Does the divx movies stutter like the 5982? I'm kind of upset that most of my divx movies stutters while playing on the 5982 model. Does the 5992 fix all that?
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I own both. no stuttering at all + with 92 model u can use your 2.5" external hardrive like the WD passport with no need for an AC adapter .
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I have 320GB USB Flash Drives that would go will with this Philips 5992 DVD Player.These huge capacity USB Drives are not available on the United States market yet but I have access to the ASIAN SUPPLY which is rolled out before the Western Supply.Email samova@yahoo.com for more information.
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Thank you, I was getting annoyed at my 5982. It stutters while playing avi movies that were burned on DVDs. Using both component and hdmi cables, turning progressive scan on and off, movies still stutters. Only small kbps movies like anime didn't stutter.
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From everything I have read, the version being released does not support DivX. Even worse, Windows Media Player has problems converting DivX files to WMP (hopefully they improve this in WMP 11, coming out soon.) It is possible for Toshiba to upgrade the codec support via firmware updates, but out of the box, you are going to have some problems playing DivX on this.
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I want to watch videos on mine, too, so I had the same question. I found a discussion on http: / / tinyurl . com / 6zzv6y (sorry for the weird link, when I tried it before, Amazon wouldn't let me post it.) Apparently, out-of-the-box, videos stutter a little but with some tweaking, it can be smoothed out but maybe not perfectly.
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Hi! I tried an a couple of .avi files, and had the same issue with only getting the sound portion on one, and nothing on the other (they had been written by different programs.) Then I tried using the DivX converter on one and it ran fine (though to be honest, the picture was pretty bad!) I haven't bought the converter software, just a 15 day free trial of it, and plan to try the Xvid freeware first. Does anyone know where to get free divX downloads?
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Does anybody have any insight for how this performs with documentaries? I read one really insistent review that bashes the LG BD370 performance with 1080i, but I'd like to hear if anybody has practical experience. Most of my Blu Ray discs are BBC documentaries, so if it looks horrid, I'd like to know. How does it compare to standard dvds? Thanks!
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I actually returned mine because the videos were choppy. I had wanted to do the same thing. I watched one movie that worked smoothly, and I could never get it to work again. However, the firmware may have been updated since then and work better.
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if you have PAL dvd, use the 1080i setting (assuming you are using HDMI) to avoid stuttering. everything else should be set to auto.
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Others have mentioned the refresh rate. What does that mean? I have the (less expensive) KDE and watching motion causes significant pixilation. I thought that with everything else being excellent, I could live with that. Not so. I have ordered the KD from Amazon so that I can double the refresh rate. Once your eye acclimates to the TV, even a stationary actor can pixilate if there is hand motion (of course, it is only the moving hand which pixilates).
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AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you do not want to use the internal powered batteries. AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you... » Read More AVI - DIVX movies seem to work fine on the Tivax HiRez7Using either a USB thumb drive or a SD card. The highest resolution that I have in AVI are 720 X 480 but they look just fine on the small 7 inch screen.It did not recognize my MP4 or MPG movies but did reconize my Divx AVI movies. The 2 small battery packs went bad almost immediately and the battery covers do not stay on by themselves - I just put a piece of scotch tape on them after I removed the batteries. The unit still works off of the AC adaptor and 12vdc auto connector.Over all a very nice portable unit as long as you do not want to use the internal powered batteries. « Show Less
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One really big difference according to the specs is the BD570 & 590 play Divx HD, Xvid and every other form of Divx/AVI files, and the BD550 doesn't.sorry, just looked closer at the op and I see 580 not 550 was being questioned. I'll leave this comment though because I scoured the reviews and comments trying to find this info.
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I updated the copy of Flash delivered with the AR3700 to the current version 10.1.85.3 at the Adobe Web site before trying any YouTube HD videos. (Also upgrade Acrobat Reader to the current version 9.4 while you're there.) If I right-click a video, and select Settings, it shows Adobe Flash Player Settings, and Display, and Enable hardware acceleration, which is checked. Try viewing the Toy Story 3 - Official Trailer [HD]. That one played perfectly for me both last night and again just now. I also just successfully watched the "Knives Out" music video by Radiohead on Hulu, in full screen mode on a 1600 by 1200 pixel screen. If your PC still can't view those videos, it's possible you have a hardware issue. One other thing you might check is the NVIDEA control panel, which in turn can take you to the NVIDEA Web site.
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I've played unencrypted MP4 files with no issue. However, I do not have any DivX files so couldn't answer related to that file format.
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@ BritThanks Brit for providing the link.It looks like I will have to use my DV-980H with my Silicon Optix TX3 Video Processor due to the significant limitations of the ABT Video Processor that has been integrated with the DV-983H.But as a standalone, it looks like the DV-983H is a very good DVD player. Congratulations!
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A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want)
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Anthony: I used to have a JVC Everio, the first model out some years back. I loved the size of the thing, and it took great still pics. The only thing I didn't like was the .MOD file extensions for the videos. It was, quite frankly, a pain in the butt trying to deal with the vids. I ended up selling it. I don't know if they corrected that .MOD nonsense, but somehow I don't believe so. Go with the SONY (my opinion). Congrats on the baby :-) Mike
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Hi Christina R, I am sorry but I do not know. I have had so much trouble getting version 11 to work that they would have had to pay me to take version 12. I had only had version 11 about a month when version 12 was offered at 100. I would not have given 0.01 for it. I still wouldn't. I still have not managed to produce an edited video either to a Blu Ray disk or to a "produce" file. (Cyberlink term) I am sorry I can't help you in this matter, but I wish you well with whatever video editing system you end up with. Nick.
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You can not view 1080p divx or xvid by this machine. any of 59 series. I own 5980/12. it's the chipset it has: Zoran Vaddis 7 (778) see the manufacturer's spec sheet: http://img65.exs.cx/img65/7866/zoranvaddis7spec1pq.gif ps: copy paste the URL to address bar and click "go".