I have always wanted to play several of my movie collection on my old DVD player, too bad the collection is on an unplayable (.AVI) format because my old DVD player only plays DVD movies. I made a mental note to try to find a way to convert those collection to playable DVD movies, but I haven’t really tried looking yet.

Last month, my old DVD player broke down after around 18 months of use. All it said is “NO DISC” even though there is a DVD movie disc inside it. I tried opening the case and cleaning the optical lens with alcohol and it managed to play a couple of DVDs that I tried before it broke down again.

A week ago, I bought a new player which have the same brand as the old player (I’ll write more on this later), but it is a new model that also have the capabilities to play DivX movie formats, either on DVD media or on removable media (it has a built-in USB slot) such as a flash or thumb drive. I tried asking the salesperson what kind of DivX format that the player support, but unfortunately he is as clueless as I am, if not more. Read the rest of this entry »