Posted by Hertz_Donut on 02/10/07 04:58

Ahem...Denon and Pioneer don't often build their own, either. FWIW, Philips
if superior to either Denon or Pioneer.

Honu


"You Know Who ~" <you.know.who@att.net> wrote in message
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> personally I don't like philips players. They don't make their own, just
> design them and then have someone build them, and the source manufacturers
> seem to change a lot. Have good luck with Denon and Pioneer.
>
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> "Sean" <stalky14@synonym_for_enthuse.com> wrote in message
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>> On 2006-11-29, Citizen Bob <spam@uce.gov> wrote:
>>> On 28 Nov 2006 18:30:54 -0800, "zcarenow@yahoo.com"
>>> <zcarenow@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>What is the best home DVD player out there with HDMI and plays DivX,
>>>>but is not too expensive? Any site with a list and comparisons? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Get the new Philips 5960. My son has one and it is really great. He
>>> has HDMI but he connected it thru Component which is 1080i.
>>
>> I second for the 5960. I picked one up at Target a couple weeks ago
>> for $80. In addition to standard DVD, it plays SVCD very well, as well
>> as .mpg and Divx/Xvid and mp3 off of DVD-R and USB thumbdrives. The
>> only thing that sucks about it is no S-Video jack (WTF?). NBD, though
>> in this case since it just loops through my Panasonic DVD recorder,
>> which does an excellent job of pulling apart Y and C.
>>
>> ...Sean.
>>
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