LG LDA-511
So, I’ve been looking for a DVD player that plays MPEG-4 (XviD, DiVX etc) for a while now. I almost bought the Philips DVP-642 a while back, but I decided against it. I wanted something bulletproof, and it has problems with files encoded with QPEL and/or GMC. This was not what I wanted.
Yesterday, though, I found this player: the LG LDA-511. I did some research, and bought one. It was a bit spendy at $170, but it’s worth every penny. It has played everything I have thrown at it with no problem at all, it can be made region-free (tested with Delicatessen Region 2 DVD), it converts PAL, reads seven different flash memory cards, and on and on and on. I’m very pleased; now I have to get another to replace the Memorex in my bedroom.
November 27th, 2005 at 7:17 pm
How did you make this deck region free?
Kind Regards DK
November 27th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
Hi
Great to hear the LG LDA-511 is good. I am about to buy one, if I can find the zone free hack. Can you share the hack with me please?
Thanks
December 1st, 2005 at 8:07 pm
I used the hack listed on VideoHelp; here’s a direct link. It’s the same hack as for the LG DVB418, and it worked just fine for me.
December 9th, 2005 at 5:52 am
It plays all xvid with no problem? Thinking of picking one up for xmas…
January 23rd, 2006 at 12:51 pm
I have not been able to get my LG LDA-511 to play MPEG4 CD’s burned by Nero Recode2 Version 7, very unhappy with this, does anyone know of a fix for this, I still have one week left to return this to Circuit City no questions asked. Thanks. Tom
January 24th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Tom. I’d suggest that you use different software. Nero may be spitting out M4V files; I don’t know if the LDA-511 supports these.
Use something that outputs to AVI.
June 11th, 2006 at 12:55 am
Nero Recode encodes to MPEG-4 but with AAC audio which the LG does not support. GordianKnot is one of the best encoders to XviD/DivX but it is complicated, so if you are a novice to video encoding it may not be for you. Otherwise most of the pay packages like TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress will work.
November 14th, 2006 at 6:50 am
Could you tell me where did you buy.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:10 am
Taylor, I bought it at Best Buy.