I want to replace my old ass dvd player with something that I can pop a usb drive on to to play downloaded videos. Whats my best option?

4/10/2011 6:41:18 PM

Budget?

Price a factor?

Upscaling a must?

Blu-ray possible?

[Edited on April 10, 2011 at 7:15 PM. Reason : ]

4/10/2011 7:15:02 PM

well...i could use blu-ray/3d and all that..but for this i primarily want something i can just stick a usb in to play video files. not too worried about the rest so i guess cheap as possible

4/10/2011 7:33:58 PM

Get a used ps3

4/10/2011 8:32:19 PM

used ps3 +1

4/10/2011 8:44:33 PM

Actually would like to not get a ps3, looking for a basic dvd player with these capabilities

4/10/2011 9:44:10 PM

We bought a Philips DVP5990 (DVP5992 is basically the same thing) for my mom from Best Buy for like $35 on sale a year or so back. It's pretty much so everything you seem to be looking for. It does 1080p upconversion over HDMI, and has a USB port and plays divx/xvid from USB or DVD-R. She liked it so much she ended up getting another one a few weeks later to put in her bedroom upstairs. I just checked online, looks like you can find them for under $50 now.

4/10/2011 11:38:25 PM

one of them new 360's if you dont want a ps3

4/11/2011 10:19:45 AM

If you want it to play MKVs off your NAS then I suggest the LG BD570.

4/11/2011 11:09:51 AM

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Philips+-+DVD+Player+with+HD+Upconversion/9905608.p?id=1218192499634&skuId=9905608&st=Philips DVP&cp=1&lp=1

DVP3560/F7


This one seems to do all of that as well. Any thoughts?

4/12/2011 9:55:48 AM

^It looks like that one is the replacement model for the one I recommended, with the only noticeable difference being that it is region free (bonus!) It got some pretty stellar reviews on amazon as well.

4/12/2011 11:04:01 AM

bought one!

4/13/2011 2:01:35 PM