Philips DVP5960 DVD Player e/ l080i Upconversion (Refurb)-Philips DVP5960 DVD Player e/ l080i Upconversion
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My review only pertains to downloaded media.
I bought this $60 player from amazon and could not be happier. I used the DVP5960 to replace the high end PC that was serving up my movies and music to my entertainment system. This player has no problem reading any media format out there. Check the specs for yourself, but I ran cd-r cd-rw dvd-r dvd+r dvd-RW, flash drives, external HDs
{big note here: This device does not read NTFS. With stock windows tools you can only format FAT drives up to 32 Gigs. Any out of the box USB drive or flash stick will work fine. {as long as you did not go out of your way to format the device NTFS} The downside on the usb reader is no long file name support.
The Key to Success, for this player, is the combo of the USB port and the Updated codec's. I played movies off a 2gig flash drive, external usb hard disk, burnt dvds, and over burned CD/rw's.
This player, played movies that VLC would not. No macro pixels (IN ALL THE DARK SCENES) This player
I bought this $60 player from amazon and could not be happier. I used the DVP5960 to replace the high end PC that was serving up my movies and music to my entertainment system. This player has no problem reading any media format out there. Check the specs for yourself, but I ran cd-r cd-rw dvd-r dvd+r dvd-RW, flash drives, external HDs
{big note here: This device does not read NTFS. With stock windows tools you can only format FAT drives up to 32 Gigs. Any out of the box USB drive or flash stick will work fine. {as long as you did not go out of your way to format the device NTFS} The downside on the usb reader is no long file name support.
The Key to Success, for this player, is the combo of the USB port and the Updated codec's. I played movies off a 2gig flash drive, external usb hard disk, burnt dvds, and over burned CD/rw's.
This player, played movies that VLC would not. No macro pixels (IN ALL THE DARK SCENES) This player
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If you have purchased a high def TV and long for the same clarity from your vast DVD collection under the old standard format, THIS is the player for you.
My standard format DVDs sparkle with the lift given them by this player. The lines of resolution are hiked up to nearly match the high-def the new formats brag.
Philips has my vote for performance and PRICE!
My standard format DVDs sparkle with the lift given them by this player. The lines of resolution are hiked up to nearly match the high-def the new formats brag.
Philips has my vote for performance and PRICE!
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I purchased this DVD player in order to replace an old, dead DVD player and to play DivX/Xvid on my TV. It has so far performed as expected. DivX and Xvid files play great from DVD and CD and are accessed through a menu system that performs adequately. The quality of the playback is perfectly adequate on my SDTV.
A few minor complaints:
1. There does not appear to be any way to get back to the DivX/Xvid file menu once you start one playing. Somewhat annoying.
2. The DVD tray is incredibly thin... about as thin as a DVD. So you have to be a bit careful when putting the disc in. I just doesn't ever feel like it's on the tray properly.
3. If your DivX/Xvid file has any errors it will not play. There were files that played fine on my computer, but the DVD player just couldn't handle the error. There are free tools to fix problems in DivX/Xvid files which I had to use on a few files to get them to play.
Otherwise it plays DVDs fine, plays DivX/Xvid fine and overall seems to be a perfectly
A few minor complaints:
1. There does not appear to be any way to get back to the DivX/Xvid file menu once you start one playing. Somewhat annoying.
2. The DVD tray is incredibly thin... about as thin as a DVD. So you have to be a bit careful when putting the disc in. I just doesn't ever feel like it's on the tray properly.
3. If your DivX/Xvid file has any errors it will not play. There were files that played fine on my computer, but the DVD player just couldn't handle the error. There are free tools to fix problems in DivX/Xvid files which I had to use on a few files to get them to play.
Otherwise it plays DVDs fine, plays DivX/Xvid fine and overall seems to be a perfectly
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I bought this after being incredibly satisfied with its pseudo-predecessor, the Philips DVP642 DVD Player. The reasons I loved that player was that it played just about anything I threw at it. I could take DVD's I bought and convert them to DIVX or XVID and play 6 movies, or twenty TV shows on a single disc. It would also happily play all of my mp3's and jpgs I burned to data DVD's and CD's. I don't use the picture functionality much, but it makes for a great slideshow/screensaver.
Anyway, the DVP5960 has all of that functionality and more. Here are the top three reasons I recommend this DVD player and the reason I gave it 5 out of 5 stars:
#1: like it's predecessor, the DVP5960 is cheap. It makes a great birthday, Christmas or wedding present. I've probably bought 6 or 7 of the DVP642's to give away, and will likely do the same for the DVP5960 over the next couple of years.
