Others say...

"Good price - average product"
I wish there was a way to turn off the upconvert you can only cycle thru different resolutions. The menu is a bit clunky and somewhat difficult to navigate.

I have a 16:9 wide screen tv and for whatever reason I cannot get this DVD player to stop shrinking the picture / large black bars top & bottom. After researching the internet I've found some movies (if specifically widescreen format) can do this. However I figured there must be an option (either within the dvd or the player) to change it. I've changed about every setting I could find within the DVD player and can't resolve this. My previous el-cheapo player did not have this problem (which is why it bothers me so much).

Is it worth paying under $100? Hell yeah. Just remember you get what you pay for. The usb avi play feature is limited to FAT type partitions and can be picky when it comes to which codec your file is encoded in. I basically purchased this player for 1) hdmi connectivity, 2) 1080p up covert, 3) usb port / ability to play files vs. re-encode / burn to play


"Good, but not DVD Region agnostic"
I'm not a videophile, so take this with a grain of salt. I bought this unit in order to play a Region 1 DVD I couldn't get any way else. According to specs I read elsewhere (not on Amazon) this unit was supposed to fit the bill. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Region 0 only.

In other respects, it's a decent unit. I wish the pause would hold longer before the unit starts to power down.

"Great DVD player - not great USB interface"
I bought this player with the intent to mostly watch upscaled regular DVD's as well as DivX/XviD movies on both a burned CD-R/DVD-R but also to watch from my USB thumb drive.

Watching from DVD's is awesome, and I'd give this unit 5 stars if I never used the USB function. But I do, and when I watch movies via USB, the video is choppy, and if there is any fast motion it starts stammering both video and audio. In addition, if you'd like to review/rewind a bit or fast-forward forget-about-it! It basically just stays put like it's paused and then if you are patient and wait a good 3-4 minutes, you might rewind enough to go back 1-2 minutes in the video. But since the player gives you zero feedback (it looks to be paused) on where the rewind progress is, you have to guess where it's at in the process. So if you didn't go back far enough, you have to wait another 3-4 minutes when you start this laborious process over again. It's totally not worth it to instant replay.

I don't really care the the USB truncates the file names in the menu (which it certainly does), but the fact that you can't watch anything with any kind of action makes this function a dog; It's OK if you watch something with less action than a Jane Austin PBS movie - perhaps a lecture at a podium might be OK.

I think this problem might be due to this player being 1.1 USB, and perhaps a 2.0 will solve this problem. Anyways, this unit is going back today.

"Works well, once it works"
Pro(+)
- Price
- Picture quality

Con (-)
- Sluggish response
- Horrible menus
- Junk remote
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Overall I am happy with this buy. The player is a nice size: slim and shallow but a standard width. The player looks good and works with my Samsung 32" 450 series TV (LN32A450) over HDMI without any problem.

I assumed upconverting was a total gimmick. After swapping back and forth between the same DVD in my old player and this one, I'm a convert. Even turning the upscaling off on this player makes for a good comparison; however, trying to do so highlights the limitations of the player.

It is SLOW to respond to commands and has HORRIBLE menus. With the TV on and the correct source selected it takes 10+ seconds to go from standby power (with a DVD already in!) to first screen flicker. It's not that 10s is the end of the world; it's just much slower than the average DVD player and a noticeable wait each time I use it.

Combine the counter intuitive menus with the slow response and initial setup is really frustrating. [1 of 5 for initial setup] The slow response time and junky remote make getting a movie going less than a joy. [3 of 5 for all subsequent interactions directly with the player] Watching a movie and having it look that good for less than $70, more than covers up the problems. [5 of 5 for picture quality]

Verdict: $70 very well spent.


"Awesome upconvert dvd player!"
I purchased one of these dvd upconvert players and I am very impressed. Most upconvert dvd players are a bit pricey but this one is pretty ood for its features. I tested the upconvert to 1080p with Transformers (2007) and it looked really good, granted its not blu-ray quality. I have this dvd player connected to my Panasonic 46PZ85U 1080p Plasma TV.

Divx feature works nicely as well. This dvd player played most of the divx files I threw at it when I tested it. The picture quality still looked lovely. However, there were some cases were the divx movie's resolution would not be playable on this dvd player. I only tested AVI movie files since most of my movies are in that format.

