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Jonathan
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject:
Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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Need a new budget DVD/xvid player.
Seem to be various versions of the DK Digital range, such as DVD339,
DVD500 and DVD915.
There's also the Novatech offering for £43 inc vat
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-DVDIVX
They all seem to do what I want, but I can't find reviews or comparison
of model features anywhere.
The DVD-500 looks OK to me:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?DK-DVDIVX
and is available various places from £40-£45. Any reasons not to go
for it?
Does it multi-region OK?
Thanks!
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higgy
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:15 pm Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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"Jonathan" wrote:
Ebuyer.com have a number of customer reviews/comments, including region
code instructions for the DK DVD-500.
higgy. |
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Jabbitt
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:
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I nearly bought a DK500 yesterday but after some research I cancelled my
order.
It seems there are a few technical problems that plague both the 339 and 500
models.
The 339 cant handle divx/xvid files with a packed bitstream (if you try the
movies apparently stutter). You have to fix the videos first on your pc and
make them suitable for the player.
The 500 model can handle packed bitstream movies, but cannot play widescreen
avi's properly. Basically any video file that isn't a 4:3 ratio (or a
square picture to the layman). Apparently its all to do with the widescreen
picture signal switching. The picture comes out looking squashed and the
only way to correct it is to use the zoom fucntion on your tv.
Theres a UK support forum here http://www.dkdivx.co.uk/forum/ and you can
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Jabbitt
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject:
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PS The 339 handles widescreen divx/xvids with no problems apparently, so it
seems pick the model which has the least annoying bug for you ;-)
"Jabbitt" <nowhere@the.internet.com> wrote in message
news:KQARe.55952$kM5.14329@fe01.news.easynews.com...
| Quote: | I nearly bought a DK500 yesterday but after some research I cancelled my
order.
It seems there are a few technical problems that plague both the 339 and
500 models.
The 339 cant handle divx/xvid files with a packed bitstream (if you try
the movies apparently stutter). You have to fix the videos first on your
pc and make them suitable for the player.
The 500 model can handle packed bitstream movies, but cannot play
widescreen avi's properly. Basically any video file that isn't a 4:3
ratio (or a square picture to the layman). Apparently its all to do with
the widescreen picture signal switching. The picture comes out looking
squashed and the only way to correct it is to use the zoom fucntion on
your tv.
Theres a UK support forum here http://www.dkdivx.co.uk/forum/ and you can
read in more detail about the above.
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higgy
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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"Jabbitt" wrote:
| Quote: | I nearly bought a DK500 yesterday but after some research I cancelled
my order.
It seems there are a few technical problems that plague both the 339
and 500 models.
The 339 cant handle divx/xvid files with a packed bitstream (if you
try the movies apparently stutter). You have to fix the videos first
on your pc and make them suitable for the player.
The 500 model can handle packed bitstream movies, but cannot play
widescreen avi's properly. Basically any video file that isn't a 4:3
ratio (or a square picture to the layman). Apparently its all to do
with the widescreen picture signal switching. The picture comes out
looking squashed and the only way to correct it is to use the zoom
fucntion on your tv.
Theres a UK support forum here http://www.dkdivx.co.uk/forum/ and you
can read in more detail about the above.
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From what I gather, quite a lot of players stuff up 16:9 for divx/xvid.
Setting the player to 4:3LB (i.e. non-anamorphic) and the correct TV
system for the file (i.e. NTSC or PAL) usually seems to solve it, in my
experience.
higgy. |
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GTS
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:52 pm Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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"Jonathan" <digitaltoast@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1125567228.468476.50420@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Need a new budget DVD/xvid player.
Seem to be various versions of the DK Digital range, such as DVD339,
DVD500 and DVD915.
There's also the Novatech offering for £43 inc vat
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-DVDIVX
They all seem to do what I want, but I can't find reviews or comparison
of model features anywhere.
