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Jaws
May 10th, 2005, 04:20 PM
I'm looking for a DVD player capable of playing DivX/XviD and I saw an LG one selling for $90 at Future Shop

LG LDA-530 http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=11&sku_id=0665000FS10060449&catid=10561&newdeptid=11

Does anyone have this player and knows if it's any good?
sleepyguy
May 10th, 2005, 04:32 PM
Hmmm... didn't even know LG made one! Cool! I have 2 Philips 642 players and they are very good imho. If you give this a go... post a review!

I'm looking for a DVD player capable of playing DivX/XviD and I saw an LG one selling for $90 at Future Shop

LG LDA-530 http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=11&sku_id=0665000FS10060449&catid=10561&newdeptid=11

Does anyone have this player and knows if it's any good?
springroll
May 11th, 2005, 11:21 AM
I've done some research, apparently LG makes pretty good Divx players with good subtitle support and they can be modified regionless, this is their first Divx player in the North American market.
Upon further diggings, this model looks exactly the same as the DV9923N available in the Taiwanese market (picture here: http://tw.lge.com/multiimagedisplay.do?categoryId=030201&modelCodeDisplay=DV9923N )
I had avoided buying the Philips due to the lack of proper subtitle support. This looks very intriguing.
I hope somebody can provide some feedbacks on this player.
Mr. Robo
May 11th, 2005, 12:55 PM
I'm looking for another DIVX player. Don't suppose anyone can tell me if this player is any different from the Phillips? I'm kinda waiting for the LG to be on sale before I grab one.
thelefteyeguy
May 11th, 2005, 01:21 PM
what i want is an RMVB PLAYER! damn...someone invent one alreadY!
springroll
May 11th, 2005, 01:37 PM
what i want is an RMVB PLAYER! damn...someone invent one alreadY!

Somebody already invented one; it's called a laptop! :twisted:

I've been just downloading them onto the laptop and output it to the TV and watch it that way; it's been good so far!

As for the LG, I am guessing this player might be better than the Philips (but then again, you are hearing this from somebody who doesn't own a Philips). After all, the Philips has been out for a while and this LG is brand new.
If anybody bought one, I'd appreciate a review!
mogwai
May 13th, 2005, 08:25 PM
do Divx players play divx movies/tv shows on CDs/DVDs just back to back?
are their chapters? or menu's you can make? anyone know?
NG
May 13th, 2005, 08:35 PM
what i want is an RMVB PLAYER! damn...someone invent one alreadY!

Some of the PVP's on the market say they can support Real Media (not sure if it's audio or video or both tho) and they do have TV out.
NG
May 13th, 2005, 08:39 PM
do Divx players play divx movies/tv shows on CDs/DVDs just back to back?
are their chapters? or menu's you can make? anyone know?

Philips 642:

Back to Back till it plays all.
No chapters. Can't make them. It's like a 8 character limited MP3 menu with two rows.
Option to turn menus off and have disc autoplay or with menu and manual selection.
spike-spiegel
May 13th, 2005, 09:01 PM
What I want to know is if this LG doesn't cut the edges of the screen off making it hard to read subtitles at the bottom.
cmge
May 13th, 2005, 10:23 PM
What I want to know is if this LG doesn't cut the edges of the screen off making it hard to read subtitles at the bottom.
same... so i can finally replace the dvp642
giant
May 14th, 2005, 10:38 PM
What I want to know is if this LG doesn't cut the edges of the screen off making it hard to read subtitles at the bottom.

I don't know if it does cut the same as the philips 642. But it cut the edges so the sub is near the edge. When I play on my computer ,there's still space left underneath the sub
M-e-X-x
May 15th, 2005, 12:39 PM
that cutting off is because regular, non-flat screen tv's are overscanning... the liteon lvd-2002 suffers this problem, but can be fixed via zoom control.. the philips dvp-642 overscans properly, but can't adjust like the liteon can...

flatscreen should be fine afaik.. looks fine on my bro's projector :D
cmge
May 15th, 2005, 02:32 PM
that cutting off is because regular, non-flat screen tv's are overscanning... the liteon lvd-2002 suffers this problem, but can be fixed via zoom control.. the philips dvp-642 overscans properly, but can't adjust like the liteon can...

flatscreen should be fine afaik.. looks fine on my bro's projector :D
doesnt work on my flatscreen unfortunately.. :(