The remote is pretty simple. I'm used to the remote since it pretty much is the same as most of the other Philips dvd player remotes. The response does lag at times but that isn't a major problem for me. I haven't gotten to tinker with the region=free settings on the player since I hardly watch any foreign movies.

Philips has been a good brand to me and it continues to be one with this dvd upconvert player. I would highly recommend this player to those who are looking for a really good upncoverting dvd player for an affordable price. You will not be disappointed!

  

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  Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player

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- DivX, plays Mpeg4 video downloads from PC
- Progressive Scan
- Plays DVD, DVD-R/+R, CD, CD-R-RW, MP3/WMA, Jpeg picture CD
- Full size 420 mm chassis


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What our customer's say!

"Good, but . . .", This DVD player appears to be a good buy for the price. The only thing I might note is that it does not appear to include the type of cable that allows for the best resolution to be displayed on your TV. (You have to buy that separately.) Instead, it includes a cable that allows for playing a DVD on your television, but only at basic quality. Given the type of person buying this DVD player, it might be better to include the upgraded cable and simply charge more for it.

"throw something at me", plays every thing i got, off my western 260 gig Xdrive from latop, or from front USB port, plays all my frost wire type down loads, no matter which format, plays burnt stuff off my Nero Ultra 7, and my DivX pro and my Jet Audion pro..got a friend that burns off Direct Satalite, plays everything..just throw something at it, it'll play it, incredible how fast DivX pro burns and how much one can put on a DVD and the player plays it all great, cuts down burn time compared to Nero Ultra 7 by a third at least. i aint even tried VOD yet.

for 75 bucks? cant be beat !

"Great", Everything works as stated. Love the USB feature. Little wider than my previous player which was a phillips dvp3960... Worth the price i paid for it.

"Almost a perfect DVD player...", ==I previously owned a Philips DVD player before (DVP642) so I decided to buy this one as an upgrade because its Ultra DivX certified (DivX version 6) as opposed to DivX version 5 on my DVP642 plus the upscaling HDMI playback.
==One of the best things about this DVD player is that it will play just about anything you throw into it. The first thing I noticed right away was that my XviD files looked amazingly better (clearer, sharper, better resolution) during playback than on my DVP642 player and so far it's playing all the avi files I burned on DVD/CD. Second thing I absolutely loved was the 32X forward/backward speeds. The DVP642 only had 16X or lower speeds. Regular DVD playback is also excellent. The audio is perfect. This model color is black which fits well with my other electronic components which are also black.
==The menus are robust with features. My 2 favorite features are "Lip Sync" and the ability to do a firmware updating. If you have a DVD disc that plays audio out of sync with the video, there's an adjustment for that in the menu to offset the delay in milliseconds. The other feature I love is firmware updating. You can get these updates from the Philips webite.
==The display on the front is nice but simple. There is a USB port on the front that allows you to plug in a thumb drive or a whole external hard drive for playback of your favorite audio/video material. If you format an external hard drive in FAT32, it will play back whatever you have on it (pics, movies, MP3's, etc.) through that USB port. Pretty nifty, eh?
==Playback is quite extensive. It does 2X,4X,8X,16X,32X forward or backward. It does slow motion, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 forward or backward. It also does Angle and you can pause or freeze the picture. It plays DVD, SVCD, VCD, DivX 3.11 to 6X, WMA and MP3 audio files.
==Ahh. Now my dislikes about the DVP5982. Nothing is perfect, of course. It's hard to take out the DVD/CD from the tray. You cannot grab it from the sides and lift it out like you could with the DVP642 model. Why they did this is beyond me. It's a pain. Just gotta remember, "Easy going in, clumsy getting out." This may be a small nuisance but I really hate the wallpaper. It looks like a 1970's bright-blue nightmare. The DVP642 had really nice wallpaper. BAH!!! The screensaver, conversly, wasn't bad though. The remote control is feather light in your hands and not ergonomically designed at all unlike the DVP642 remote was. Again, why the downscale change? It's rather plain looking and the buttons are rather simplistically layed out. No component video cables are included in the box just the cheap RCA cables for Video and R+L audio hookups. My biggest pet pieve is the file names are too darn short. What's up with this? On the menu, there is plenty of space at the bottom for 22 to 24 characters but why only 11 or 12? That's nuts. They need to do something about this with their next DVD player release.
==Aside from the nitpicking, I love this DVD player for what it does. The DVD642 was no longer playing some of my files probably do to the newer DivX version 6. So I had to buy this to keep playing my newer files.
I highly recommend this DVD player to anyone. You can't beat the price.

