I bought Passion DVD Player with USB on 19 th July 2008.
Shop : Big Bazaar, Bangalore.
Price: 1299 Rs.
Features :
Divx/DVD/DVD R/DVD RW/CD R/CD RW/MPEG4/MP3/JPEG/Kodak Picture CD compatible
Digital Equalizer
Plays all DIVX and Xvid version
Dual system NTSC/PAL output
High resolution still picture on screen display
Power resume/Smart power control
Progressive scan
Full function remote control
SMPS 110V-270V
plays all the files from Class USB Mass Storage device also.
This player doesn’t look cheap as it is low priced.
Looks like a branded player only.
I liked the arrangement of remote buttons very much.
It works with my 500 GB USB Hard Disk with Power Supply.
I have formatted It as FAT32 using the tool downloaded from the link.
https://ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm.
This player has support for Folders also.
This player can also detect multipe FAT32 partions.
But I have tried with 2 only.
It doesn’t support NTFS file system.
Please not that other players in the current market also doesn’t support NTFS file system.
As NTFS is Microsoft proprietary file system.
This player also supports USB Card Reader.
I use this player most of the time to watch DivX movies.
This player has support for MPEG4 but doesn’t play 3GP files.
The remote has to be pointed in the direction of DVD Player most of the time.
This player can decode JPEG images But doesn’t have JPEG thumbnail view.
I noticed, It slows down, when player from larger USB Hard disk only.
Lip sync gets messed up for some DivX files.
These problems doesn’t appear when played from DVD.
USB socket appears to be loosly connected . May not lost longer.
Overall Its a good player to buy at that price.
As it is priced less than half compared to competitors with same features are less [Philips 3166]