Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support
by Philips
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Customer Review: Fast forward and reverse not intuitive
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this player for region-free use (actually, just region 2). It works fine and plays my British DVDs with no problems, once I set the region code. I am using component output, progressive scan and digital audio, and the quality of picture and sound is very good for such an inexpensive unit.
At first, I thought this unit did not have fast forward or reverse. Just "play", "pause" and "stop". I was astonished, but there are no obvious buttons for these functions on the remote.
RTFM - Read the (fine) manual, under the topic "forward/reverse searching" to find these functions. They are triggered by the right and left menu navigation buttons ">" and "<", instead of the familiar ">>" and "<<".
Customer Review: One of the best DVD players you can own for this price range
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is one of the best DVD players I've ever had.
Contrary to what people reviewed, it's easy to use, played EVERYTHING I popped in so far, and thanks to the little trick explained earlier, I was able to watch foreign movies which are from different regions and different systems.
This is the best bang for your buck. Look no further for a decent DVD layer that can play multiple formats, and don't even be bothered with those who cant wait about 5 seconds for the player to boot up to watch a movie that lasts an hour and a half. I wonder how they waited in their mothers' wombs for 9+ months. Anybody with half a brain could figure EVERYTHING out even without reading the manual.
For about $50, you;re getting the best player available.
Customer Review: Excellent buy for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
Got it a couple of months ago and so far it has held true to every thing advertised on the website. Plays both home made and commercial DVDs flawlessly. truly region free, I used one of the earlier posts to set it up and off it went.
The lack of S-video was a minor inconvenience for me as I am used to it. Picture quality is excellent. I have also played international DVDs on it with no problems. As of last week, it has found a new home overseas and seems to be doing great on PAL too. I just ordered a replacement for myself.
Bottom line: If you are looking for something that is no frills, plays DVDs very well and other common video formats like DivX then you are in a good place with this player. The cost doesnt hurt either.
Customer Review: Finally!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this dvd player as I, being a big Kylie Minogue fan, had acquired some of her imported dvd's from Austrailia and the UK that I was unable to watch due to region coding. I ordered this dvd player based on all of the positive reviews I had read. When I got the machine, I followed the instructions a reviewer had posted in an earlier review to set the region coding to "0", and it works! This player plays all of my European and Australian dvd's flawlessly! It does take a little longer than most dvd players to boot up once a disc is inserted, but being able to watch ALL of my movies makes it well worth it. I highly reccomend this product for those of you who want to be able to watch your imported dvds without any problems at all.Customer Review: Unbelievable features for a price anyone can afford.
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot fit all the good things I want to say about this product in only one review. I bought this due to the massive amounts of re-encoding required for converting DIVX and XVID movies to standalone-DVD format. It would take hours on end.
With this player you can copy the clips themselves to a blank CD-R or DVD-R and it works fine. I don't know why people report so many problems with this player - It's played every single disc I've thrown at it. Multi brands too, both -R, -RW, +R, and +RW. It also plays CD-R/RW discs with the DIVX/XVID/WM files burned to them.
This player is the last one I'll ever get. I've just purchased one for my parents too, since I've enjoyed mine so much. Try it - You won't be sorry.