Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support
by Philips
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Customer Review: This is one great DVD player!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a DVD player for my sister who was tired of not being able to play whatever she wanted. I had purchased a $40 Yamakawa dvd player on eBay several years ago that I hacked and made multi-regional. This thing plays any disc you throw at it. Unfortunately Yamakawa appears to have gone out of business. So I had to go on a bit of a hunt for an affordable player...but I needed to make sure it could be made region-free. Thank you Emet for posting clear, easy instructions and the hack. This is a FANTASTIC dvd player. If my Yamakawa goes out I will definitely be purchasing another one of these for myself. Its stylish, slim, operates smoothly, and most importantly its super easy to make multi-regional. I've always had great success with Philips products. I recommend this DVD player to anyone, without reservation!
08/18/09 As of this writing my Yamakawa has bit the dust. After daily use for almost 4 or 5 years the player just wouldn't read discs anymore. I purchased one of these Philips dvd players and once again am so glad I did.
Customer Review: Where is the fast forward? - UPDATED
Summary: 4 Stars
This product from Philips is leagues above the Samsung DVD player it is replacing because the quality is so much better, though price isn't much more. I bought this Philips DVD player in order to play PAL discs, which is does rather well. It plays everything, as advertised and it seems to be constructed very well. Normally I am a Sony customer and this is the first Philips product I have bought. Based on its performance, I would not hesitate to purchase additional Philips products. The only complaints I have about the DVP5140 are its absence of a fast forward, or scan, feature and a frame-by-frame play. It will skip to the next chapter or track, but will not scan the current chapter. This is highly annoying and, at least I thought, a standard feature for DVD players. The lack of frame-by-frame is perturbing, but I can live without it. Other than that, this is a terrific value.
*UPDATE - I tried pausing the picture and then pressing the FF button, but this only skips to the next chapter. This does not advance the picture frame-by-frame.
Customer Review: Very Good Player For The Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't write a lot of reviews. But I got this DVD player because I was looking for something I could play my British DVD's on - my daughter is a fan of Bagpuss, the Clangers and other obscure British children's TV.
I've bought several different DVD players for under $75 in the last few years, by Coby, Memorex, Akai, Sony and others. I'm not a video nut so I'm just interested in something that will work.
I bought this player over a year ago and it has performed very well. All my various Region 1 and Region 2 discs played fine. Set up is easy and the remote is efficient. You will need to find the code to punch in to the remote to make it play all region discs.
I was also pleased that the unit plays .avi files burned straight from the computer. It doesn't support every resolution, but it is handy to have. Note there is no .wmv support, so those files don't play.
I'm now buying an additional unit for my daughter to have in her room. For the price, it's very good value in my opinion.
Customer Review: Great player at this price
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, this unit really can play PAL DVDs from any region on an NTSC TV. I didn't think that was possible at this price point. And of course, it plays NTSC DVDs just fine as well. It has all of the features you'd expect to find on a DVD player, and has a fine picture.
Don't believe the other reviews complaining about how it doesn't do something it should, or does something it shouldn't. These people didn't read the manual. The functions on the remote are somewhat non-standard, and the means of accessing certain features isn't obvious. You MUST read the manual. For example, the fast-forward and chapter skip are on different buttons, unlike most DVD players I've used.
I'm not giving this player five stars because of the build quality. The player itself is of rather low quality, but the remote control sets new standards for "cheap Chinese junk." Without the batteries, it's a wonder it doesn't float out of your hand. So while the unit works well, I'm not sure that it's going to give me years of use.
Customer Review: Amazon MultiRegion for Dummies
Summary: 1 Stars
I searched Amazon and found this unit to play Region 1-3 DVD's.
Simple? Well. The term MuliFormat in the description
plus the reviews seemed to show this was a good choice
so I bought.
But right on the box before I opened it, it said:
"This set plays DVD sold in the US only (Region 1)."
We need some help in these Amazon page descriptions!
MULTIREGION FOR DUMMIES should de offered defining the
terms MulitFormat, MultiRegion, MultiZone, etc etc
If a player is limited to Region 1, the Amazon description
should say "Plays Region 1 only."
If a player will play Region 1-3, but you need to be a whiz
by playing around entering codes (see review this page) every
time you want to watch a DVD, the Amazon description
should say "Plays Region 1-3 with program code entry only."
If a player will play Region 1-3 automatically without
hassles, the Amazon description should say "Plays Region 1-3."