The DVD-500 looks OK to me:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?DK-DVDIVX
and is available various places from £40-£45. Any reasons not to go
for it?
Does it multi-region OK?
Thanks!
I have the DK915 player - very happy with it. It handles everything I've
thrown at it with a good RGB widescreen picture and proper 5.1 sound output.
However in common with any player using the Mediatek MT1389x chips (there
are many) it stutters when playing packed-bitstream avi's - no problem
though you just use Mpeg4Modifier (free download) to unpack the bitstream
before burning it to disk.
Personally I've never understood why anyone packs the bitstream when
encoding a file - it does not make the file smaller or improve the quality,
so knowing some players struggle with them why do it?
Graham |
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Gaz
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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Jonathan wrote:
I have the dvd915. Tends to play anything i throw at it, does have a problem
with RGB connection though, i get a green tinge on my screen, making it
unusable.
Gaz |
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Jonathan
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:16 am Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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higgy wrote:
| Quote: | Ebuyer.com have a number of customer reviews/comments, including region
code instructions for the DK DVD-500.
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Keep forgetting about ebuyer - it's Froogle and Kelkoo for me usually!
Jabbitt wrote:
| Quote: | The 500 model can handle packed bitstream movies, but cannot play widescreen
avi's properly. Basically any video file that isn't a 4:3 ratio (or a
square picture to the layman). Apparently its all to do with the widescreen
picture signal switching. The picture comes out looking squashed and the
only way to correct it is to use the zoom fucntion on your tv.
Theres a UK support forum here http://www.dkdivx.co.uk/forum/ and you can
read in more detail about the above.
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Great! Good link - I looked for one but didn't see it.
Gaz wrote:
| Quote: | I have the dvd915. Tends to play anything i throw at it, does have a problem
with RGB connection though, i get a green tinge on my screen, making it
unusable.
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Now everyone can be The Hulk...
Jabbitt wrote:
| Quote: | PS The 339 handles widescreen divx/xvids with no problems apparently, so it
seems pick the model which has the least annoying bug for you ;-)
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Great, thanks for all the posts. As I can live with pressing the "wide"
button, it seems that the DVD500 is the one to find itself on my dusty
shelf. |
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{{{{{Welcome}}}}}
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject:
Re: Any thoughts on the DK Digital DiVX / XVID players? |
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Thus spaketh GTS:
| Quote: | "Jonathan" <digitaltoast@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1125567228.468476.50420@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Need a new budget DVD/xvid player.
Seem to be various versions of the DK Digital range, such as DVD339,
DVD500 and DVD915.
There's also the Novatech offering for £43 inc vat
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-DVDIVX
They all seem to do what I want, but I can't find reviews or
comparison
of model features anywhere.
The DVD-500 looks OK to me:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?DK-DVDIVX
and is available various places from £40-£45. Any reasons not to go
for it?
Does it multi-region OK?
Thanks!
I have the DK915 player - very happy with it. It handles everything
I've thrown at it with a good RGB widescreen picture and proper 5.1
sound output. However in common with any player using the Mediatek
MT1389x chips (there are many) it stutters when playing
packed-bitstream avi's - no problem though you just use Mpeg4Modifier
(free download) to unpack the bitstream before burning it to disk.
Personally I've never understood why anyone packs the bitstream when
encoding a file - it does not make the file smaller or improve the
quality, so knowing some players struggle with them why do it?
Graham
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Adrian
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject:
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He's got one, Outlook Express, he's just got badly set up.
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GTS
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:19 am Post subject:
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"Adrian" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
All you need now is a newsreader that quotes previous text properly!
He's got one, Outlook Express, he's just got badly set up.
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Adrian A
Actually my settings are fine - namely indent message / original text on |
reply for both plain text and HTML messages. It works fine - apart from
replying to the OPs first message. I have just tried it with various
messages and the indenting does work on all but the OPs message.
Graham |
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