Steven,
I followed your advice and replaced my Daewoo DVD-5700 with a Philips 726.
Excellent player. It has played everything I've given it so far, including a
DVD-R (and a DVD+R) filled with MP3s. It does not even try to present the
track info however so you just get 8.3 style filenames to tell you what you
are listening to. Can't have everything I guess ;-) It did successfully play
a Swedish Region 2 DVD on my non-PAL TV. Thanks for the recommendation.
Soren Tirfing
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Subject: Re: [Mjpeg-users] DVD player
Hi -
> From: "Soren Tirfing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> My one-year-old Daewoo DVD player can play VCDs, but not SVCDs. It handles
> DVD-R and DVD+R, but not DVD-RW or DVD+RW. Time to upgrade ;-)
>
> What is the current consensus on which player to get? Here's a list of
> requirements, more or less in priority order.
Until recently I'd have recommended the Philips 724. It's not
available now. The good news is that the Philips 726 just came out
and is on the shelves and looks even nicer. For $85 (at Best Buy)
it's an incredible bargain. Wish Philips would make a portable
DVD player ...
> - Available in the US.
> - Plays NTSC (obviously) commercial DVDs, DVD+-R and DVD+-RW
> - Progressive scan
> - Plays VCD and SVCD
> - Plays CDs and DVDs with MP3 files (displaying track text info on the
> screen)
> - Plays CDs and DVDs with MPEG files of all sorts of resolutions and
> frame/data rates
All of the above are handled easily (especially the media and SVCD
issues - the Philips hasn't rejected a brand/type of media yet).
I've made some wildly out of spec SVCDs/VCDs and they "just worked"
in my Philips 724.
You didn't mention component output - the Philips has that too.
Only tried MP3s once to see the file browsing menu pop up - it
worked
but it's a real low priority for me so I didn't check it out beyond
"yep -there be music".
> - Plays PAL versions of all of the above (except possibly the MP3s ;-),
and
> delivers NTSC video
Not sure about that - I _think_ it can but I've never tried it.
Happy DVD player hunting! ;)
Cheers,
Steven Schultz
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