Philips DVP 5990 - All Region 1080P Hi-def UpConverting Region Free Multi Format DVD Player. Plays, Hdmi,divx Ultra, USB Direct and Mp3

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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. Dolby Digital worked without a hitch, as did firmware update via USB drive. As you would hope.

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. 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. Up until I got this player, I played movies through my desktop's built-in DVD-ROM drive.

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. 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. 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.

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). After being on the phone for about 20 minutes with Phillips, they are sending us a new DVD Player. I purchased this DVD Player at the end of January (it is now March) and it seemed to work well - at first. We tried that solution - it did not work. Hopefully, things will go a bit better this time. 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.

I would recommend this product to anyone looking for a multi-region DVD player. The Philips DVP 5990 multi region DVD player I bought works like a breeze. It plays all my foreign DVD's in different formats flawlessly.

A video file with a large bitrate does take longer to load, but it's well worth it.Everything listed here was tested with 2GB and 4GB flash drives.Will not play a.mov file, but it will play the file if it is renamed with a.avi or a.mp4 extension and both audio and video streams are supported.Apparently it will not play an AAC audio file or audio stream within a video file if bitrate info is missing, or if it uses an ADTS muxing mode. It does not play m4p songs purchased of of iTunes, but it will if you burn a regular CD, then rip the songs back in.The delay to play any file is short. It recognizes discs in about 5-8 seconds, and flash drives even less. I bought one of these, and it's AWESOME. One or both of these are true, could not isolate which.Does not play MJPEG video [like from a Kodak digital camera], but it does play the 88.2 Kbps 11.025 KHz LPCM audio stream within a MJPEG.avi file.Did not play the H.264 stream within an.avi or mp4 container, but it did play the AAC stream.Played several AAC files created by iTunes, all encoded at various bitrates and sample rates [41 & 48 KHz, 96-192 KHz]Does play WMV 9 with WMA 9.2 audioDoes play.MPG MPEG 1 video with MPEG audioDoes not play.MKV file with x264 codecPlays WMA and MP3.Plays files off an external hard drive as well, but it must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. You can burn a CD, DVD or put your files on a flash drive or even an external hard drive, and it plays them all. For the price, the versatility is unreal. Not advertised is that it plays.mp4 [iPod / iTunes music].

I ran over to a big box electronics store and the Sony was out of stock, so I bought one of these. The rest of the weekend was high-definition bliss (with the proper aspect ratios). Not only was this limiting their resolution, it wouldn't allow the aspect ratio to be set correctly.

Please). The resolution was so fantastic that I was in awe, and was finally convinced that it's time to buy my own HDTV. They also had the same DVD unit for a few dollars less, but it wouldn't have been worth the hassle to return it.Got back to the house, swapped out the players, hooked up the HDMI, and set the output preferences on the unit, all within 20 minutes or so.

My in-laws have an LCD HDTV and surround system, but their DVD player was several years old and had only RCA and S-video outputs. ($99 for Monster. The ability to mod the unit is nice, but I'll probably never use it (I doubt the in-laws will want to watch my Region 2 Godzilla movies).Short version: A very nice player for a very nice price, with a lot of extra features my in-laws and I will never use, that will be more than adequate until they upgrade to Blu-Ray (this Christmas when we buy them a player).

My in-laws are not technically adept, so I needed to keep things simple.I did some quick research online for the least expensive DVD player I could find locally with HDMI output, and came up with this unit and a $49.99 Sony unit. My very first DVD player was a Philips DVD-825 and I've been pleased with Philips products, so I expected good things.Next I went to a big retail chain known for its low prices and purchased an HDMI cable.