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Overall great unit, I only paid about $60 after rebate for my unit, and I would highly recommend it to anyone...I highly recommend this unit! The DVP5960 uses a 12 bit/108 MHz video system instead of the 10 bit/54 MHz system used in the DVP5900 and...
Review written on Jul 09, 2007
My Philips DVP642 died a few months ago the same way as most DVP642's, with the blinking red light. I bought it several years ago, so I figured technology has improved and Philips would have out a new model, which would be even better than the fabulous...
Review written on May 23, 2007
Rarely has there been a product I so loved and hated at the same time. This device has one MAJOR pro and several MAJOR cons.Pro: USB port! You can stick a flash memory device or even a hard drive into it and access all the files on that device --...
Review written on May 15, 2007
Pretty good movie player. Playing a movie DVD folder is not so smooth - slow motion effect with distorted sound....
Review written on Apr 19, 2007
It does its job, but I don't like the mirror finish. Don't be fooled by the photos...it is not a silver finish. I also don't like the way it is slightly wider than all of my other components. It is about 1/4 inch wider and it looks odd, throwing off the...
Review written on Mar 28, 2007
in my experience with phillips dvd players I will tell you only get them if they are a crazy deal. I got one just recently from best buy, tons of features good price, the thing died before I could play one movie. I do not know about this exact player,...
Review written on Feb 21, 2007
I have this DVD player and the USB port is only a 1.1attaching an external HD using the USB port is hit or miss. most of the time it's a miss. The key to making an external drive is formatting it to FAT32. It does however normally work with a USB...
Review written on Jan 30, 2007
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...
Review written on Jan 22, 2007
I guess they had to cut some corners in order to support all the formats they do at this price point. The big annoyance to me is the remote control apparently alternates between two codes each time you press the same button. This makes programming a...
Review written on Jan 18, 2007
It's slow to open and close the disc tray. Slow to turn on too. My old VCR turned on instantly. This player needs to "boot-up".None of my movies looks any better on this player compared to my old 1999 JVC unit. My favorite movie, "Santa with Muscles"...
Review written on Jan 14, 2007
The DVD Player was ok. But my address was not correctly an the lable written....
Review written on Jan 07, 2007
I receieved a DVP-5960/32 as a Christmas gift. In order to avoid having to burn DVDs or CDs, I purchased a high speed 2GB USB storage solution which consists of a Kingston 120X Ultimate SD Card and a Crucial Hi-Speed USB SD/MMC Card Reader from Amazon...
Review written on Jan 05, 2007
Upon hooking this player up to my Sony SXRD television via HDMI, I began receiving HDCP errors (specifically "Display Connected - non HDCP compliant"). Of course, my television is perfectly HDCP compliant and the LG DVD player I replaced was connected at...
Review written on Dec 12, 2006
After reading the reviews for the Philips DVP5960 I decided to try it out on my new 32 inch widescreen LCD HDTV. The hookup via HDMI was very simple but it was other factors that I did not like about the unit. First, it only offers up to coaxial audio...
Review written on Dec 05, 2006
***Editted out rant...wasn't correct and didn't really accomplish much******I will leave this part in, because it is still applies***My biggest complaint is that NONE of this was in any of the documentation provided by Philips (not in book, website, or...
Review written on Oct 07, 2006
it's great if you only want a DVD player that can play DVD quality videos (480p/30 or up to 4Mbps) and comes with HDMI, upconverting, and USB 1.1.it can't play any HD quality (720p or 1080i), more than 4Mbps, or more than 480p/30 videos on CD/DVD or via...
Review written on Oct 02, 2006
I've been looking around for a unit that is DIVX Ultra certified and doesDTS. Haven't found one yet. From what I found out, the DTS signal is not passed thru the unit. Apparently has something to do with the chipset used in this unit...still...
Review written on Aug 15, 2006
I love my Philips 642 (which I use with the bedroom TV) and since my Zenith player in the living room was giving me trouble I thought I'd try this model. Sadly, it's gonna go back -GOOD POINTSGreat picture quality. I haven't tried the upscale feature. My...
Review written on Jun 23, 2006
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...
Review written on Nov 28, 2006
Nice features out of the box, but will need a firmware update!...
Review written on Oct 31, 2006
The range of the IR receiver (not just the remote) is absolutely HORRIBLE!...
Review written on Sep 24, 2007
The machine itself is fine, but the remote leaves a lot desired. I am accustomed to the Norcent remote which has lots of functions. This one is very sparce.If you do lots of jockeying Go To and other functions find another machine. If all you do is start...
