Media Players - Amkette Flash TV or Nationite HDVP ?

[Karanboochra]

Hey guys...
I was thinking of buying a DVD player to fulfill my DVD needs..But now , i have changed my mind and now i am thinking of buying a HDD based media player because i would use only my pendrives and ext. HDD's to watch movies and NOT DVDs..

So....Please help me in making a decision..

Firstly, I am buying a Samsung 32" 720p HD Ready LCD..So the HDD Media player would be used with that only..

Now....
Amkette Flash TV
Getting it for 1.9k ( EBAY ) .
Supports -
Video - AVI-DivX/XviD (MPEG-4, Layer 2), RM/RMVB formats .
Audio - MP3 and WMA formats
Pictures - JPEG, BMP, TIFF and PNG files
Also supports SUBTITLES and TEXT Files

Supports 720p through COMPOSITE. No HDMI.
eBay India: Amkette Flash TV Plays Movies from Memory Cards HDD (item 250638467885 end time 02-Jun-2010 08:00:00 IST)

Nationite HDVP1 - 1080p Media player
Getting it for 3.5k ( EBAY )
Supports -
Video - AVI/DIvX (up to 1080P and supports DivX3.X/DivX4.X/DivX5) Supports AC3 Tracks
H.264 (up to 1080P, compatible to 1080i / 720P) - MKV, MOV, MP4
MPEG-2 (up to 1080P, compatible to 1080i / 720P)
RM/RMVB (up to 1080P, compatible to 1080i / 720P)
TS, TP, M2TS, VOB, DAT, MPG, MPEG (up to 1080P, compatible to 1080i / 720P)

Audio - Dolby Digital AC3
MP3, Lame MP3
MPEG-1/MPEG-2 Layer I/II
WMA
M4P (AAC), HE-AAC and Cook

Supports 1080p. HDMI. Subtitles also supported.

eBay India: Nationite HDVP1 - 1080P HDD Media Player Mkv M2TS H264 (item 110537905999 end time 02-Jun-2010 09:00:00 IST)

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NOW, the question is..WHICH one to go for?
Nationite HDVP1 is good..Supports all the formats..But i DON'T need support of soo many formats. Plus, i don't need 1080p as my tv won't play 1080p.

On the other hand, Amkette Flash TV fulfills all my needs @ a really good price.
The only question about it is that..IF it runs movies @ 720p , on which formats does it RUN?
Because, on the site..there's no mention of formats such as .264 , .mkv etc..So how am i supposed to run these?

I won't always run movies which are 720p ..But obviously, i'll download movies such as Avatar @ 720p...
All the movies which are 720p are either in the h.264 format or the .mkv format..

So people..please HELP me buy the best player...
Anyone who has Amkette player , can you tell me if it can run h.264 formats of 720p?

Thanks a lot guys for taking time and reading it..
Karan

 

[Karanboochra]

Bump!!!!!...........

 

[sam9s]

If I go with you stated specifications, Amkitte can only play DivX/XviD through AVI container, there is no support for h.264 and MKV, so unless you can find an uploader who has encoaded a 720p movie with DivX/Xvid that too only with AVI container, you are stuck with no HD playback. And its very rare that you would find an HD rip encoded with Divx/Xvid with AVI.

So Nationite HDVP1 is the one I would suggest. Unless you can live with just being able to play Divx/xvid encoaded files.

 

[Karanboochra]

If I go with you stated specifications, Amkitte can only play DivX/XviD through AVI container, there is no support for h.264 and MKV, so unless you can find an uploader who has encoaded a 720p movie with DivX/Xvid that too only with AVI container, you are stuck with no HD playback. And its very rare that you would find an HD rip encoded with Divx/Xvid with AVI.

So Nationite HDVP1 is the one I would suggest. Unless you can live with just being able to play Divx/xvid encoaded files.

Yaa..That's what... I need h.264 and .mkv support..
Guess i'll go with Nationite one only..

Another question i want to ask is that - DOES Nationite HDVP1 support DTS , Surround Sound??? This is really important for me...

Also...the HDVP has some issues with the subtitles and all
The AVI screen stretches... and thats badd!

Can anyone tell me the BEST price of WDTV Mini in India? Damn, how many times my opinion changes