Best DVD player iwth USB

illusion · #21 27th August 2008, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dushie

Phillips 5996 has ample no of reviews abroad, and is a gr8 player, it has high speed usb port (2.0) , only problem is as of now i am unable to find it in stock in most of the places i inquired, so waiting for product to be locally available, then u just take ur portable hdd along, plug it in and enjoy,,,

Another point to make notice is that playing high speed flash drives, gives better performance during heavy graphic scenes where at times, pixellisation may happen , many users abroad who are using div x through usb have recommended using high speed flash drives along with the player, also u need to partition ur drive using Fat 32, ntfs won't work

Thats a good point.

I am myself trying to arrange for a 250 GB HDD from my friend and do some tests of my own on 1080-pk and now Phillips 5996. However i prefer 1080-pk as it has an optical out . I dont need dts on dvd player , my av reciever will be able to handle that . But the question is has anybody on this forum already tried out a high capacity hdd with 1080-pk or 5996 ?

illusion · #22 28th August 2008, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dushie

Phillips 5996 has ample no of reviews abroad, and is a gr8 player, it has high speed usb port (2.0) , only problem is as of now i am unable to find it in stock in most of the places i inquired, so waiting for product to be locally available, then u just take ur portable hdd along, plug it in and enjoy,,,

Another point to make notice is that playing high speed flash drives, gives better performance during heavy graphic scenes where at times, pixellisation may happen , many users abroad who are using div x through usb have recommended using high speed flash drives along with the player, also u need to partition ur drive using Fat 32, ntfs won't work

Hi Dushie, can you please post some links of the Phillips 5996 Reviews. Thanks !!

illusion · #23 29th August 2008, 08:40 AM

Since nobody else is replying , My own update

:-

Unable to arrange for a 250 gb hdd , I have plans to demo the 1080-PK and the LG DV 388 armed with a USB 8gb Flash Drive and a Multi session DVD

. Will post results of my findings !!

Dushie · #24 29th August 2008, 06:42 PM

Hi Illusion
Sorry i have been busy,
the are couple of audio forums where i read the posts on the same

like avforum and avs forum, also abroad it sells as model no 5992, so please go ahead and check the posts out for the same,

will try to post the links as and when i can ...

please do update on your test for samsung dvd 1080pk model as it is no where in stock in bangalore, also would be great if u can post the costing of the same

raghunath · #25 29th August 2008, 08:41 PM

some dvd players mention in their manual itself about the maximum hard disk size that it can handle. For eg, Yamaha DVD-S661 can handle upto a 80GB external HD only. I have a 1TB disk, so I bought another 16GB pen drive and i use that to copy music/movies from the 1TB drive and watch it on the Yamaha. the other option (for DVD full length movies) is to buy a DVD-RW and burn it, for all the features, which you wont get if you watch it via the usb.

illusion · #26 30th August 2008, 12:26 AM

Plans got screwed up , torrential rain hit the city, so just stayed at home , lets c tomorrow maybe !

Dushie · #27 2nd September 2008, 12:33 AM

Hi Illusion

Here is the Thread -

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=phillips+5992

Its huge and vast , go through it whenever you get time ...

Waiting for an update once you are able to test ...

I am myself looking to upgrde from my Samsug Hd 860 .

The 3 options i am looking at are samsung 1080pk, phillips 5996 & pioneer dv 610,

In Bangalore i am unable to audition the samsung and the Sony, for pioneer still have to look around

IndianEars · #28 2nd September 2008, 02:53 PM

Though not relevant techically, or to the query posted, I have found it a GREAT convenience ( more so for the wife & family) to have a DVD player of the sasme brand as the TV, so that the DVD Remote also operates the TV. ( eg SONY)

Dushie · #29 2nd September 2008, 11:43 PM

Indian i do agree with you on the same, my current setup is samsung q9 plasma which i am using with my samsung hd 860, both can work on same remote, when connected using hdmi link, both can be turned on or off together too

illusion · #30 3rd September 2008, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianEars

Though not relevant techically, or to the query posted, I have found it a GREAT convenience ( more so for the wife & family) to have a DVD player of the sasme brand as the TV, so that the DVD Remote also operates the TV. ( eg SONY)

Correct but for that you dont need to buy the product of the same brand. For Ex :-

I have a Samsung 26inch LCD coupled with a Sony AV Reciever and a Phillips DVD player ( Now Replaced with Sony DVD Player) . I fed in the remote codes for both the LCD and the DVD player in the Universal Remote supplied by the Sony AV reciver and they worked flawlessly !!

. This way you get the best of each brand without being bogged down by too many remotes. There is always the option of buying Universal Remotes such as those offered by Logitech...