Review written on Dec 21, 2007
This is perhaps the 11th or 12th DVD players that I have purchased. Each player lasts an average of about 2 years. This is the first Philips player I bought because I had good experience on other Philips brand electronics.The player operates very quietly...
Review written on Oct 05, 2007
Got this for the form factor and the price. And to play upconverted 1080i video on my new flatscreen tv. (Disney/Pixar's Cars looks AWESOME!)It plays practically every format that can come on a disc... and more.In many respects, it's a great player and a...
Review written on Nov 11, 2007
This DVD player has some pretty cool features, like the ability to play DiVX and AVI's, but the implementation isn't the greatest. The thing that irks me the most is that filenames are truncated after a few characters, so if I have a group of DiVX files...
Review written on Nov 14, 2007
The only criticism I have of this product is that it's quite hesitant to eject. After the eject button is pressed, it takes at least six or so seconds to open. That sounds petty, but it's an annoyance when you're standing there, holding a DVD, and...
Review written on Dec 17, 2007
I have been using it for one month. Does the job. The quality of the unit exterior seems very flimsy....
Review written on Dec 25, 2007
Every DVD I've played on this has a distorted picture - too squished (using HDMI). Both the TV and DVD player are set to 16:9. I've looked through every option on the TV and DVD player...nothing fixes it. The picture is great otherwise, at least.Also,...
Review written on Aug 12, 2007
The DVD player gives a crisp clear picture with no poor decompression artifacts (pixilation). The remote control has all necessary functions but is slightly less than intuitive. The USB drive works fine but is a little slow to access. I bought this...
Review written on Jan 23, 2008
DO NOT MAKE THIS YOUR SOLE DVD PLAYER!!!This unit is great for what it is designed to do..that is play any divx, mp3, well you already know all the formats, if you want it for THAT purpose only it would get 4 stars.Here are some of the problems that you...
Review written on Sep 27, 2007
hdmi upscaling only no hd componentso if you have only one hdmi imput and have multiple sources like a box and this player you have to choose if you want HD....
Review written on Jan 07, 2008
This DVD player is a little sluggish, a little tricky to operate, and requires the remote (which is not very sensitive) in order to access some of the basic features. I think my old Toshiba model did as good a job -- maybe even better. For its price,...
Review written on Jan 01, 2008
The player do all the jobs I want. However USB transfer really slow and sometimes do not slide to next picture. Other than that, it is OK machine with the price....
Review written on Dec 31, 2007
I am very happy with how well the DVP5960 displays video in every format. However, the consumer should be warned that the divX titles will be listed as 8 letters (i.e. Christmas 2007.divx will show up as Christ~1)....
Review written on Dec 04, 2007
It does give a very good picture on my HDTV. But it is cheaply made and the remote is the worst junk ever....
Review written on Dec 02, 2007
I am probably going to have to return mine because my TV will often report a "no signal" when I'm using the HDMI connector. Of course, this may be a problem with my TV. However, when it is working, the picture seems to be a big improvement over my old,...
I am having trouble getting my URC-200 to control my Philips DVP5960 DVD player...The learn process completes with the "select/ready/retry/good" sequence completing succesful, but the 200 is never able to control the DVD using these keys...I had a...
Is it hard to format it to input...I havent got a hd tv, is it any use to me...sorry I am newbie and not familiar with these things......
People can ask questions on any topic, and help others out by answering their questions...I finally received my player from the ebay seller...CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW The 5960 also comes with a USB port, which can be...
Review written on Jun 07, 2007
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...
Review written on Jan 06, 2007
Great features and pretty decent performance, but I had to return two separate units because of the remote control. With the first unit, the remote control died within two days of casual use. Dead as a door nail. I took the entire package back to Best...
Review written on Dec 15, 2006
Bought this from the Philips on-line store a couple of weeks ago, and have discovered that burned media (like the DivX files it claims to be so great at playing) cause the entire unit--that is, the movie itself, the menu screens, everything--to go to...
Review written on Jul 30, 2006
I purchased this for use with a 23" philips LCD flat panel. The player worked with the flat panel right out of the box, without any configuration needed.Unfortunately, the DVD player would only output 1080i or 480p. I could not get it to upscale to 720p....
Review written on Nov 03, 2006
No sound out when you use HDMI, what is the HDMI for?? picture only? what a......
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