Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Philips DVP5960 - Multi-region capable DVD Player with HDMI and upscaling to 1080i

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Philips EAN: 8710895940146 Feature: Region - Zone 2 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Model: DVP5960/05 Publisher: Philips Release Date: 2006-12-04 Studio: Philips
Features Region - Zone 2 Standard - NTSC, PAL Compatible Media - CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD Formats: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra, Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM, WMA Video Out - CVBS composite video output HDMI output Video component output Other - Displays photos: slideshow with simultaneous MP3 music play, reframing, rotation Progressive Scan Parental control
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: brilliant but won't support packed bitstreams Comment: great player - the usb port is particularly useful because you can plug in an external hard drive and play directly from it - but there is a jerky playback when the movies are packed bitstreams so you have to make sure they are unpacked beforehand (use MPEG4Modifier to do that) - also sadly doesn't support beyond 8 character names - but all in all a good player for the price Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent DivX/Xvid Player with Excellent Subtitle Support Comment: I'm going to compare this player with a Tevion Xvid player I bought from ALDI a few years ago to illustrate how good this player is. The Tevion player skipped when playing RW discs, this Philips player does not. This Philips player will play movies that the Tevion player could not - movies that would appear blocky and full of artifacts (bacause of imperfect encoding) on the Tevion play without flaws on the Philips (naturally this is not always the case). The Philips support for subtitles in DivX/Xvid files is good to excellent: on the Tevion, for example, the letters of .srt subtitles were pure white, and would disappear into a white background making them impossible to read. On the Philips machine, .srt subtitles are transparent white on transparent grey, which means you can read them in dark or light scenes (although they're not perfect and in high-contrast situations, the subs can still be somewhat difficult to read, though not impossible), however, this player also supports .sub files (unlike the Tevion) and they appear like regular DVD subtitles - solid white with a black stroke - in short, perfect. Also, when playing video files, fast-forwarding and rewinding is perfect (although the rewinding seems to go much faster than when going forward) and the video plays perfectly after resuming play, with no loss of audio/video synchronisation - my Tevion would drop out the image to catch up on the audio on resume of play, this player sometimes has slightly stuttered playback, but image and audio are always present (OK, not perfect, but really of little consequence). A cool aspect of the player is the ability to create on-the-fly slideshows with music: navigate to the music file you want to play on your USB drive (for example) and start playing it, then navigate to the folder with your images, and start playing them - the player will continue playing the music files in the background. This can also be used to set a single static image while you listen to an mp3 album: play the music folder, then go to the image and play a single image with repeat - result: music with a set image of your choice on your TV screen. The image slideshow function is adequate, although the transition is set to a downward swipe - I would have preferred a slightly less cheesy fade effect. I can't comment on the HDMI aspect and I don't have a HD TV. My only real gripe is the lack of USB 2 support. On a player that supports HDMI I would have thought USB 2 would have been standard. It's a shame and means that the banwidth isn't really high enough to stream video without judder from a USB stick or drive. (Seriously, who uses 1.1 these days?) Other than that, I have been comntinually impressed with the functions of this machine - from a quick start-up time, smooth Xvid playing, and excellent subtitle support (press the subtitle button to cycle multiple languages, even, on xvid video) with many subtitle formats supported, to good support for any format of DVD disc (+R/RW & -R/RW) this really is an excellent stand alone player that I would have no hesitation on recommending to anyone. Customer Rating: Summary: not recommended Comment: very poor,not built well,better spending money on a fine whisky,at least you get more out of it,does not like some disks,will not play extras on some disks,like other reviews like to freeze which is so annoying,try another brand,just placed an order for Sony at Amazon,so hope that is better,one or two disks-not burnt say bad disk which is a load of crap,please get your act together Philips Customer Rating: Summary: Does what it says Comment: Haven't played around with it much yet, but it looks good, sets up easily and upscales which is what I wanted. Got it on a 42" LCD and DVD's look pretty good, though I can't see that much difference to be honest, would need to compare a normal DVD player side by side playing the same film (which I might just do if I get bored enough one Sunday) Couple of minor negatives, DVD tray seems a bit flimsy, it is a bit slow changing chapters etc and noisy (not during normal playback) and the remote does need to be pointed directly at it to work. But for £40 these things are to be expected and dont detract from a good product. Still gets 5 stars. Customer Rating: Summary: Right out of the box Comment: I originally bought an alba dvd player originally and got a dud. I returned that and bought this one which works perfectly. I used the code that a previous person had posted to make it multi region and it worked perfectly. Very nice picture quality as well, although I don't have a HD tv, but the picture quality on my old beat-up tv was brilliant. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Philips proudly presents the high-definition DVP5960 DVD player! With video upscaling technology, the DVP5960 increases the resolution of standard definition video signals to high definition, so you?ll be able to see more details and a sharper, more true-to-life picture. The DVP5960 is compatible with DivX formats, as well as DVD+R, RW and VCD supports, and packs the latest technology into its slimline design, which gels in seamlessly with your living room decor. The DVP5960 also comes with an extensive connection system, including a USB port, composite video output and a scart socket, so you can watch your favourite films in their true resolution, without loss of quality or detail.