Avayon DXP1000 DVD Player
By: Avayon Average Rating: 3.0 Total Reviews: 8
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 On: 2007-07-04
I bought a Philips DVP642 which failed after 4 months. The warranty was only 3 months. So I picked up a DXP1000. It failed after 16 months with a "no disk" error. But I think this was because of my erratic power. It failed right after my UPS failed. At the same time 2 DVD drives on my PC failed without the protection of the ups. It appears DVD drives and players are particularly sensitive to power irregularity. I bet many of the reviewers failures were caused by not using a UPS. I will order another Avayon. One advantage of the Avayon over the Philips is the switch in the back to disconnect the power. When my Philips failed they told me I should have been unplugging it when not in use.
 On: 2007-05-09
It worked nicely for a while, but started acting up after a few months. I had to take the case off and reset the optical assembly. I think it somehow got off gear/track.
If youre looking to play a wide variety of formats from the net, you might look elsewhere. Avayon doesnt seem to be releasing new firmware to play formats like matroska, etc.
On: 2007-01-17
It does everything it is supposed to do. If you are playing files in formats other than DVD format you must make sure it is in Constant Bit Rate format, otherwise the audio and video will get out of sync and then you have to rewind and forward to sync again. The only problem I have had is with the remote. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.. I can fit up to 24 thirty minute episodes in xvid/divx format on one DVD disc. Another drawback is that the menu only allows you to see a limited number of characters. Other than that the unit works perfectly.
 On: 2006-07-08
I purchased this DVD player for its ability to play Nero video more than its ability to play DIVX. Although it claims to be able to do so, it does not do so correctly. Nero video is encoded at various speeds. Regardless of which speed a video is encoded at, this player fails to play it correctly -always too slow with the audio and video not synching correctly. The FAQs say to press FWD or RWD buttons to correct this but the problem remains. After numerous attempts to contact Avayon, both by phone and email, I now realize Ive just blown $70. Other issues are that the DVD player itself is extremely noisey and the video is always magnified when a disc first plays. It has been less than 2 months since Ive ordered this device (5/12/06). It took about 7 days to arrive, another week spent trying to troubleshoot things, and now 3 weeks of trying to get hold of Avayon. Based on the poor quality of the product and the complete lack of support, the DXP1000 wouldnt be worth the purchase even at a quarter of the price. UPDATE 7/27/06: Avayon finally contacted me and sent a replacement unit. Apparently, you cannot play Nero video if its encoded with 5.1 surround sound. Switched to DIVX for everything I want 5.1 sound from. There is nothing in any of the Avayon advertising that expresses limitations with the Nero video. There is also no possibility of an upgrade that will fix this issue because the problem is with the chipset Avayon players use. Once I spoke with customer service, I feel that the future of Avayon is good but they need to communicate the details of their merchandise better and the speed of their customer service responses needs to improve.
On: 2006-07-07
I purchased this DVD player for its ability to play Nero video more than its ability to play DIVX. Although it claims to be able to do so, it does not do so correctly. Nero video is encoded at various speeds. Regardless of which speed a video is encoded at, this player fails to play it correctly -always too slow with the audio and video not synching correctly. The FAQs say to press FWD or RWD buttons to correct this but the problem remains. After numerous attempts to contact Avayon, both by phone and email, I now realize Ive just blown $70. Other issues are that the DVD player itself is extremely noisey and the video is always magnified when a disc first plays. It has been less than 2 months since Ive ordered this device (5/12/06). It took about 7 days to arrive, another week spent trying to troubleshoot things, and now 3 weeks of trying to get hold of Avayon. Based on the poor quality of the product and the complete lack of support, the DXP1000 wouldnt be worth the purchase even at a quarter of the price. UPDATE 7/27/06: Avayon finally contacted me and sent a replacement unit. Apparently, you cannot play Nero video if its encoded with 5.1 surround sound. Switched to DIVX for everything I want 5.1 sound from. There is nothing in any of the Avayon advertising that expresses limitations with the Nero video. There is also no possibility of an upgrade that will fix this issue because the problem is with the chipset Avayon players use. Once I spoke with customer service, I feel that the future of Avayon is good but they need to communicate the details of their merchandise better and the speed of their customer service responses needs to improve.
On: 2006-06-12
This DVD player worked great for about 6 months but now it says NO DISC for any DVD, production or created, MP3 , audio, anything. Now it goes into the bin. Buy a better player, not worth US $ 70 for the short time it works.
On: 2006-06-11
This DVD player worked great for about 6 months but now it says NO DISC for any DVD, production or created, MP3 , audio, anything. Now it goes into the bin. Buy a better player, not worth US $ 70 for the short time it works.
On: 2006-02-15
Had this DVD players for about a year now and its been fantastic. I primarily purchased it to view the many Region 2 DVDs I own, but have also begun to make use of its ability to play many different types of video files (DiVX and XVid) without having to burn a DVD-Video DVD. A solid performer that Ive suggested to friends.
 On: 2006-02-08
Before I went out and bought a DVD player, I wanted to make sure it would play DivX movies. So I searched around and found some players that supported DivX.
I found this player, and looked at the specifications for it, and immediately I had found the perfect DVD player for me.
When it got here, it did not disappoint me. It really does nearly every format out there- but the absolute best part is you no longer have to burn DVD video or video CDs to watch movies/videos on the player.
All you do is throw any file that is of a supported format on a CD/DVD and put it in the player. It shows up with a list of whats on the disc, and an icon on the side to show what type of file it is.
Very few things are wrong with this player, other than the fact that there doesnt seem to be a way to scroll the video name box so you can see the full name of the clip you are watching.
On: 2005-12-26
I was bought this player as a birthday present as I needed a multiregion player as I am from the UK. I have now had THREE of them breakdown on me. Customer Service are helpful however it cant take away from the fact that their dvd players are very poor. I have the same problem everytime, normally after about a month a dvd will freeze and then it will say no disc and it cant be used again. I am giving up now and throwing it in the bin
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