Good MPEG4 player

[mr soft]

Just wanted to post some of the stats for the Packard bell DVD divx460. standalone.

WMA, MP3, Ogg Vorbis
MPEG 1/2/4, DivX 3/4/5/6, XdivX, Nero Digital
JPEG, Kodak Picture CD
Dolby Digital, DTS, Stereo, Mono
SCART, S-Video, HI-HD s-terminal video output, VIDEO (CVBS), Y Cb Cr output, Y Pb Pr output, Progressive Scan
5.1 RCA, Audio L/R, digital audio (decodificador DTS)
Firmware upgradeable via Packard Bell website
USB port. (Note: The USB on most MPEG4 players will only take fat32 i.e.: pen drive) note to self; Format that HD again.


This little bunny sets you back all of 60 euros. If anyone knows of similar players with similar prices I’d be keen to hear, or if any reader knows where I could buy one of these in Spain ,I would also be grateful.

I mainly posted this because I would like some feedback on latest standalone stats. MPEG4 has many names when it comes to playback.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Any idea what chip-set is in the player?

I would not recommend anybody buy a player on "stats" alone. You would not want to end-up with a device fitted with an old spec Sigma or ESS chip-set :scared:

[BigDid]

Any idea what chip-set is in the player?...
Hi SMD,

Seems to be an "ESS ES8380 Phoenix" see http://support.packardbell.com/fr/item/index.php?i=spec_ess8380&pi=platform_dvx460usb (in french :D )

Hope it's a new model of chipset.

Did

[mr soft]

The main chipset comes from ESS (ES8380 Phoenix) and is quite powerful:

Single-chip DVD processor.
Pixel-adaptive de-interlacer.
Integrated NTSC/PAL encoder with six video DACs for composite, S-Video, and components video outputs.
Supports DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, SVCD, VCD, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW and CD-DA.
DivX Home Theater quality video at full screen.
MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile video including GMC and QPEL support (ES8380AC/AD/CC/CD only).
Up to 8 channel audio DAC (ES8380AC/AD/CC/CD only).
Macrovision protected, NTSC/PAL interlaced video.
JPEG digital photo support (Kodak Picture CD and Fujifilm FujiColor CD).
MPEG Multi-channel.
MPE and Windows Media Audio (WMA).
Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, and Pro Logic II.
DTS surround (ES8380AC/AD/CC/CD only).
S/PDIF digital audio input and output.
MPEG AAC and Multichannel.
SRS TruSurround.
USB full-speed host controller.
Professional karaoke with full scoring scheme

also this interesting report from nero

http://www.nero.com/enu/showpress.php?id=832