Page 1 of WANTED: Portable player for AVIs (Divx)

does anyone know of a cheapish reasonably good portable player for avi`s? with ot without dvd playing capability (needs to be multiregionable)...

possibly with add-able storage ??

Willow : I knew it. I knew it. Well, not in the sense of having the slightest idea, but I knew there was something I didn`t know

I use this.



Very handy on the train for watching Lost. ;)

About £61 for a working one & a RMA for spares (which may actually have no fault).


I consider myself an optimist, albeit an optimist with cynical tendencies and a dark side that Lucifer himself would find a little creepy. (Perhaps you've noticed.) You don't normally associate cynicism with an upbeat pov. But I have exactly that combination and will defend it.

This item was edited on Friday, 19th May 2006, 14:02

PSP is a good choice, although you do have to do a conversion using a program in order for them to play on it. Still, quality is good and you get the added bonus of having a top handheld games machine.

is the conversion to psp big? like avi to dvd??

Willow : I knew it. I knew it. Well, not in the sense of having the slightest idea, but I knew there was something I didn`t know

You could try a gp2x handheld console

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9362

Al

www.admars.co.uk

The layout of the controls does seem a little familier. ;)

My only gripe would be that the batteries are not inbuilt\rechargeable & its not as slim as my Zod, but reading up all data is on SD or internal flash memory, so that simplifies matters considerably in regard to data loss.

Seriously I would consider one as a suitable replacement for my Zodiac(s), when they die or then again I may go to the dark side of Pocket PC & go for one of these, as I don`t fancy the concept of the Lifedrive.

I know how hard my Zod`s been dropped without data loss & I don`t fancy losing data off a PDA with a internal HDD.

Talking of Palm I saw in Exeter`s PCW, they have\had a Tungsten T5 for £99 on a clearance the other week, no WiFi but it does have a landscape\portrait screen.

I typically use Lathe (costs about £5 to register) to encode from DVD, takes about a hour.

VEMoDe is good alternatively try Auto Gordian knot.


I consider myself an optimist, albeit an optimist with cynical tendencies and a dark side that Lucifer himself would find a little creepy. (Perhaps you've noticed.) You don't normally associate cynicism with an upbeat pov. But I have exactly that combination and will defend it.

This item was edited on Saturday, 20th May 2006, 13:38

I`ve not used or seen a gp32 or new gp2x in real life, but "everyone" (i.e. complete strangers posting to forums ;) )who owns one, seems to love it.

Saying that a mate of mine had pre-ordered one, and was v excited about it (he is a Linux fanboy though) so I`ll be interested to get a 1st hand opinion of one, and see fo rmyself.

Al

www.admars.co.uk