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General Hardware Forum Discuss, Playing DivX on a DVD at International Chat: Hardware related forum; what is the difference between a mere DVD player and a divx player... is there the possibility to turn a dvdonly player into a divx player? Thx In Advance


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Old 10-10-2003   #1 (permalink)
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Playing DivX on a DVD

what is the difference between a mere DVD player and a divx player... is there the possibility to turn a dvdonly player into a divx player?

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A Divx player can play DVD's and DivX/Xvid whereas a ordinary DVD player only plays DVD, as you already know.

I'm unaware of any DVD-players built using Sigma designs chip, it would be of no sense to use a DivX-chip for a ordinary DVD-player so the answer on your conversion-question is no.
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Luckily enough, more and more brands are showing interest in these multiformat video players. Philips will be launching a DVD player with DivX (including 3.11) and XViD capabilities pretty soon, and I guess many will follow..

So if you are asking this because you are considering a DVD player and you want MPEG4 compatibilty, you either have to wait a little time for a regular brand, or buy a cheaper (and unknown) brand... that may perform just as good...
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