Best DVD player for Bit Torrent movies No Problem Playing AVI files

My review only pertains to downloaded media.

I bought this $60 player from amazon and could not be happier. I used the DVP5960 to replace the high end PC that was serving up my movies and music to my entertainment system. This player has no problem reading any media format out there. Check the specs for yourself, but I ran cd-r cd-rw dvd-r dvd+r dvd-RW, flash drives, external HDs

{big note here: This device does not read NTFS. With stock windows tools you can only format FAT drives up to 32 Gigs. Any out of the box USB drive or flash stick will work fine. {as long as you did not go out of your way to format the device NTFS} The downside on the usb reader is no long file name support.

The Key to Success, for this player, is the combo of the USB port and the Updated codec's. I played movies off a 2gig flash drive, external usb hard disk, burnt dvds, and over burned CD/rw's.

This player, played movies that VLC would not. No macro pixels (IN ALL THE DARK SCENES) This player  more

Don't toss the old DVDs

If you have purchased a high def TV and long for the same clarity from your vast DVD collection under the old standard format, THIS is the player for you.
My standard format DVDs sparkle with the lift given them by this player. The lines of resolution are hiked up to nearly match the high-def the new formats brag.
Philips has my vote for performance and PRICE!

Does what it claims.

I purchased this DVD player in order to replace an old, dead DVD player and to play DivX/Xvid on my TV. It has so far performed as expected. DivX and Xvid files play great from DVD and CD and are accessed through a menu system that performs adequately. The quality of the playback is perfectly adequate on my SDTV.

A few minor complaints:
1. There does not appear to be any way to get back to the DivX/Xvid file menu once you start one playing. Somewhat annoying.
2. The DVD tray is incredibly thin... about as thin as a DVD. So you have to be a bit careful when putting the disc in. I just doesn't ever feel like it's on the tray properly.
3. If your DivX/Xvid file has any errors it will not play. There were files that played fine on my computer, but the DVD player just couldn't handle the error. There are free tools to fix problems in DivX/Xvid files which I had to use on a few files to get them to play.

Otherwise it plays DVDs fine, plays DivX/Xvid fine and overall seems to be a perfectly  more