Review 21 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Caution - Iffy Upconversion
01/18/2008
By OCGuy
from Orange County, CA
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What's great about it: Plays almost anything you throw at it
What's not so great: Does not play HD DivX files
"Bought this DVD player specifically because it upconverted and plays DivX files. Well... sorta.
Yes, it plays DivX files, but only those that were encoded at 720x480 resolution, which is standard DVD resolution. I happen to record HDTV through my computer off cable. I can encode 1280x720 DivX files (high definition 720P quality). These files play OK on my computer and burn OK to a DVD disk. However, this DVD player will not play them, instead, gives me a message, "resolution not supported."
So, not really what I was looking for."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 22 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Definately more bang for your buck
01/14/2008
By Anonymous
from Rochester Hills,MI
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What's great about it: Does what it says
What's not so great: N/A considering the price on this item
"First of all the box lists all accessories included and specifically indicates no HDMI cable included which other dvd players do not provide as well. Second, the PS3 does do upconvert on all DVD's to 1080p - Make sure you download the latest software update from PS3
In any case I bought and set this up for my parents and and its great. Well worth the price."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 23 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Good dvd player
12/29/2007
By KingPD21
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What's great about it: style of it
"A good picture at a cheap cost. The style of the dvd players looks great and the picture would look better with hdmi cables"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 24 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Horrible
12/23/2007
By jak1985
from Michigan
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What's great about it: Cheap/looks nice
What's not so great: Poorly made/Doesn't state you need different cables
"I got this dvd player since I've seen that mostly everyone was happy with this dvd player. I cannot say that I am. I have a 42" 1080p flat panel, and I also have a playstation 3. PS3 does not upconvert regular dvds. Anyways, my point is, in order to get progressive scan, I need to connect component cables as well as my HDMI? I thought HDMI was for Hi Def? I think its a scam that they make you buy all these extra cables to get the picture it says it is capable of giving. I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. The startup menu is very cheap looking, and is somewhat hard to navagate, and I am usually pretty good with electronics. It just looks like poor quality. I think I will return this DVD player and go get me a high end Sony dvd player instead."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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0 of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Review 25 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Outstanding product!
12/19/2007
By STP2007
from Chicago, IL
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What's great about it: Great Picture Quality, Easy Setup
What's not so great: N/A
"I am a fan of Phillips products and this one did not disappoint me. I had an older Sony DVD player and decided to upgrade. I have been extremely happy with the quality and price."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 26 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Impressive
12/19/2007
By SF49ers
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What's great about it: Good looks and great picture quality
What's not so great: None
"When i first started looking for an upconverting dvd player i was stuck between this and the Sony model for the similar price. I ended up picking this one because i think it looks a little better. After popping a dvd into the player, i noticed a noticeably better picture from just a regular dvd player. The image is definitely sharper and clear. I believe it is definitely a good alternative to Blu-ray and HD dvd players because of the price and uncertainty of the HD war.
The only thing i would say is that you need an HDMI cable to get 720p and above since component cables only produce up to 480p because of some conflicting barriers with all the upconverting dvd players."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 27 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Perfect!
12/09/2007
By RadioFreqEngineer
from Birmingham, AL
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What's great about it: Upconversion, All Formats playable
What's not so great: None
"Phillips does it again with this one! Not only will it play anything you put in there - PAL, NTSC, All Regions, MP3, DVD-Audio, Kodak, DivX, etc... but the 1080 upconversion is flawless! It even makes animated DVD look better on my brand new 56" Samsung DLP!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 28 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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very good purchase
12/08/2007
By mvcoty
from Watertown, WI
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What's great about it: great picture, easy to use
What's not so great: none at this time
"great player for the money, easy to use, like the usb port for plugging in digital camera card reader great picture. like its simplicity and style would buy again."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 29 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Excellent product with reasonable price
12/04/2007
By gooddeal07
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What's great about it: 1080P upscaling and Multi region support
"The rumor that the new Philips DVP5960 has corrected the bugs that plagued the Philips DVP5900 upscaling DVD player appears to be true! Very clear picture on 46 inch LCD TV. Able to play multi region DVDs with out having any problem. I am very happy with this product performance and price range."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 30 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Top 1000 Contributor
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Great Sale Price!!
