Portable Divx Player

Mr_love_monkey · 19-02-2008, 09:06

I'm thinking of getting a portable, i.e. handheld, DivX/media player for watching on the train in the mornings and evenings (I tend to stand for the journey, so I'd be holding it in my hands).

Has anyone got one that they recommend?

darthlinux · 19-02-2008, 11:26

Amazon have a huge range not bad prices either

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-DVD...8&node=4086001

danielf · 19-02-2008, 11:29

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

I'm thinking of getting a portable, i.e. handheld, DivX/media player for watching on the train in the mornings and evenings (I tend to stand for the journey, so I'd be holding it in my hands).

Has anyone got one that they recommend?

What exactly do you plan on watching on the train?

Mr_love_monkey · 19-02-2008, 11:39

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Originally Posted by danielf

What exactly do you plan on watching on the train?

ermm... home made movies???

Just to clarify, I don't want a dvd player - I want a hand held hard drive/memory card player.

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quite liking the look of this :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Vis...412914&sr=1-28

danielf · 19-02-2008, 11:42

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

ermm... home made movies???

Like things with your kids in it?

darthlinux · 19-02-2008, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

ermm... home made movies???

Just to clarify, I don't want a dvd player - I want a hand held hard drive/memory card player.

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quite liking the look of this :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Vis...412914&sr=1-28

Oh sorry when u said portable divx player I throught u meant like what I posted if you wanted to covert ur avi's u could go for a ipod touch they now do a 32Gb version

Mr_love_monkey · 19-02-2008, 11:50

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Originally Posted by danielf

Like things with your kids in it?

Yeah, kids playing in the garden that kind of thing...

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Originally Posted by darthlinux

Oh sorry when u said portable divx player I throught u meant like what I posted if you wanted to covert ur avi's u could go for a ipod touch they now do a 32Gb version

I try and avoid apple - yes, they're nice, but you pay a premium for the name - and that creative one has a bigger screen, for less money - and I've always been happy with the creative items I have bought.

darthlinux · 19-02-2008, 11:58

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

Yeah, kids playing in the garden that kind of thing...

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I try and avoid apple - yes, they're nice, but you pay a premium for the name - and that creative one has a bigger screen, for less money - and I've always been happy with the creative items I have bought.

the creative one does look nice if I was you I would go for that.

might be worth looking at ebay always good stuff on there and can work out cheaper

punky · 19-02-2008, 12:01

If it were my money and I had to stump on something, it would be the Archos 705 wifi. Apparently, it supports divx and xvid natively.

I've never used one so I can't give a personal recommendation, but they've always looked good on the websites i've seen.

Mr_love_monkey · 19-02-2008, 12:51

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If it were my money and I had to stump on something, it would be the Archos 705 wifi. Apparently, it supports divx and xvid natively.

I've never used one so I can't give a personal recommendation, but they've always looked good on the websites i've seen.

Bit more than I want to pay, I'm really looking at 300 max.

Thing is, I keep getting mixed reviews about the archos range, various complaints about the software, and the way (for some) you have to pay extra for divx, and a web browser..

handyman · 19-02-2008, 13:15

Why not go the whole hog and get an iphone. That way your not carrying around a phone and a media device. That's 2 things you have to remember associated leads for etc. A 8gb iphone would be under your budget and as a coder you'd be able to use it for testing as well. With free access to cloud wi-fi hotspots and edge you could also watch unlimited youtube if you had not media loaded to it.

Mr_love_monkey · 19-02-2008, 13:32

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Originally Posted by handyman

Why not go the whole hog and get an iphone. That way your not carrying around a phone and a media device. That's 2 things you have to remember associated leads for etc. A 8gb iphone would be under your budget and as a coder you'd be able to use it for testing as well. With free access to cloud wi-fi hotspots and edge you could also watch unlimited youtube if you had not media loaded to it.

yeah, but then I'd need to change networks (or hack the iphone) - and to be honest I prefer the idea of having the 2 devices separate?

darthlinux · 19-02-2008, 13:43

Which is fair enough because if the one device breaks u aint got nothing hence why I got the itouch

Help!!! · 19-02-2008, 13:47

Archos 605, best one out there tbh, internet access, 160GB, can watch divx ect....check them out.

Mr_love_monkey · 28-02-2008, 08:13

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Originally Posted by Help!!!

Archos 605, best one out there tbh, internet access, 160GB, can watch divx ect....check them out.

Have you got one?

I keep seeing mixed reviews of the archos stuff