Lookin for a new dvd player

[Gainward]

My old as hell dvd player died this weeked. I cant complain it had a good run, but now im lookin for a new one, and i have not even looked at the things in years so most of it is over my head.

I was hopein some of you could help me out. Im more interested in it playin damn near any disk i put in it more than i am 5 disc changers and the like. I know i want it to play all types of DVD, MPEG2, MPEG4, i would really like for it to play pretty much any movie file out there if thats possible. I would also love for it to be region free, but i can live with out that.

any help or tips on what i should look for would be great. Like i said its been 3-4 years since i even looked at one of these things in a store.

[Bouncer]

Do you have an HDTV or no? HD-DVD players are comming out in about 15 days.

If your just looking for a basic DVD player. something like this would work fine. http://www.crutchfield.com/S-3og0P5S...0&I=158DVPS55B

Or if you want a player that can hold 5 disks, something like this would be fine. http://www.crutchfield.com/S-3og0P5S...VPC80B&g=54400

[Gainward]

No i dont have an HDTV yet, but the next one that i buy will be HD. but that could be in a month or two or it could be a couple years

[Bouncer]

Ok well, the 2 links I gave you are just for basic DVD player for a regular TV which will be good for you for now.

[coffee-guy]

Would it be smarter to spend a little more on a HD-DVD now in the hopes of getting HD-TV soon or will they not work together?

[Bouncer]

Would it be smarter to spend a little more on a HD-DVD now in the hopes of getting HD-TV soon or will they not work together?

the thing about it is that there is a format war going on right now. alot like VHS vs Betamax back in the day. the war is between HD-DVD VS BluRay. the players wont play the others disks and so on. i would wait until the format war is over to see which one wins before spending $800-$1000 on a player that may not be around in a year.

it only cost $60-100 bucks to get a regular dvd player so if you dont have an HD set just get the regular DVD player for now.

[vigil76]

believe it or not walmart has some cheap ass DVD players like $40... and I think they support palyback natively of DIVXX--
the link Bouncer provided will work---Crutchfiled has all sorts of shit.
just make sure it does progressive scan at bare minimum and most new players will support a large array of formats.
Region free dvd players are harder to come by and that might cost you--- unless you are getting lots of ripped films from Asia or Europe this feature is not as important in the states.

Good luck -