Philips DVD Player with Upconversion & DivX Ultra, DVP3982/F7 3.9 5 64 75
A pleasant surprise for the money This little guy is my primary DVD player! It plays everything I put into it and the optical/coaxial outputs do surround sound perfectly. The 1080 upconverted HDMI-out gives me a perfect picture even on a 1080p 37" tv. It had a brief problem with the video-scan in HDMI (but still played alright with standard A/V hookups), but somehow fixed or reset itself by just disconnecting the HDMI and using the composite output a few times (it looked like a progressive/interlaced scanning conflict that reset itself either in my set or in the unit).The best testimony is that I bought a Blu-Ray player to replace it, but returned the Blu-Ray because it couldn't play all my disc formats and the surround sound was available only through the HDMI connection (even the optical-out only delivered l+r stereo!). And I didn't even notice the "improvement" in the picture! Also, it's so cheap I can run it into the ground and just buy another-or-two for backups. A diamond in the rough! 11/18/2009
Ubelievable value for the money! Like others have mentioned, the price of the player is right one: Less than $50 and it upscales DVDs and plays back a wide variety of data files.Though the box only mentions Divx playback, I got it to play MPEG, VOB and a variety of AVI encoded with Divx, Xvid and other methods. They all played without any issue. It was incredible.The upscaling of the player, though not the best I've ever seen, is still excellent. Find a nicely encoded DVD and it will almost make it look like it's displaying in true HD.Finally, it also displays pictures from disc. Unlike HD video files(see next paragraph), the picture playback will allow you to view pictures of any given size. Not only that but you can actually resize and rotate them. Even has some nice transition effects.The only downside to any of this is that the player will not run video files encoded at 720p or higher(gives you a "resolution not supported" error), thus killing true HD playback. Also, it doesn't include an HDMI cable...but, really, you can get one at Big Lots for $2.99 so that's not that big of a deal.All in all, one of the best deals out there for those not ready to start all over with the HD discs, or go through the time and effort it takes to set up an HTPC(Home Theatre PC). Highly recommended. 12/17/2009
Best $45 spent I have an older Philips dvp and have been totally in love with it. Bought this one to give as a Christmas gifttook it home and this one does just like my other one. Plays AVI files that are burned onto Cds or DVDs. Looks great on my 65" tv. 11/28/2009
Just as Good! After weeks of comparing products, the Philips DVD Player did everything I wanted for the price I was looking for. With easy set-up and hassel free directions you'll be watching you favorite movies in no time 11/13/2009