Help: Stand Alone DIVX/DVD player

As an alternative have you considered a laptop with HDMI output.

You'll need one with a dual core processor and a dedicated video card (to offload processing from the CPU) such as an ATI HD3450/60/70 or HD3650/60/70 Mobility graphics processor. You definitely do not want an integrated video card.

It doesn't have to be up to gaming spec, but make sure the HDMI output can carry sound, not all do.
 
Wibble said:
And the best Bluray player is .....

The PS3 and a great media hub to boot.
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If buying PS3 make sure you get a MKI or MKII. They can play SACD too. That functionality was removed from MKIII - I guess to protect the sales of more expensive stand-alone SACD players.
 
Red_Molly said:
Convert the MKV to DVD using AVI2DVD freeware. If you can get hold of a copy of Cinema Craft Encoder SP you'll get a better quality and quicker conversion than the freeware encoders that come bundled, but the freeware do a good job if not.

AVI2DVD is a cracking piece of software.

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_mkv_to_dvd_with_freeware.cfm

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php?b2=1

rich
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I used to use this but increasingly found it would not burn stuff. I switched to DVD flick which is 3 billion times better - not had it fail to convert to DVd yet - easier to use and well featured too
 
Wizard Keyaz said:
Would it also play mkv files too, if not what can I do to make it able to play.

Currently I download the movies (avi.files), then I save it on a pen stick and then I watch them, but if they are a HD/BD movies it is an mkv file, it doesn't work?

Any suggestions?

Also one more thing, if I play a chinese movie the srt files is saved in the same pen stick but doesn't work, anyway of playing it at the same time?
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I got a DVI to HDMI cable and play them from my laptop on the TV with some decent PC speakers, works a treat for me.

Besides if the DVD player hasn't got a HDMI output then its incapable of sending HD pictures to the TV, so kinda pointless playing the MKV files.
 
p_ps_sock said:
I got a DVI to HDMI cable and play them from my laptop on the TV with some decent PC speakers, works a treat for me.

Besides if the DVD player hasn't got a HDMI output then its incapable of sending HD pictures to the TV, so kinda pointless playing the MKV files.
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That player has that functuality! - 1080p

Hey Weaste, I am going to buy the PS3, so would it play MKV files and if it does will I be able to save it on the USB Pen drive to watch them or not?
 
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