is the philips 642 still the best for playing avi,divx,xvid off a dvd or is there a newer better model any and all info welcome

have a look at the 2006 Philips models that use the
>>MediaTek chipset. The DVP5490 can be made region free with a quick remote
>>hack, and by all acounts has significantly better image quality than the
>>aging DVP642. It also supports more DIVX/XVID encoding schemes and
>>natively supports subtitles

In article <>,
<news-server.stny.rr.com> wrote:
>have a look at the 2006 Philips models that use the
>>>MediaTek chipset. The DVP5490 can be made region free with a quick remote
>>>hack, and by all acounts has significantly better image quality than the
>>>aging DVP642. It also supports more DIVX/XVID encoding schemes and
>>>natively supports subtitles

If you're going to quote my posting (without attribution) at least you can
do a little research and (as I did with the original posting) correct the
typo! The model I was referring to is the DVP5960.

Mike S.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:07:39 +0000 (UTC), (Mike S.)
wrote:

>
>In article <>,
> <news-server.stny.rr.com> wrote:
>>have a look at the 2006 Philips models that use the
>>>>MediaTek chipset. The DVP5490 can be made region free with a quick remote
>>>>hack, and by all acounts has significantly better image quality than the
>>>>aging DVP642. It also supports more DIVX/XVID encoding schemes and
>>>>natively supports subtitles
>
>If you're going to quote my posting (without attribution) at least you can
>do a little research and (as I did with the original posting) correct the
>typo! The model I was referring to is the DVP5960.
>

o god i'am sorry forgot i left part of your post in here. was never
ment for a quote your post sorry again