720p DivX files from USB or Disc? Just wondering. I saw reviews that say the USB port can't handle "hi-def" DivX files, so I was curious if that included the 720p files I often see around, and if they'll play if burned to a disc.Thanks in advance. 720p DivX files from USB or Disc? Just wondering. I saw reviews that say the USB port can't handle "hi-def" DivX files, so I was curious if that included the 720p files I often see... » Read More 720p DivX files from USB or Disc? Just wondering. I saw reviews that say the USB port can't handle "hi-def" DivX files, so I was curious if that included the 720p files I often see around, and if they'll play if burned to a disc.Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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You can not view 1080p divx or xvid by this machine. any of 59 series. I own 5980/12. it's the chipset it has: Zoran Vaddis 7 (778)see the manufacturer's spec sheet:http://img65.exs.cx/img65/7866/zoranvaddis7spec1pq.gifps: copy paste the URL to address bar and click "go".
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What you saw was true.This Philips DVD player -just like any other Philips DVD player- can not play DivX or XviD files if the video resolution of the file is above "720×480". If you try to play you get the message "video resolution not supported".Actually, "1080p HDMI" is nothing more than a slogan. It's a lie.
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"Actually, '1080p HDMI' is nothing more than a slogan. It's a lie."In reference to what?
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From everything I have read, the version being released does not support DivX. Even worse, Windows Media Player has problems converting DivX files to WMP (hopefully they improve this in WMP 11, coming out soon.) It is possible for Toshiba to upgrade the codec support via firmware updates, but out of the box, you are going to have some problems playing DivX on this.
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Hi,Is there a difference between AVCHD and Bluray from a technical or quality perspective? I always thought of them as the same, but the info I have read on the Sony 560V seems to imply they are separate standards. Is AVCHD video editing the same as editing software to handle and burn Bluray disks? Thanks in advance for any input and guidance on this.
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I just got around to making a photo D.V.D today, it does play them but make sure you use D.V.D -R media because the first D.V.D I made didn't play not sure what that one was but tried it again using D.V.D -R 16x and it worked well.
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Actually I purchased the DVD for my brother who lives in other country and took the DVD player with him. We put USB drives and Data DVD's with videos in AVI format, and played them without difficult. Probably some videos were in another format but I don't remember, the fact is that all the videos in the media were played. I don't think it would be able to read video formats from camcorders or Digital cameras without conversion to playable formats.
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It does have a USB port.... but all the AVI & mp3 & mp4 files that i compress plays on this Phillips DVP3880K All Region player. So far there is no problem with it...& i hope it stays that way. Im waiting for my SONY DVD Burner i purchased last week & hope it arrives tomorrow. But UPS says by weeks end at the 20th of Sept. As i mentioned this player has a USB port, but never tried to use it yet to play files from another USB drive & get it recognized. Cordially, Chas.DeQ.
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AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you do not want to use the internal powered batteries. AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you... » Read More AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you do not want to use the internal powered batteries. « Show Less
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Of course you can play any AVI directly from an USB pen drive... works perfect!!!I only have a doubt, have anyone tried to play any AVI from a portable Hard disk (USB 2.0) ?
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I have been able to play every Divx file I've thrown at it with no trouble. Saves a lot of time not having to encode and burn them to DVD, however on pan shots when there is a lot of information changing there is a stutter
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I've only tested the USB port on it once, so I may be wrong, but I'm fairly sure you can only do a photo-slide show using a usb drive. Any video content has to come from an actual player of some sort (computer, DVD plater etc.). But like I said, I've only tried that once, so anyone else please correct me if I'm wrong :)
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At the same time, if you use your computer you can make a DIVX movie from your DVD then play that in this player. The region encoding affects the playing of the original DVD, but might not interfere when copying it with aftermarket software into DIVX. (or into region free DVD, for that matter)
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It "supports" divx. WMP 11 will convert divx to wmv and actually, if you change the extension on your divx file to avi, if they are not already that way, you should have no problems at all. But, unfortunately, the player itself will not play divx without going through conversion. Also, unlike what the guy above said, you should download WMP 11 as it is much much better than 10 and even though its in beta any bugs that are there are very minor. Toshiba is almost there with a near perfect product. A few additions and this would have destroyed anything else, now its just better than the ipod and as good as the vision m. It "supports" divx. WMP 11 will convert divx to wmv and actually, if you change the extension on your divx file to avi, if they are not already that way, you should have no problems at all. But, unfortunately, the player itself will not play divx without going through conversion. Also, unlike what the guy above said, you should download WMP 11 as it is much much better than 10 and even though its in beta any bugs that are there are very minor. Toshiba is almost there with a near perfect product. A few additions and this would have destroyed anything else, now its just better than... » Read More It "supports" divx. WMP 11 will convert divx to wmv and actually, if you change the extension on your divx file to avi, if they are not already that way, you should have no problems at all. But, unfortunately, the player itself will not play divx without going through conversion. Also, unlike what the guy above said, you should download WMP 11 as it is much much better than 10 and even though its in beta any bugs that are there are very minor. Toshiba is almost there with a near perfect product. A few additions and this would have destroyed anything else, now its just better than the ipod and as good as the vision m. « Show Less
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Thanks Victor for the info. i am trying to burn the 1080p content onto DVD-R to see if PS3 can play. It turns out it does see the files and plays them but the audio is choppy. i tried cooying the file directly onto the PS3 Harddrive, even then the audio is choppy...the video is playing well though. any thoughts on how to make the audio better ?
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Buy a divx dvd player. The Philips DVP5960 can play divx files right from a usb drive.
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Eli - great questions. I am wondering the same things about this player. Cracking DivX function would definitely get me to buy this item. Hopefully Leonardo will get back to you before long.
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The poster above is incorrect. The USB port can play any video file, provided it is the right audio codec, either AC3 or or MPEG-audio. All you have to do is find a converter. MP42MKVac3 is what I use. This program will convert any video file with AAC audio (which is unplayable on the USB port), to AC3 audio. Use MediaInfo to determine what audio codec the file uses. Good luck!
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So far , my own mkv files will not play smoothly at all. Tried them from both USB stick and discs and from different sources and can;t get anything other than a highly pixelated picture. These are HD files so maybe that is the problem?So far this is the ONLY trouble I have had with the machine.