This has got to be the coolest DVD player I have ever seen

I never thought I would use the word cool with a DVD player but this one is it.

[@108CAM]

I think the best part of the video is how he initially said the DVD player was junk but quickly changed opinions to seeing it as really cool

[@12voltvids]

My opinion changed once I saw the inside.

[@morrisonAV]

He does that a lot

[@12voltvids]

@@morrisonAV I still think it is junk, just cool junk.

[@richclips]

DivX discs didnt deteriorate, you could play them twice and then pay a small amount to get a code, to enable you to play them again. Flexplay discs were the ones that self-disrtucted within a few days. Early laservision discs in the UK sadly often failed, turning brown, as they were contaminated with silver, which was used before they switched to Aluminium for the centrifugally reflective layer.

[@jeffgrant2350]

I have a late 70's Phillips Turntable that has touch switches for start, stop and speed. Still works.

[@tall_dude1233]

It looks like that machine is natively wall mountable! I can't say I've ever seen a wall mountable DVD player! It would look cool on the wall, as it almost looks like a sound bar from the naked eye. Most people would have to run cables through the wall just to be able to run an HDMI cable to their home theatre cabinet to the wall mounted TV. The opening mechanism of that DVD player is cool too.

[@12voltvids]

It is and it now is.

[@t0nito]

That DivX means it can play DivX MPEG-4, Part 2 H.263 encoded discs, usually recorded on AVI files, similar to Xvid.

[@12voltvids]

Yes i know,. however DivX was originally a rent and throw away disk failure by circuit sh1ty that basically burried the company and took Zenith down with them,

[@t0nito]

@@12voltvids Yes, but that DivX logo is refering to the codec, not the rental format.

[@Watcher3223]

@@12voltvids Divx and DivX actually have nothing to do with each other aside from name. The difference, however subtle, is in the letter casing. The "rent and throw away disk" format either only capitalized the first letter of the name (Divx) or capitalized all of the letters (DIVX). And the letters are short for Digital Video Express. The digital video file format, on the other hand, capitalizes both the first and last letters of the name and is meant as a bit of a dig at Circuit City's failed venture. And I was leery of a video format that was developed in part by a Hollywood law firm.

[@dlarge6502]

divx and DIVX are not the same thing. DIVX is the rental system and divx is the co-incidentally same name chosen for an mpeg4 profile.

[@12voltvids]

@@dlarge6502 i believe I said that. I mentioned that this player was made long after the rental disk based format of the same name was long gone.

[@christophermarshall5765]

Nice. Very nifty control panel!!

[@marcparsons1726]

Take that thing outside and smash it to pieces! That start was funny!!

[@Synthematix]

The DivX codec is actually pretty decent, you can encode a film to divx 1080p at half the size in mb of a standard dvd, the door on this player would look cool if it was transparent or if there was leds illuminating the disc as it spins.

[@JasonHalversonjaydog]

LOL in the intro it's the coolest dvd player, then immediately after it's "trash" and "ugly". quite the 180 degree turn

[@plan7a]

The next best thing to having a 'clear' player. (Like the 'clear' game controllers, keyboards and crystal XBox cases, etc).

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I had some music video files in Divx on my computer. Had to install a decoder to watch them. Oh yeah, leave it open. Too bad they didn't have a transparent cover to so you wouldn't have to worry about dust. But then, the plastic would produce glare in certain positions in the light.

[@Bluethunderboom]

I remember having DuraBrand (Walmart) DVD player that has a top loading design and it does not have eject button on the remote, it has an open button to open the lid to insert the disc to play DVD and/or CD to play with video or soundtrack. Crazy for me to see how cheap that can be the way Walmart chooses the cheap design.

[@clydesight]

I like the look of the player. The sliding door is cool! It shouldn't be falling over, did you set the stand properly? Is there a "notch" or something to grasp it in position? I have a tablet computer with a "fold out stand". It doesn't stand at all without a paperclip clamp! I ignored DivX. It looked like a money making scam at the time.

[@JessicaFEREM]

I know how you feel about taken apart electronics, my Nintendo switch has a replacement clear shell and case over it so I can look in and see all the complex circuitry.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

That's how one could run the original Sony Playstation with the RCA outputs - if you took the cover off that was the cool part being a nude player and seeing the mechanism work ect while playing a CD. .. don't know if you could hang it on the wall though ! Great idea with this unit.. they made it look like a countertop with that covering.

[@12voltvids]

I have a scamsung that looks almost as bad.

