>I had an AVAYON DXP1000 DVD Player
>http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3995425
>which just about played everything, even ASF videos from my tapeless
>camcorder
>(my only complaint was it didn't play quicktime MOVs).
>However it seems every DVD player I have lasts about a year - after my
>2nd Avayon died (!) I'm looking to replace it with a portable player
>with a little screen.
>
>Can anyone recommend a good affordable model that similarly plays lots
>of formats including MP3 audio, and has a good MP3 interface (lots of
>DVD players truncate the song names)?
>
>Much appreciated...

> On 3 Jan 2007 15:19:12 -0800, "Mad Scientist Jr"
> <usenet_daugh***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I had an AVAYON DXP1000 DVD Player
> >http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3995425
> >which just about played everything, even ASF videos from my tapeless
> >camcorder
> >(my only complaint was it didn't play quicktime MOVs).
> >However it seems every DVD player I have lasts about a year - after my
> >2nd Avayon died (!) I'm looking to replace it with a portable player
> >with a little screen.
> >
> >Can anyone recommend a good affordable model that similarly plays lots
> >of formats including MP3 audio, and has a good MP3 interface (lots of
> >DVD players truncate the song names)?
> >
> >Much appreciated...
>
>
> It's sounding like there might not be one, especially one that plays
> MOV files.
>
> Some players can get you DivX and Xvid AVIs, but I don't know about
> ASF.
>
> How are you defining "portable?"  I too was looking forward to hearing
> people's recommendations for really small DVD players.

"Mad Scientist Jr" <usenet_daugh***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> By portable I mean the little players with a 9 inch screen you can take
> with you on a plane or car and watch movies on battery power. As long
> as it plays DIVX, MPEG4/ASF, WMA, AVI and MP3 I'd be happy. MOV is just
> a bonus. The Avayon player was fine, I would just prefer a portable
> version...
>
> dgates wrote:
>> On 3 Jan 2007 15:19:12 -0800, "Mad Scientist Jr"
>> <usenet_daugh***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I had an AVAYON DXP1000 DVD Player
>> >http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3995425
>> >which just about played everything, even ASF videos from my tapeless
>> >camcorder
>> >(my only complaint was it didn't play quicktime MOVs).
>> >However it seems every DVD player I have lasts about a year - after my
>> >2nd Avayon died (!) I'm looking to replace it with a portable player
>> >with a little screen.
>> >
>> >Can anyone recommend a good affordable model that similarly plays lots
>> >of formats including MP3 audio, and has a good MP3 interface (lots of
>> >DVD players truncate the song names)?
>> >
>> >Much appreciated...
>>
>>
>> It's sounding like there might not be one, especially one that plays
>> MOV files.
>>
>> Some players can get you DivX and Xvid AVIs, but I don't know about
>> ASF.
>>
>> How are you defining "portable?"  I too was looking forward to hearing
>> people's recommendations for really small DVD players.

>