A year ago I got my Grandparents a DVD player made by Xoro. It plays everything. SVCD, Divx, Xvid, MP3s, never had trouble with any format. They are cheap and not so well built.
They had to get a replacement, because the first player just gave up. But now everything works great.
Yeah i found that site off google too...it's pretty cool now that i know how to encode videos the right way (its pretty easy) on Windows though cos the software are easily available unlike the Mac where u have to spend money which sucks to me...