Philips- DVP5990 – Multi Region DVD Player 1080P – upscaling
- 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 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, … More >>
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Categories: Televisions & Video
The product on Amazon was advertised as an “all region” DVD player. It is not. There are six regions. The back of the unit I received shows that it plays region 1 DVDs only (ref. page 22 of the manual which explains how to determine which regions the product will play – there is a sticker on the back of the player.) I inserted a DVD from Poland (region 2), and the player displayed the error message “wrong region” and would not play it. That being said, it will play foreign DVDs marked “all”. I decided to keep the player because most DVDs I have and buy are either region 1 or “all”, and the quality of this player is very good. The sound and picture are excellent, and it is easy to use. If you are looking for a DVD player that will play regions 1-6 and those marked “all”, this product is not going to deliver.
Rating: 3 / 5
The machine operated normally for about 2 weeks at which time the color reproduction began to degrade very dramatically. At end of third week our DVD’s were entirely illegible due to total failure of color reproduction. Machine needed to be trashed. Absolutely not worth the price advantage. Poor quality and utterly unreliable Chinese parts make this machine a hit or miss exercise.
Avoid.
Rating: 1 / 5
My experience was mixed.
The first machine the company sent me did not work. So I sent it back. The second machine they sent me also did not work. By this stage I was pretty frustrated. In addition, the customer service I received up to this stage was poor. It was only at this point that the company stepped into overdrive to get me a working machine. The third one they sent me now works – and I am happy with it.
Rating: 3 / 5
PHILIPS – ALL REGION 1080p UPSCALING HI-DEF MULTI REGION DIVX CERTIFIED DVD PLAYER. PLAYS PAL/NTSC DVDS FROM ANY COUNTRY ON AMERICAN TV.
Works great but had to email company to get directions (coding) on how to make it all region.
Rating: 4 / 5
This will NOT play PAL DVDs. I bought it specifically to do that and it will NOT play PAL discs. All you get is a region error code. It makes me wonder if Amazon actually checks the info it puts up about products.
Rating: 1 / 5