[@Mrshoujo]

A hinged sheet of clear plexiglas would be a finishing touch for this unit.

[@drdolby1585]

A transparent dust cover might be an idea.

[@Watcher3223]

Hmm. An LG DVD player with Samsung optics. Fascinating.

[@gmcnewlook]

I’m not suprised lg and samsung make parts for lots of things… it’s like how apple uses Samsung for different components despite being competitors

[@Watcher3223]

@@gmcnewlook True. Samsung is a major supplier of RAM, for one thing. They also supply SSDs. It wouldn't surprise me if Samsung parts were in my iPhone, despite Apple and Samsung being competitors in the smartphone market.

[@12voltvids]

You noticed that too

[@JessicaFEREM]

maybe the stand is supposed to click into place?

[@12voltvids]

It doesn't

[@t0nito]

That's what I was thinking as well, and it seems impossible that it doesn't. Maybe a little more force to clip it to 180º is needed.

[@jasonhawkins4528]

Yes agree with DivX I had a dvd recorder that took Divx and the machine had a unique code that had to be registered but I never bothered to look into it and just got movies else where

[@jasonthejawman5442]

Cool DVD player unquie like it

[@LILM79847]

Awesome, and very cool 😮👍🏻

[@dobroplayer7]

I'd def wall mount it! Just delete the slide door so a DVD can just pop in quick, and see the laser and disk spin. Maybe add a litte led background light on the disc.. just thoughts

[@12voltvids]

I did and i might put the top back on without the slide door.

[@dobroplayer7]

@@12voltvids see here's my thinking. Doors n trays waste time; so pop on the dvd and good to go quickly (and looks super f cool

[@Dutch-linux]

would also look awesome with a clear front...

[@12voltvids]

Yes

[@aarontrupiano9328]

sometimes life can be cool i guess

[@SuperLazygamer]

Does any one know the model number of this DVD player. I want to get it on eBay.

[@daneverdier1950]

@12voltvids I wish I knew about your existence years ago. I had a $1200 pioneer 5 disk dvd player that only lasted like 2 years. I was pissed. Before the format pretty much died I was convinced they made them with planned obsolescence since they got to be so cheap. That pioneer had sony and many other brands chips in it. Not one pioneer.

[@stpworld]

What model is this DVD player ?

[@dobroplayer7]

I think it's either dvs450h or dv4s2h.. could be others

[@markae0]

Are you not worried about damaging your eyes from the laser beam?

[@12voltvids]

No, they are focused 2mm from the lens and it spreads out after that. i am not about to stick my eyeball right up at the lens and turn it on.

[@Watcher3223]

The laser leaving the pickup must be focused to a point by the objective lens. Beyond that, the beam will be diffused, rendering it harmless ... on top of the fact that the beam's source is low powered to begin with.

[@markae0]

@@12voltvids Okay thank you for the information that you need to be close. I am sure you heard of the KZbinr "styropyro" who warns of the dangers of lasers, he has scared me enough to not try to work on a laser when it is powered.

[@12voltvids]

@@Watcher3223 i couldn't have said it better myself. Oh wait, I did in the next video.

[@Watcher3223]

@@12voltvids Sorry.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

divx rash from the past.

[@stpworld]

Some people have divix dvd players but they can't be activated any more.

[@Watcher3223]

And any DIVX discs you may have will not play in such equipment, so those discs are as valuable as a botched DVD-R. The player has to be able to dial in to a server which doesn't exist anymore. But, hey, like a DVD-R with a bad burn, a DIVX disc makes a great drink coaster!

[@dlarge6502]

Some people have DIVX dvd players and never had DIVX in their country ;)

[@kyoudaiken]

Isn't it dangerous to look into the laser or is this fearmongering by the anti repair industry again just like with Li-Ion cells that are oh so dangerous?

[@maiconvengrzennunesbusolog4864]

🧐👏👏

[@XMguy]

Hmm. DRM that’s kills a format. Listening ATSC 3.0?!

[@12voltvids]

Atsc 3 blows and by that i mean it sucks.

[@chrismckibben8684]

Looks like funi garbage like vcrs they used n tv combos

[@jameswaddell3348]

Call it your LG Convertible Player.

[@12voltvids]

Looks better with the top down.

[@mmichaelnowell1512]

You should in about a complete clear case for that player that way you don't have to be so carefull with it, and be able to place it anywhere to watch it do its thing!!!!!!!!!!

[@12voltvids]

Right at the back of the bench on the wall it goes