12/03/2007
By luloo
from NC
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What's great about it: Upconvert
What's not so great: Pic adj menu makes it hard to see changes unless you exit
"This replaced a standard Philips DVD Player in the bedroom. Bought it to go along with my new 32" Panasonic LCD TV. It does it's job, providing an excellent pic. Menu options to adjust the video and audio are included at a value price!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 31 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Top 500 Contributor
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simple, good price
11/27/2007
By mac04
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What's great about it: very easy to opperate
What's not so great: so good so far
"got this dvd player with my insignia 42" lcd to play my dvds on. 30-40 days have gone by now and not a single thing wrong with it. hd upscale on the front of the player to convert the signal from the following 480, 720i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p. very nice looking. get the hdmi cord its well worth it. usb direct port on front for ipod. hoped this info helped."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 32 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Not worth the money
11/17/2007
By iroost1
from IL
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What's great about it: not too badly priced
What's not so great: not very good quality
"it looks really nice and the price isnt half bad. but the usb prot wont read half the drives you try. the picture quality is not as good as a 100 dollar dvd player. the remote is very cheap and small. But it is quiet, the usb is nice when the pics work. And its very thin."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 33 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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No 5.1 Audio or DTS
10/26/2007
By MKULTRA
from Colorado
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What's great about it: Upconversion looks decent
What's not so great: no DTS or 5.1 audio supposrt over HDMI and no optical audio output
"No surround sound support over HDMI confirmed by Phillips. Only outputs Stereo over HDMI. Boo =("
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
No
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 34 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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great 1080P upconverter
10/18/2007
By Trip
from Pasadena, Ca.
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What's great about it: very good image quality & low price + USB port.
What's not so great: No Optical audio output.
"I like the performance so much & bought 4 of them, gave 2 away as gifts. Better image quality than my Sony NS-95H HDMI DVD player. Need to play with the settings to get the best results. Very happy with it."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 35 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Top 1000 Contributor
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HD upcovert brings your standard DVD to life.
10/10/2007
By ComputerTechKris
from Northwest Indiana
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What's great about it: HDMI and USB support
What's not so great: Limited USB features
"This DVD player gets the job done at a low cost. Once agian Phillps as made a decent product. I use a 480i TV using RGB cables and you can still tell the difference in the picture from an average DVD player. HDMI support for a non hddvd player is hard to find at a low cost.
Not all things work with the USB port obviously, but the big shocker was the lack of ntfs support, which is a very common external harddrive format.
This is what your looking for if your a dvd person who likes good picture, but if you want good harddrive support, look for another model.
-kris"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 36 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Top 1000 Contributor
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great product
10/10/2007
By vrday68
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"This product has both great picture and sound quality, plus it looks nice and sleek."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 37 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Comfortable purchase
10/09/2007
By breeze440
from S. Glastonbury, CT
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What's great about it: Slim DVD player
What's not so great: None as of 10/09/2007
"Hello,
This Phillips DVD player is slim in addition condensed with a tight fitting disc slot; these similarities are huge features in choosing new products. Note down this DVD video player coordinates adequately with HD TV presenting brilliant DVD video and CD sound without comparison in my 40 plus years enjoying TV and music. The Best Buy agent coordinated Phillips DVD video player after listening to my detailed features I wanted within my finances."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 38 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Big Features, Small Price
10/08/2007
By SMLTALK
from Westminster, CO
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What's great about it: Inexpensive, HDMI, USB port for External Storage
What's not so great: Cannot run mutliple audio out...HDMI overrides other audio so can not split HDMI to TV while audio to receiver.
"I am actually very impressed with this player thus far. One great feature is the USB out which I have an external 320GB drive hooked to, and can now run a cheap media server through my TV or stereo system. I can also run my pictures from there as well.
Picture quality is excellent...but requires some tinkering with the settings to make just right. Good remote...simple.
For the money spent it is really hard to complain about this player...even the physical design is sleek and appealing. Under $70 you really can't go wrong!"
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 39 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Nice product
10/07/2007
By DRWAM
from South Jersey
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What's great about it: DIVX certified
What's not so great: will not play NTFS formatted drives
"This will play every format that I found except mkv, which can only be played on a computer. It played every form of media from DVD R/RW + or - as well as CD and CDR/RW and plays from a USB 2 flash drive or hard drive formatted fat 32. However, it will not play NTFS formatted drive. Upscaling the few movies that I tried did not seem to change the picture quality, but the quality was nice. I may by another."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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Review 40 for Philips DVD Player with HD Upconversion
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Great Buy
10/03/2007
By What
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What's great about it: Great Picture
What's not so great: Set up menu is kind of weird
"Great product. The picture looks great with HDMI and Component hook ups. Regular dvd's look very good. The set up menu is a little funky but you get used to it after a while, but for the price you can't beat it."
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Would you recommend this product to a friend?:
Yes
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