Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player
Digital camera Review: DVD -R Media Warning, Upconversion?
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this DVD player to hook up to a new 37" HDTV. I used the up-conversion feature but I didn't see a difference compared to my 7 year old DVD player (which I also hooked up to the HDTV) which was the whole reason I bought this in the first place.
The player will not read any DVD-R's that was burned on cheap DVD-R media (I get an "Unknown" error). I upgraded the firmware, no difference. Why my 7 year old Apex DVD player and my super-cheap Dynex portable DVD players can still read the DVD-R's but this player cannot is beyond me. It does read better quality DVD-R media (Sony for example).
Finally, the DVD tray does feel cheap and the tray does not eject all the way.
I figured I would see a marked improvement buying a better brand name up-converting DVD player compared to my old player but my old player works just as fine (or actually better considering my DVD-R collection is useless with the new player).
Digital camera Review: DVP5982 is a winner
Summary: 4 Stars
We purchased two of these units for use in a display stand for work. I liked the units so well, I bought one for home. We lost one of the remotes on a trip to China, and to buy a remote direct from Philips was almost the price of a new unit. So, I purchased this one for the remote, and now have a spare player. LOLDigital camera Review: DVP5982 review
Summary: 5 Stars
So far, I am very satisfied with this product. The DVP was converted to region-free: 0 (multi-format) and now I am able to watch foreign DVDs. Great value!Digital camera Review: Dead after 1.5 years
Summary: 1 Stars
I liked this player.. when it actually worked.
Unfortunately at the 1.5 year mark it slowly start fading away. At first I thought it was a broken remote but when I bought a universal remote, it didn't improve anything. The unit no longer responds to remote controls while the buttons on the main unit still work. This doesn't really make life easy since there are only 3 buttons on the main unit.
I believe this is due to shoddy worksmanship since I've read similar things about the previous model in this line dying after 1 year. What sucks is that I'm just outside the warranty period (of 1 year). I'm never buying Philips again.
Digital camera Review: Dead too soon
Summary: 1 Stars
Didn't last long at all. Got the fatal "No Disc" error and it refused to ever read a DVD again!