Philips DVP 5990 - All Region 1080P Hi-def UpConverting Region Free Multi Format DVD Player. Plays, Hdmi,divx Ultra, USB Direct and Mp3
HDMI for 1080p near-HD upconversion / Plays CD and DVD / DiVX compatible / USB Direct / MP3 and WMA read from discs
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Stars this is not region free
I am not sure some people wrote about this item is region free. There is several 5990 from Philips and this 5990/f7 is NOT region free. Some people bought from bestbuy or other store but this is not same dvd player people discribed about item.
If you are looking for player which playerble other region DVD, this is not the ONE.
5 Stars Above and Beyond
Up until I got this player, I played movies through my desktop’s built-in DVD-ROM drive. However, due to various copy-protection schemes and other difficulties with playing DVD’s in Windows, I broke down and starting shopping for a standalone DVD player.
My requirements were optical audio out and preferably up-converting HDMI (for video only). Seeing a similar model at a big box store got me investigating this one online. The price seemed entirely reasonable for an upconverting DVD player, especially from Philips (I am a big fan of my Philips LCD TV) so I placed the order.
It arrived and I installed it without issue, connecting to my TV via HDMI and my receiver via TOSLINK (optical audio).
I put a disc in, and it played. As you would hope. Dolby Digital worked without a hitch, as did firmware update via USB drive.
Then, a week ago, my desktop computer’s motherboard died, and while waiting for replacement parts I figured I’d try playing files through the USB port, since my computer wasn’t able to. I threw a couple show episodes on a 16GB flash drive, without checking the file format or codec and the DVP5990 played everything I threw at it without question!
Given how well it works, I’ll probably still use this feature even after I get my desktop up and running.
2 Stars Common issue?
I purchased this DVD Player at the end of January (it is now March) and it seemed to work well - at first. The picture is great, it’s easy to use, and seemed to be a great buy for the price. However, now in March, we began to play a DVD and an orange screen appeared (almost like a bubbly screen saver) and the color on any movie we inserted was not true. We looked on the Phillips website for troubleshooting, and it was actually listed as a common problem, and had a solution listed (setting the picture according to your television’s capabilities). We tried that solution - it did not work. After being on the phone for about 20 minutes with Phillips, they are sending us a new DVD Player. Hopefully, things will go a bit better this time.
5 Stars 10x the bang for a 1/8 of the price!
SHIPPING: J&R did a HORRIBLE job shipping this item, since they shipped it in the box you’d pick up at the store, it had no packing material and thus was broken when I opened it. The second one, they promised to ship better using a box within a box of packing peanuts — that didn’t happen, but at least this one made it safely. They were good at returning it, but slow to credit my credit card when I re-ordered.
Philips DVP5990 HDMI 1080p Upscaling DVD Player
ACTUAL PRODUCT:
Best Dvd player ever! Some backup copies I had of some of my movies wouldn’t work in my old Dvd player and multiple other ones — it worked just fine in this Dvd player. I plugged a hard drive into the USB and bingo I was able to watch movies from that too.
I only paid $34.99 for a Dvd player that does more than any other Dvd player I’ve ever owned — refurbished means if there is a common product flaw at least they’ve fixed it.
1 Stars Further false advertising
As others have mentioned, you may find that after ordering this “Multi Region” and “Region Free” device that it is region locked. I appreciate that the device can be unlocked with a code, however this item’s description is wrong. I’m unsure of the devices warranty status should you choose to use an unlock code.
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