#2: this sucker plays just about anything you throw at it. The DVP5960 will happily trudge through scratched or
Anyway, the DVP5960 has all of that functionality and more. Here are the top three reasons I recommend this DVD player and the reason I gave it 5 out of 5 stars:
#1: like it's predecessor, the DVP5960 is cheap. It makes a great birthday, Christmas or wedding present. I've probably bought 6 or 7 of the DVP642's to give away, and will likely do the same for the DVP5960 over the next couple of years.
#2: this sucker plays just about anything you throw at it. The DVP5960 will happily trudge through scratched or
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I purchased the Philips DVP5960 player based on reading the reviews and I had high expectations for this product. When I received it, the device was SLOW. It took a good 45 seconds for this player to load a DVD with divx files. Once I started playing the divx files, I noticed the player wasn't able to handle divx files with high bitrates. The player would drop frames to compensate to keep the audio in sync with the video; which wasn't always successful, the audio would sometimes lose sync with the video.
The second problem I experienced with this player, was playing normal DVD movies. After awhile, when a movie has been playing for 45+ minutes, the video would start to pixelate and the audio would drop in and out as if there was a scratch on the DVD (which wasn't the case). To be sure there was nothing wrong the movie, I put that same disc in another player and played the movie from start to the same point where it dropped out, and my other DVD player didn't give me any problems.
The
The second problem I experienced with this player, was playing normal DVD movies. After awhile, when a movie has been playing for 45+ minutes, the video would start to pixelate and the audio would drop in and out as if there was a scratch on the DVD (which wasn't the case). To be sure there was nothing wrong the movie, I put that same disc in another player and played the movie from start to the same point where it dropped out, and my other DVD player didn't give me any problems.
The
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There is no longer any doubt after using this unit for a few days that (within this price range) it is THE DVD player to have if you are a geek who loves movies and don't want technology and movie companies telling you what you can and cannot play on equipment you buy.
Everything others have said so well in other reviews is true: it plays virtually everything you throw at it, especially after the region-free hacks and firmware upgrades (if necessary).
It's so insanely open to what it will play that now with the USB input it doesn't even have to be on disc-based media anymore!
There are only a few points that might reduce my review from 5 stars and might or might not apply to you:
1) whether the lack of USB 2.0 (the player's input) and lack of long filename compatibility will end up being a long-term annoyance. Most videos, especially taken from pen/thumb drives will play without an issue (all is well with mine so far). If you're looking to use USB hard drives, you will have to make
Everything others have said so well in other reviews is true: it plays virtually everything you throw at it, especially after the region-free hacks and firmware upgrades (if necessary).
It's so insanely open to what it will play that now with the USB input it doesn't even have to be on disc-based media anymore!
There are only a few points that might reduce my review from 5 stars and might or might not apply to you:
1) whether the lack of USB 2.0 (the player's input) and lack of long filename compatibility will end up being a long-term annoyance. Most videos, especially taken from pen/thumb drives will play without an issue (all is well with mine so far). If you're looking to use USB hard drives, you will have to make
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What I love about Philips DVP5960. besides everything that was already described, this player can play movies from a hard drive through USB! Actually, that was only one reason why I bought that DVD player. Just make sure the hard drive has FAT32 format.
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Does what it says!. Stick your flash drive in the slot, the file list opens, select your file and it plays. No hitches. I give it 4 stars because it lacks a s-video and optical output. Component and coaxial out goes to a receiver with video upconversion to HDMI (Yamaha RXV-2700). What I cannot understand is why only Phillips thought of adding a USB port. The other DVD player manuf. must be napping! Get this player, and no more burning to DVD of divx files. Just get a large flash drive (2Gig and over) and you're good to go.
