Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support
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Customer Review: Solves problem with jumpy playback of multiregion DVDs
Summary: 5 Stars
For the past few years, I have been collecting region 2 DVDs and playing them on a CyberHome CH-DVD300 player. That player came at a very good price, about $30, but every so often I would buy a DVD that would have a jumpy video playback or, even worse, would skip in the audio playback. Obviously, trying to follow a film in a foreign language is hard enough without the audio dropping out syllables.
This Philips DVP5140 player solves that problem. After enabling the multiregion support I was able to playback and understand DVDs that I had to just set aside before. It's great; I suspect the improved PAL to NTSC conversion comes from the higher sampling rate in this player.
Do be aware that some of the features you expect to find are not obvious on the remote. For example, the fast forward or backward buttons. For these, you will need to scan the manual or refer to the FAQs on the Philips website. The only missing feature seems to be the frame-by-frame advance.
It is true that this player does not have an S-video output; rather it provides a composite video signal for older TVs. For me, this was not very important, as this player provides component video output for progressive scan widescreen TVs, certainly the preferred cabling.
Customer Review: It really does play all regions!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a dvd player that would play regions other than Region 1, because I had accidentally purchased some Region 2 DVDs and they wouldn't play on my current DVD player. I checked with a couple of local electronics dealers and they told me I couldn't buy a region free dvd player in the U.S. Wrong!! I looked up DVD players on Amazon and found this great inexpensive Phillips region free DVD player! It may say on the box or in the booklet that it won't play all regions, but, believe me, it does. The trick, if there is one, is going through the dvd set-up menu and selecting what you want it to do. It took me about 20 minutes to hook it up to my tv and then go through the menu and set it up. I am not an electronics wizard, so I really believe anyone can do this. All the connection cords (whatever they're called) are included, so you don't have to run out and buy anything. The picture is really crisp -- much better than my old one. The remote control's buttons are in convenient and logical places (which isn't always true with other dvd players or even tvs). It is easy to use and very affordable. I am totally happy with my purchase and think it is a great bargain for what you get! Also the design is very slim, stylish and light-weight. I love it!Customer Review: Sad but true an unreliable DVD player
Summary: 1 Stars
I have just been forced to "retire" my third, THIRD, dvd player of this brand, this exact brand. I bought three over a two year period because of the Phillips good reputation, the lower price, and the good feeback. But I have to say that in two years with ONLY moderate use, all three DVD players quit working. AND I MEAN QUIT WORKING AS IN BROKEN. Each player seemed to breakdown in the exact same way after about 8 to 12 months of below normal use. Each machine suddenly stopped reading the DVD discs. Any discs. All players claimed the same problem in their view screens and that was "disc error". At times, I thought I would not be able to get my discs out of the players. The noise coming from these players all of a sudden when they broke was a bit alarming also. But my discs continues to played perfectly on my Sony, Coby, Panasonic and my portables for the cars. SINCE EVERYONE IS TRYING TO SAVE MONEY THESE DAYS, DO YOURSELVES A FAVOUR. DO NOT BUY THESE. I WISH I HAD NOT. BUY ANY OTHER BRAND AT THE SAME PRICE, OR A BIT LESS OR A BIT MORE. DON'T THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY. As I have been forced to throw away three, THREE, nearly new DVD players bought in the last 2 years and all made by Phillips.Customer Review: Really doing everything
Summary: 5 Stars
I am buying my second one right now (Amazon please remove my comment if I lie). The DVD player quality is great better than my old Sony. I read all the reviews especially those of the people who are negative and I could tell all of those people that their problems are not related to their player. The signal audio and video is very good and strong.
Yes, it does play bad shape CD and DVD. Remind me who invented the CD? Philips! I supposed that it may explain something..
For the one who said that it does not play DVD-R, my DVD-R plays fine and they are not the most expensive DVD-R, however there are extremely cheap DVD-R who are only compatible to some players... Stay away from those. For saving your life souvenirs of expensive vacation, do not be too cheap.
For the region code, it does play my over-the-sea DVDs using the menu code; it is true that you have to change the code manually because playing in region 0 will not work to play Hollywood movies which check the region code to be exactly 1. The majority of European DVDs (not Hollywood) do not have region code anyway.
So, if you are asking me if I do recommend it, naturally I do.
Customer Review: Just got it
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got the Philips DVP5140 today and followed Mr. Emet's directions on how to set it up and it took me all of 5 minutes! So now I can play dvd's from other regions here in the US.
Before I followed Mr. Emet's instructions, I called Phillips to see how I could change the region to "0" so that I could play dvd's from anywhere... I was told that this was not a multi-region dvd player and that I could only play US dvd's ("1" or "all"). I guess its their way of getting you to pay extra for the same exact product.
On another note, I'm really happy I ordered this off of Amazon. I think I got a great price and it literally took 3 days for it to get here (with Super Saver Shipping).
I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who wants to be able to play international dvd's effortlessly. I've only had it a couple of days but my experience with Philips products is that the last for a good period of time.
THREE MONTHS LATER....
product is still working really well and we use it about 4 - 5 times per week!
TWO YEARS LATER...
Still working as well as the day we bought it (knock on wood)!