Finally a DVD/DivX player in NZ :).

[Grrr!!]

Just noticed this at ascent (http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=119485).


LiteOn LVD-2002, DVD/DivX Player

Liteon LVD-2002 DivX DVD player

“Play downloaded DivX movies on your TV “

DivX / DVD / CD PLAYER
Plays MPEG 4 / DivX(r) Format Video Titles
Plays MP3 / WMA(r) Format Audio Titles
Progressive Scan (480P)

10-bit/27MHz Video DAC
Support DVD-Video/VCD/SVCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R
480p Progressive Scan Video Output with 3-2 Pulldown Recovery
480i scalable to 480p

MEPG-4(DivX Ver4 & 5)/MPEG-2/VCD/MPG Playback Capability


Will probably buy one :).

[tanivula]

just had a quick search for any reviews on it without much success..

but i did find this from some random DVDRHelp forum:
The LVD-2002 is a downgraded version of the LVD-2001 which comes in a different design, colors and without the PCMCIA card reader.

heres (http://www.kitsapcomputers.com/lvd2001.htm) a link to a review of the 2001 model though.

other than that it looks pretty good :) something to add to the christmas wish list i guess :p

[fatsanchez]

lol, i noticed it this morning as well.

I found a site in dutch that seems to indicate they can play xvid, and liteon seems to be steadily churning out firmware updates.

$360 is a bit steep though, one could almost build an HTPC for that.

[Grrr!!]

Edit: Don't worry, found it.

149 Euro isn't bad at all. I've found 7 different sites which say that the LVD2001/2002 will play Xvid as well as DivX :). It will also play SKVCDs which is also all good.

Most of the sites were in german/dutch, so I didn't bother linking them.

[tanivula]

in that review of the 2001 i linked to they got these results:
- DivX 3.11 Alpha:

- Failed: Low motion with MP3 48000Khz encoded sound.

Other random tests with other DivX 3.11 movies (GSpot 2.2 stats).

Pass: DivX 3 Fast-Motion 654 kb/s 25fps 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR 48000 Hz

Pass: DivX 3 Fast-Motion 640x304 (2.11:1) [=40:19] 563 kb/s 23.976fps 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3 160 kb/s (80/ch, stereo) CBR 44100 Hz

- DivX 4.12:

Passed. Did not pass with WMA encoded sound.

DivX 5.02 and 5.05:

Passed with mp3 encoded sound at 48000Khz pass. Did not pass with WMA encoded sound.

Passed with 720 x 576 @ 25fps, mp3 encoded sound at 48000Khz using DivX 5.05 codec.

Passed 720 x 576 @ 25fps, mp3 encoded sound at 48000Khz using DivX 5.05 codec.

- Xvid 4:

- Passed ! (more stats to come).

- OGG Vorbis:

Failed. Not currently supported.

but yeah, they also talk about how lite on bring out firmware revisions very quickly and that more things were supported from the original revision..

hope more players like this come out for competitions sake.. theres the KiSS media one isnt there?? wonder when other large companys start producing em.

[Dartani0n]

And its progressive scan for those with fancy TV's and Projectors.

BUT its only NTSC progressive scan, not PAL, which is a bummer.. hope they fix that with a firmware update.