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When shopping for a new DVD player I felt this Amazon page was lacking some vital information. Here is more information from the Phillips brochure.:
DVD Player with Video Upscaling up to 1080i
HDMI DivX
Picture/Display
*Aspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9
*D/A converter: 12 bit, 108 MHz
*Picture enhancement: High Def (720p, 1080i), Progressive Scan, Smart Picture, Video upsampling, Video upscaling
Sound
*D/A converter: 24 bit, 192 kHz
*Signal to noise ratio: 90
*Distortion and Noise (1kHz): 65 dB
*Crosstalk (1kHz): 70 dB
*Dynamic Range (1kHz): 80 dB
*Sound System: Dolby Digital
*Frequency response: 30-20000 Hz
Video Playback
*Playback Media: CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW
*Compression formats: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra
*Video disc playback system: NTSC, PAL
Audio Playback
*Playback Media: CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD
*Compression format: Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM, WMA
*MP3 bit rates: 32 - 256 kbps
Still Picture Playback
*Playback
DVD Player with Video Upscaling up to 1080i
HDMI DivX
Picture/Display
*Aspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9
*D/A converter: 12 bit, 108 MHz
*Picture enhancement: High Def (720p, 1080i), Progressive Scan, Smart Picture, Video upsampling, Video upscaling
Sound
*D/A converter: 24 bit, 192 kHz
*Signal to noise ratio: 90
*Distortion and Noise (1kHz): 65 dB
*Crosstalk (1kHz): 70 dB
*Dynamic Range (1kHz): 80 dB
*Sound System: Dolby Digital
*Frequency response: 30-20000 Hz
Video Playback
*Playback Media: CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW
*Compression formats: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra
*Video disc playback system: NTSC, PAL
Audio Playback
*Playback Media: CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD
*Compression format: Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM, WMA
*MP3 bit rates: 32 - 256 kbps
Still Picture Playback
*Playback
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The image quality is ok - what really bugs me about this player is it's flimsy design, slow loading of discs, slow starting up from sleep, and very basic remote. I would not buy it again. Also sometimes when you pause and play multiple times, the sound and image are not synched.
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First excuse me for my "poor" english.
This player was one of my best purchase in the past yaer. Dvix work great (no problems with .AVI movies) even if I use the USB drive storage or an DVD-R.
The only one problem, if I can say that is the remote reception, with a short angle (like 30 degrees).
A+++ DVD player for a Little price.
This player was one of my best purchase in the past yaer. Dvix work great (no problems with .AVI movies) even if I use the USB drive storage or an DVD-R.
The only one problem, if I can say that is the remote reception, with a short angle (like 30 degrees).
A+++ DVD player for a Little price.
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I think this is the best and may be the only DVD player at this price and with features like
1. Plays most file formats(Divx, xvid, avi, DAT) common on internet.
2. USB port rocks. Just copy the Divx file on a flash drive and play it. No need to burn DVDs. It works with external powered USB drives too. I've tested it with my 400Gb drive with tons of video on it. Make sure the drive is formatted FAT32 as primary partition and powered on before connecting. I used swissknife utility to format the drive.
3. Up converts the DVDs to 720p and 1080i HDTV resolutions.
The first two features were most important to me and I'm very happy with it so far.
1. Plays most file formats(Divx, xvid, avi, DAT) common on internet.
2. USB port rocks. Just copy the Divx file on a flash drive and play it. No need to burn DVDs. It works with external powered USB drives too. I've tested it with my 400Gb drive with tons of video on it. Make sure the drive is formatted FAT32 as primary partition and powered on before connecting. I used swissknife utility to format the drive.
3. Up converts the DVDs to 720p and 1080i HDTV resolutions.
The first two features were most important to me and I'm very happy with it so far.
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I was thoroughly impressed with this unit and about to buy it, until I saw it in person.
The other reviewer pointed out that this DVD player had an HDMI output and talks about HDCP. He also mentions that there are problems with digital sound.
Perhaps the upshot of this is that this unit doesn't have an optical audio output in favour of the HDMI's sound carrying capability.
Great if you don't mind using your TVs speakers, but a bit of a headache if you use a home theatre receiver and/or have a TV set with DVI input (DVI and HDMI are compatable).
There is a coax output for the audio signal if you don't mind using that feed to the receiver for your audio signal.
So, you are set with this unit if your TV has the HDMI input or you don't mind using the coax feed for the audio signal.
Actually, I own a Philips DVP5140 and an OppoOPDV971H. In some ways, I think this unit compares to the Oppo from my experience with both the 5140 and the Oppo.
You won't go wrong at this price, especially
The other reviewer pointed out that this DVD player had an HDMI output and talks about HDCP. He also mentions that there are problems with digital sound.
Perhaps the upshot of this is that this unit doesn't have an optical audio output in favour of the HDMI's sound carrying capability.
Great if you don't mind using your TVs speakers, but a bit of a headache if you use a home theatre receiver and/or have a TV set with DVI input (DVI and HDMI are compatable).
There is a coax output for the audio signal if you don't mind using that feed to the receiver for your audio signal.
So, you are set with this unit if your TV has the HDMI input or you don't mind using the coax feed for the audio signal.
Actually, I own a Philips DVP5140 and an OppoOPDV971H. In some ways, I think this unit compares to the Oppo from my experience with both the 5140 and the Oppo.
You won't go wrong at this price, especially
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