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[neadods]

I am looking for recommendations for a region free (or hackable) DVD player that also plays avi files.

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[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

We have a Phillips region-free model that never steers us wrong. Plays .avi files and has a USB port built in.

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

I recommend the Phillips all-region DVD player - I got mine from Amazon, it cost about $50 (free shipping!) and it plays damn near everything, including avi files.

[patsyrant.livejournal.com]

JVC does an excellent one. Only flaw is you need a power surge protector on the plug. Mine was fab for five years, then one power surge did for it. But reasonably priced and played avi files, as well as being multi-region...

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

My favorite (for four or five DVD players now, including the portable one I use at school) is the Philips/Magnavox relatively inexpensive $45-65 one at Walmart. It plays DivX files, random other stuff, home-burned DVDs, home-burned CDs, doesn't have a region issue or a divide between NTSC/PAL that I've had problems with (my Region 2 German stuff works). The latest versions have a USB port as well.

The one drawback to these is that they last about 1-2 years and then start freezing up and have to be replaced. Course, that's at a HIGH usage rate, and I consider that to be a reasonable replacement rate for that price. (I also like the layout of the remote control.)

[jennetj.livejournal.com]

I'll third the Philips. I bought mine 2 years ago at Target for $37, I hacked it region-free in about 30 seconds, and it plays divx, so will play avis. I virtually never burn a dvd anymore - I just burn avis to disk. I want to get the next model up with the USB, because then I won't even have to burn to disk, I can just copy to flashdrive.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

We've got a Phillips DVP-3980 which is lovely and was cheap. Would love one with a USB Port, though; we do that through the PS3 but I'd rather *not* deal with Someone Else's Gaming System, thanks. ;-)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Another vote for the Phillips everyone else has mentioned. Plays anything but dessert plates.

[settiai]

I'm going to second (third? fourth?) the Phillips 5990. My parents have one, and it really is awesome. The only problem that I've found is that it only plays divx .avi files, not xvids - there's no video, only audio, in that case.