Here's a blazingly cheap portable DVD player from Evergreen, featuring DivX and XviD playback. And since Evergreen makes it, you know it's a quality product. Not.

Evergreen Corporation released their "EG-D540" portable DVD player that supports DivX today. The price is Open Price, but estimates indicate it costs around 20,000 yen.

This is a portable DVD player with a 5" TFT that has an aspect ratio of 4:3. In addition to DVD-Video, it supports the playback of and DVD+-R/RW, CD-R/RW. MPEG-1/2/4, MP3/WMA, JPEG and other files can be played. The company is also testing the player for DivX and XviD playback functionality.

Using the included battery, the unit can play for about 2.5 hours. Also, in addition to an AC adapter, the set includes a cigarette lighter adapter. It features a miniplug output jack, which provides Composite and S-Video output using a special cable. The unit also furnishes coaxial digital, analog and headphone audio outputs.

The external dimensions of just the body is 152 x 140 x 38mm (w x D x H), and it weighs about 690g. A special video/coaxial digital/analog audio output cable and card-style wireless remote controller are included.

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http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20050428/everg.htm

Evergreen Homepage:
http://www.everg.co.jp/