| | |  | Stationery & Party Supplies | Home » » » Philips- DVP5990 - Multi Region DVD Player 1080P - upscaling | | | | | | | Description: | | Bring your audio and video to life with an excellent HDMI DVD player for your TV. When you use an HDMI port for connectivity with your 1080p capable TV. This will upconvert an ordinary DVD to appear as if it were native to 1080p. This extremely compact player plays a wide variety of DVD discs as well as DiVX discs. It can also double as a CD player and will even play CD-R discs that have encoded MP3 files. So when you add this component to your home-theater system, it delivers outstanding, versatile audio and video performance. Then there's more! Somewhat unique to DVD players is the inclusion of a USB port at the front of the unit. If you use a USB-equipped media card reader or a USB Flash pocket drive, you can export images from your digital camera or card-based camcorder directly to your player for throughput to your TV. Widescreen ready, this player is an ideal companion for your new widescreen HDTV in your home. DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos Plays CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW (Region 1) Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos DivX Certified for standard playback Signal to noise ratio - 90 Distortion and Noise (1kHz) - 65 dB Crosstalk (1kHz) - 70 dB Dynamic Range (1kHz) - 80 dB Frequency response - 30-20000 Hz Playback Media - CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video Compression formats - MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra Playback Media - CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD & Audio CD Compression format - Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM & WMA MP3 bit rates - 32 - 320 kbps Playback Media - DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/RW, Picture CD, Kodak Picture CD Picture compression format - JPEG, TIFF Rear Connectivity - Analog audio Left/Right out, Composite video (CVBS) output, HDMI output, Digital coaxial out, Component Video out. | | | Features: | |
• Intelligently communicates the highest output resolution from the source device
• With HDMI video upconversion, you can increase the resolution of Standard Definition video signals that DVDs use to HD (High Definition)
• It is a direct digital connection that can carry uncompressed digital HD video as well as digital multichannel audio
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 8.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 17.1 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 6.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 19.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 67 reviews |
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112 of 112 found the following review helpful:
 For International movie watchersJun 11, 2008
By Zack Davisson
"japanreviewed"
This is a top-notch DVD player for those whose tastes in movies goes beyond what is currently being offered by US companies. I personally hate to be at the mercy of what companies think I should or should not be able to watch, and am really pleased to find such an excellent region-free player.
So far, it has handled all my DVDs with no problem. Region 2 Japanese DVDs? Plays great. Region 2 PAL DVD from the Netherlands? No problems. (A real shame that Orson Wells classic "Falstaff" does not have a US release, but that just shows why a region-free player is necessary.)
Aside from DVDs, this player handles CDs, DivX and everything else I have popped into it. It even has a USB port, so if you download anything you can just pop it into a Flash memory stick and watch it on this player.
Sadly, I haven't used the upscaling function yet, because I don't have an HD TV yet. But if it works as well as everything else has on this player, then I assume I have nothing to worry about, and am looking forward to being able to try it out.
58 of 59 found the following review helpful:
Plays it all!Dec 16, 2009
By Andrew Manikas
This player is better than 2 older model Philips DVD players I have (5140, 3140). Also, my remote was a slick black one, not the gray one shown that came with older models. The whole player is very thin and slick.
This one plays music CDs (normal audio CD or mp3 files), DVDs in PAL or NTSC format (including avi files on a data DVD as well!). Note PAL is the standard in England (Phase Alternating Line) and NTSC is the standard originating in the USA and Japan (National Television System Committee). With these two video encoding standards playable, you can play just about every DVD available. Also, you can put MP3 files and video files (avi, mpg, mp4, etc.) on a USB device and play them directly off of that plugged into the front of the player. VERY Convenient! I love it!
Also neat is that it remembers where DVDs were (DVDs playable on all players, not data DVDs with avi files). So you are watching your favorite movie, your spouse has a DVD to watch for work. No problem, pop out your DVD. She watches here movie. Pop yours back in, and it starts right back up where you left off! (or you can pres PREV to start from the beginning). Really a nice feature!
You should change the region to 0 (region free - accept discs from any region of the world, which is not the same as PAL/NTSC standard). I saw a couple of prior reviewers were confused by this distinction. This player can play both PAL and NTSC formats, as well as any region encoded discs once you make the change below.
To change your unit to be Region Free:
Be sure there is no DVD/CD in the unit.
Close the tray door.
Press Setup on your remote control.
Using the circluar control around the OK,
press on the right side 3 times to select Preference Page
Then press 1 3 8 9 3 1
This brings up Region Code
Use the up/down to change region code to 0
Press OK on your remote
To see your current firmware version (and region code):
Press setup
You will be on General Setup Page
Press 1 3 7 9
38 of 41 found the following review helpful:
Good product but some defaultsApr 05, 2008
By Hee Chul Kwon
"directorgod"
I am using this item for over 4 months now.
All region DVDs play perfect and the picture quality is just great.
It was 4 months after that I found out that there's a problem playing music CDs.
A small noise comes out with the music CD. Some kind of distorted noise.
I played the same music with Blu-Ray player and it didn't happened.
I think there's some kind of collition happeneing when I play music CDs.
Be aware about that.
I am buying a 6 CD player because of this problem.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Was confused at first.... but is now working fineFeb 27, 2010
By J. Lunsford
I ordered this player specifically to play British DVDs. All the reviews sounded great. But when I tried to play a Region 2 DVD, I got a region error on the screen. Most of the reviews said their unit worked right away. I was confused and read all the documentation over and over but no comment on how to make this player region free. I then read another Amazon review that said I needed to change the zone from 1 to 0 (my region code on the back said region 1). Why did my player not work while other's did? So I followed these instructions and now the Region 2 DVDs play fine, including my region 1s.
To change your unit to be Region Free:
Be sure there is no DVD/CD in the unit.
Close the tray door.
Press Setup on your remote control.
Using the circluar control around the OK,
press on the right side 3 times to select Preference Page
Then press 1 3 8 9 3 1
This brings up Region Code
Use the up/down to change region code to 0
Press OK on your remote
To see your current firmware version (and region code):
Press setup
You will be on General Setup Page
Press 1 3 7 9
27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic ProductNov 30, 2008
By G. Wraight
The first one we received didn't work properly .. but this was no problem the seller replaced it straight away and it is brilliant I mean brilliant.. the quality is excellent and it works beautifully on both our UK dvd's and US dvd's
Can't rate it highly enough it was a bargin and the seller was excellent
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