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Technical Help & Discussion => AV Lounge => Topic started by: daveeb on June 25, 2006, 11:58

Title: DVD player recommendation needed
Post by: daveeb on June 25, 2006, 11:58

G'day all.  I've seen a few dvd players that claim to play the divx format, are there any that will play WMV or even AVI files ??? I bet Sandra already has one that plays beer mats  :D

Title: DVD player recommendation needed
Post by: Sandra on June 25, 2006, 12:03

The Yamada mpeg 4 ones play Divx, Xvid and a lot of AVI files.
I cant remember if I played any .wmv ones when I had mine.
They wont play real media or quicktime but work with virtually any form of mpeg 1, 2 and 4 plus mp3s.

Lona still has one so maybe she can try a .wmv for you  :)

I never did get mine to play beer mats, maybe it was the beer stains on them that prevented them being read properly  :wink:

Title: DVD player recommendation needed
Post by: chorleydave on June 25, 2006, 12:20

I know that this might seem incredible, but the cheaper a dvd player is, then it appears to be compatible with more file types than a more expensive player.  A friend of mine bought one for £17.99 from Tesco and it plays anything!   :shock:

Title: DVD player recommendation needed
Post by: chorleydave on June 25, 2006, 12:23

Oh, and I forget to mention, mine was twenty quid at Morrisons and plays AVI files.

Title: DVD player recommendation needed
Post by: daveeb on June 25, 2006, 13:55

Thanks guys, so cheap and cheerful it is then  :D