cool device

i'm glad that my old dvd player conked out on me a couple of months ago because if it hadn't i wouldn't have bought my new and awesome dvd player. as with the usual dvd players it plays dvds (duh) and audio cds. and similar to the standard nowadays it also plays different types of media. (videos in avi format, audio files in wma and mp3 format. nice!) it also has a usb 2.0 port where it can play media files from a thumb drive or an external hard disk. once you pop in a cd or connect via usb in autoplays whatever media in can play. its media "explorer" is clean and easy to navigate displaying all the files in the usb device.

but wait there's more!

it can also rip audio cds. all you need is a cd to rip and a fairly large enough storage device where the output file will be saved. the ripping options are simple and few, the essentials:

ripping speed: normal/fast
create ID3 tags: yes/no
bitrate: 96/112/128/192/256/320 kbps
device: usb 1 (i'm guessing that other models have several devices to choose from. maybe several usb ports.)

the tracks can be selected individualy or with just one click of a button, all of them can be selected. there's also a summary of the number of tracks selected and the total playing time that is shown on the screen.

once you hit the start button it plays all the selected tracks one at a time and displays the ripping progress via a status bar and percentage completed. the resulting output file, which is in mp3 format(!), is saved in a folder RIPPING created by the dvd player in the root directory.

but wait there's more!

it can copy any file it can read from a cd/dvd to a usb device. selection of the files is similar to cd ripping track selection. it saves the files including the folders/subfolders in a folder FILES created by the dvd player.

but wait there's more!

the player itself is a space saver because its small and compact. it's about half the size of normal dvd players.

i couldn't ask for more. hmmm... well maybe TiVo eat bulaga or tayong dalawa and burn them to a dvd.