"Great bang for the buck!", This is the second one I've bought over the last 6 months. Although I do a lot of purchasing here, I bought both a Walmart (couldn't beat the price).
More and more units are coming out now that support the usb input, but higher dollar ones seem to fall short where this one excels. Pioneer's model is overly picky about what files it will play via usb, Sony detects copyright violation on a few movies(on homemade files?!). Philip's seems to play more files and formats than the rest.

The only gripes about the unit are not real gripes...only limitations via price, and technological capabilities at this time. Yes, the usb menu is cheesy and "old" looking, but remember this is a dvd player and not a cuomputer...the idea is playing movies, not flashy menus. The remote is very cheap and simplistic...but this is a budget model, and the remote reflects this accordingly.

All in all, this is an EXCELENT player at twice the price. Great upconversion, dependable, and I have yet to find a DVD it wouldn't play, even with scratches other players of mine hung at. Blueray players are still artificially high, and in the early stages.....I would feel silly paying $300 for one and ONLY be able to play DVD's and Blueray discs. I notice little if ANY difference between a blueray movie and a standard DVD upconverted to 1080p ( a friend has a Blueray player). But the real beauty of this unit is the usb port. Flash drives are cheap these days, and you can fit 5-6 divx movies on one 4 Gig flash drive......better yet you can buy a hard drive enclose here or ebay for as little as $15, and throw any old 7200rpm hardive in it, and have hundreds of divx movies on one drive. Just remember that the drive must be formatted Fat32 (the format most flash drives use today) and that your partition will be limited to around 130 Gigs. IDE drives will work, but you might experience an occasional "hang" do to its speed. SATA drives work smooth and flawlessly with the usb port.

As a side note, I've read where Blueray sales are still sluggish even with the exit of HD discs/players. People don't like spending 5-10 times the ammount for a player that a cheap upconversion dvd player will replicate. If Sony doesn't step up and drop the prices of their units soon, they may be the first to lose a format war with no competition.



 
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"Amazing DivX player", I took a risk, when I decided to go for this player, but was not sure if it can read all the Xvid and DivX files with AC3 plugin, I was prepared to return it within a month if it did not come, but was amazed to see how it worked. I was able to play all my DivX movies and normal DVD's upscaled.

For sanity purpose I ran a check for the same DivX movie via S-VGA (Laptop) and HDMI (DVD Player) up scaled, and the results were quite different. The colours were brighter and the movie scaled better to fit 16:9. A must recommendation for any with lot of DivX movies.

Now only if I can find a hack to stream over the USB port (is it an overkill!) It would be amazing!

"Great product @ Great Price & Great features", Philips as always makes great and rock solid products which last long and great innovative features. The same applies to this product.

I have hooked it up to my new Samsung LN52A550 and viewing even normal DVDs on this looks stunning.

DivX looks like you are running DVD.

USB is great feature, you can use it to play DivX movies or regular CD, it doesnot play DVD dump. Also plays MP3 from USB.

Remote is bit lower standard as looks and feel cheap and bit tricky to work with from wide angles also some controls are not straight forward and you will have to read manual to know all remote features.

Over all a great buy.

"Doesn't work right from the box", The only disk I was able to play was cleaning disk.
All others froze.
I checked firmware was the latest one.
I checked troubleshooting section and find
interesting facts:
1. Player likes only clean and ideal disks.
2. It plays Divx only if it encoded as Home Theater
and used codec 5.x
3. Does not play Divx from external USB HD.
4. If disk froze plug player off and back on
because there is no power button.
On positive site I can note it was set
with region code 0.
Anyway I requested RMA and do not recommend it.

"Not playing movies through USB", The only concerns I had with the player is that the picture was at first skewed, so I had to fine tune the picture. I am missing also that the USB connection does not allow playing movies.

"Unit works great; Wish it had more audio features", The DVD player works as it should, and the picture looks great. No complaints there. It would earn 5 stars except for the lack of ability to generate 5.1 sound with a direct connection to my sound system. I don't know if I can get it out of the TV set with a HDMI connection.

  
 
 

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