviD and someone
replied in the affirmative - so I got the unit and thus far it has
played every XviD AVI I have fed it.


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you would have good people doing good things and evil
people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, that takes govt. Govt is the root of all evil.

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