Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support
by Philips
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Customers in the UK,
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for British Pounds
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Customer Review: Remote DOES Eject and Fast Forward/Reverse
Summary: 5 Stars
A previous review indicated that you could not fast forward or eject the DVD with the remote. While it's not mentioned in the instruction book, the remote CAN perform these functions.
To eject, hold the stop button down for a couple of secords. The DVD will eject.
To fast foward, press the > "right arrow" button (next to the OK button) and you can scroll forward without going all the way to the next sceen.
Same works with the < left arrow button.
I'm currently running the player through my DVD Recorder and it's working perfectly. I didn't need to connect directly to my TV. Note: Like most US DVDs, most Brit DVDs are protected and cannot be copied.
Customer Review: excellent for those wma files that get boring watching on a computer
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this $60 dvd player. I got sick of watching those wma files on my computer, instead i can burn most of my files that play on wma (Most)and lay down and watch them on my big screen. I already have a dvd recording unit or i might recommend something else. My friend said theres a nice wma compatible unit with recorder built in but that runs about $150. No SV out (Does have component outs) but it displays a nice picture using standard video outs. I got mine from ant online which i ordered on a thursday around midnight and it came to my door on monday using their cheapest shipping method. Philips seems to be a quality electronic company now that can compete with prices, did i mention this is only $60.Customer Review: Plays Anything
Summary: 5 Stars
My girlfriend is from Australia and brought over all of her DVDs so a multi-region or region free DVD player was a must. This is our second player purchased in march (after the last one - a different brand- pooped out on us after a year) and I'm in love with it (*knock on wood*). It will literally play just about anything. It will most certainly play any region DVD you want, but the big bonus is that it plays data discs burned from your computer. It makes playing almost any video file on your computer as easy to burn and play as it is to burn a music disc for your cd player. We watch AVI files captured from the TV weekly using this player. I plan to buy another this Christmas for our living room.Customer Review: Versatile Features and Good Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I've only had the player a couple of days, but I really like it so far. I'm not a Audio/Video-phile, but the picture and sound quality is good on my 32" LCD HDTV once I turned on the Progressive Scan feature and hooked it up with a component cable. I also found start-up times and loading times to be good.
Of course I wouldn't buy this player if that's all I cared about, I also was interested in the DivX features and so far it's handled several files just perfectly. It has played a couple of different videos from different sources once I burned them to CD-RW.
The menus left a little bit to be desired and can be difficult to navigate at times, that's my only complaint.
Customer Review: Great Region Free DVD Player
Summary: 5 Stars
When I considered ordering this player, I noticed a lot of comments about the remote. I do want to confirm that the remote buttons ARE hard to use. You have to line the remote just right and press the buttons hard. However, I need to dispel the rumor that there is no way to open the DVD player drawer from the remote to insert a disc. You press "Stop", hold it for a few seconds, and the drawer opens. It closes the same way. The region free intructions provided by another Amazon customer DO work well, and I am gratfeul to him for posting those. The picture is really good; I have not experinced any skips or problems. So far, this is one of the best players I have owned yet. I highly recommend it.