Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support
Digital camera Review: region free at low price
Summary: 4 Stars
This is nice looking and solid built machine. The best thing is that it supports DVDs from all regions, although some hacking are needed (you can find it the highest review). The remote control is very ugly and hard to navigate in the set up menu. Other than that I would give it a 5 star rating.
If you have DVDs from Germany, Japan, etc. you may want to buy this one. It may be the cheapest one that really supports region free dvd and divx.
Digital camera Review: Terrible failure rate
Summary: 1 Stars
TWO out of THREE purchased were bad out of the box! You pay little...you get little.Digital camera Review: Great DVD player
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this DVD player for almost two years now. It always worked great.
Plays anything I throw at it (divx, other avi, dvds, etc). I mainly play dvds
and avi files, so I cannot vouch for other formats, though. It comes as a region 1 player (if you buy it in the US), but unlocking it so that it plays other regions took 30 seconds (google and you'll find how to do it). Overall, it is a great product. I read that the remote is flimsy and so I control it with my universal remote and have its own remote put away
in case I need it at some point for some menus that the universal remote can't access. Didn't need to use it so far (other than for unlocking the player).
I should also add that I recommended this player to a friend and they love it as well.
Digital camera Review: Great price but bad remote
Summary: 4 Stars
This has one of the worst remotes I have ever seen in the mid to upper range DVD player. The remote is tiny, finicky, and you have to sometimes be right in front of the DVD player to make it work. Its 50% effective from even as close as 5 feet away.
Besides the remote, this is a good player. I was able to make this multi region with the hack codes within minutes and its played almost all of my burned DVDs without an issue, and even some of my more scratched commercially produced DVDs played well.
Good price point for this product too, considering its capabilities.
Digital camera Review: Shoddy remote censor makes this DVD player nearly unusable
Summary: 1 Stars
The picture and audio from this DVD player are fine. There is a serious problem with the remote sensor. It only works from five feet away or less, and only if you're within 30 degrees of the sensor. The problem is not with the remote, as I have the same problem with a Pioneer universal remote. Look at the other reviews, they also complain about the remote. This DVD player is only useful in very small rooms. Even within this Cone of Sensitivity, it doesn't register button presses about a third of the time. I decided to give it a week, but after two days my wife and I are already tired of it.