DVD Player with USB slot that supports more than just Divx format?

[Mark]

I need a relatively cheap DVD player that is available on Amazon or BestBuy that will play MPEG, AVI, WMV, etc from an external hard drive and therefore has to have a usb slot.

And if none can be found, I would like some answers on how to rip/convert a DVD to Divx using free softwares.

Thank you.

[dontknowhow2b]

All DVD players on computers external via USB or internal can read anything, the conversion or read ability are done by your Computer so no matter what type of file you want to play depends on the codex's inside your computer, the transformation from one to the other is done by conversion programs such as NERO etc.
If you want to read and play all types of DVD format install the VLC player drag the folder or file into it it reads and plays 95% of what is out there.
So just buy an external USB Case or use the Hard drive Case and fit a cheap computer DVD/CD Burner into it.
If I misunderstood then Sorry disregard all of it.