Coby DVD298 1080p Upconversion DVD Player with HDMI and DivX Playback, Black Review
I bought the Coby DVD298 DVD Player less for its 1080p upconversion of standard DVDs to 1080p than for its ability to be easily hacked to an all-region DVD player. But for those who don't have the need for that and just need a player that will make their standard DVDs look hi-def on their HDTVs, fear not - while it's not the best 1080p upconverting DVD player I've seen (that would be the Toshiba SD900, which is stunning!), it's still an extremely good one that's inexpensive and easy to use.
For those who DO want to watch DVDs from around the world, though, the DVD298 shines. It plays NTSC and PAL DVDs right out the gate - but as anyone who's bought a foreign DVD and tried to play it on a US player knows, there's a little thing the movie industry stuck on all DVDs called "region encoding" that is supposed to make that impossible. However, some DVD manufacturers (like Coby) make players that are global at the factory, then write the region encoding into software because it costs less than to build region-limiting into the hardware. These can be hacked to become region-free, and how to do this for these players, including the DVD298, can be found with a simple Google search. Once you've done it, you can take DVDs from anywhere in the world and watch them - from BBC spy adventures to obscure Japanese horror movies and Italian thrillers to Indonesian martial arts movies, all unavailable in the US.
The DVD298 also has the ability to plug in a USB drive or SD card and look at either images, listen to MP3s, or watch downloaded videos files from online. I haven't had much luck watching MP4 video podcasts this way, though I have both listened to music and viewed photos - and a friend of mine with the same model was very impressed at its ability to show "Internet videos".
Its biggest flaw, as others have pointed out, is that it's kind of flimsily-built, as you might expect from a bargain DVD player. But put it on its own shelf rather than stacking DVD players and monitors below and above it, and it shouldn't give you any problems.
If you want the ability to watch videos from around the world and also have regular videos look "hi-def" on your HDTV, I can recommend Coby's DVD298 highly.
Coby DVD298 1080p Upconversion DVD Player with HDMI and DivX Playback, Black Feature
- progressive scan DVD player with 1080p video output for use with Full HD-capable TVs, upconverts DVD video to near-HD quality (1080p),
- DVD, DVD±R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, and JPEG compatible, Official DivX Certified product
- plays all versions of DivX video (including DivX 6) with standard playback of DivX media files, plays digital MPEG-4 video files (XviD), plays digital media files directly from USB drives and SD/MMC cards,
- Dolby digital decoder, HDMI output for perfect digital signal transmission to home theater systems over a single cable, digital and analog AV outputs for home theater use, NTSC/PAL compatible
- camera angle support, parental lock control
Coby DVD298 1080p Upconversion DVD Player with HDMI and DivX Playback, Black Overview
Coby DVD298 1080p Upconversion DVD Player with HDMI and DivX Playback, progressive scan DVD player with 1080p video output for use with Full HD-capable TVs, upconverts DVD video to near-HD quality (1080p), DVD, DVD±R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, and JPEG compatible, Official DivX Certified product, plays all versions of DivX video (including DivX 6) with standard playback of DivX media files, plays digital MPEG-4 video files (XviD), plays digital media files directly from USB drives and SD/MMC cards, Dolby digital decoder, HDMI output for perfect digital signal transmission to home theater systems over a single cable, digital and analog AV outputs for home theater use, NTSC/PAL compatible.
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