The MX-760 MX-780DVI by MVIX (how do you pronounce that?)

First I bought a Western Digital WDTV device from Best Buy (ugh, I hate Best Buy). I installed it and set it up. I thought it was a great idea, but I was dismayed by the amount of time needed to transfer my DVD library to the formats the WDTV would play. Limited to MPEG, MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV and H264 the best I could expect was a “real time” format transfer, where a 2-hour movie takes 2-hours to encode. Smaller file size was a benefit, but with today’s cheap drive prices it was not worth the extra time. So I started looking around for something better. I found the MX-780DVI (with DVDI output)  MVIX MX-760 also sold as the MX-760HD with a drive installed. 

I bought a MVIX MX-760 on eBay for $209.  I bought the version without a drive and installed a 1TB drive that I bought at CompUSA for $89. My total out of pocket was $298 since the shipping was free. I noticed the same guy sells my system with a 1TB installed for $359. That’s a bit much for simply plugging in a drive. I suggest you buy the unit without a drive and install one yourself, it comes with every cable and part you need.

 Simply stated, I love it. I put 240 movies on the 1TB drive and I am now adding external drives to finish transferring my DVD library. Theorhetically dubbing my DVDs into my MVIX is illegal, but I don’t know why… I bought the DVD’s, they are just too bulky and cumbersome to use and store. I use DVD Decrypter to convert the DVDs to .ISO files and save it to a hard drive.

The pictures are great and the thing works like a champ. Buy one.

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