Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct

Average customer rating: 3.5

This device is slow...
For the price, it's hard to beat!
Great for the price
Love it and hate it
Great for DiVx movies

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Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct

Manufacturer: Philips
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000G18DR0

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Product Description

Philips HDMI DVD Player - This home DVD player is a great way to get the most out of your current DVD movies. It features video upscaling, which boosts the video quality of your movies for high-definition displays. This higher definition signal can be passed digitally to your HDTV via the HDMI port. HDMI also offers you audio transmission via the same cable, giving you an easy one-cable connection to your TV or receiver. Picture CD Playback - with JPEG pictures Picture Enhancement - flip photos, rotate, zoom, slideshow with MP3 playback NTSC & PAL Playback (PAL playback requires a TV that also supports the PAL format) Aspect Ratio - 4 - 3, 16 - 9 Dolby Digital USB Port Ports - RCA Composite Out, HDMI Out, Digital Coaxial Out, Component Video Out Parental Control & Child Lock

Customer Reviews:

This device is slow..........2007-06-08

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 last and final gripe I had with this product was the USB (one of the primary reasons I bought this player). For starters, the USB speed is 1.1, it's not 2.0 so this was problematic as the video/audio would sometimes skip when playing a divx file, as it can only transfer the data from the USB device to the player so fast. The other problem I had was with the interface. When you browse for a file on the USB device, the UI would only display the first 5-6 characters of a file name, and this makes it extremely difficult to navigate around and figure out what is what unless you go through each file individually.

Overall, needless to say, I wasn't all that impressed with this player, and I ended up sending it back to Amazon and bought an Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, with DivX.

For the price, it's hard to beat!.......2007-06-05

Let's start out with what should be obvious -- this is a low cost DVD solution for HD TV owners. I'd go one step further to say it's really for new HD TV owners, not those who've become major TV geeks who need perfect everything. Because this DVD player isn't perfect, but for the price (currently $65 here on Amazon) it's an excellent DVD player for your HD TV.

The remote -- yeah, it sucks, but most people will end up programming a universal remote at some point and throwing this remote in the closet. It's a generic remote, it does everything you need it to do. Who sits on their couch with the DVD remote by their side?

USB 2.0 -- This is the feature I most love. I've got a 4 Gig Flash Drive and video from it all the time. Upscales nicely. The only problem is the menuing system doesn't support long file names, but otherwise I love this.

Playback -- Never had a problem with any of my DVDs, whether they're American or European (this machine unlocks in about 10 seconds). Upscales TV and film really well, the sound quality is fine, etc ...

For a $60-$80 player, I really don't know that this player could be beat. You pay a little and get a lot.

Great for the price.......2007-05-30

I burned several divx files directly onto a DVD-R and it played them with no problems. I am very pleased with this product. It's a little slow loading but I can live with that considering how much time I save by not having to convert my files to DVD format. I could not ask for more considering the price.

Love it and hate it.......2007-05-23

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 -- including playing DivX movies off it. This is a HUGE positive and the reason for my purchase. But...

Cons: 1. Long filenames are NOT supported for that flash/hard drive. 2. No S-Video out for those of us who don't yet have a hi-def TV. 3. Horrible little remote -- few buttons, weak signal, just awful. 4. Flimsy-feeling player.

How to rate such a product, with one GREAT feature, several big weaknesses, and a good price? I'll compromise and give it a "3". It may just be the cheapest way to get a hard drive's worth of DivX movies over to your TV. But it could have been so much better.

Great for DiVx movies.......2007-05-19

I bought this DVD player for only 1 reason, the USB port. I have many movies on my external hard drive and all i have to do is connect my hard drive using the USB port to the player. It plays every imaginable kind of movie from the hard drive, even movies that my mac cannot play.

The player itself is sleek but slow to respond which is fine for the price. I remote is not back lit but shouldn't be a problem if you've used it for a couple of weeks and know the button layout.

One of a kind product due to the USB drive and the main reason to buy it if you have a HDTV set.

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