Yes, your 5308 will play VCDs -- BUT ONLY IF THEY WERE STAMPED OR RECORDED ON CD-RW MEDIA. The 530 will not play CDR discs. Now, ignoring the fact that these are PIRATED copies, VCDs generally look very poor unless done right. I've heard about Star Wars copies floating around on the net -- there's only a few versions. One is so poor it's not even worth mentioning. The second has Thai subtitles all the time. I know someone's even produced a bootleg DVD version -- more on that can be found on
The Digital Bits. Rumors are that an official DVD may come out this spring.