This is correct - if you check your players manual, it says:
Using DivX disc
- Disc : CD-R/-RW, DVD-RAM/±RW/±R, HDD, USB
- Video File with following extensions can be played. : .avi, .divx, .AVI, .DIVX
- DivX Video (Codec) Format : DivX 3.11 DivX 4.x DivX 5.x (without QPEL and GMC)
- DivX Audio (Codec) Format : MP3, MPEG1 Audio Layer 2, LPCM, AC3, DTS
- Supported subtitle file formats: .smi, .srt, .sub, .psb, .txt, .ass
- Each folder can have up to 500 items including files and sub folders.
- You cannot play back the disc that is larger than a 720 x 576 pixel resolution