Philips DVP5980

A great picture, even before upscaling. Excellent value for money, has at the back practically all the sockets I can think off, and has a modern design, so looks like a more expensive device.

Only fault is the speed of access of the USB port, but that is a minor issue, as it's main function is to play DVDs.

I bought this player because it played divx files which is what I needed so far it has played everything I have thrown at it. The player is slim and lightweight,, seems quiet enough and not not bad to look at, but as its in the bedroom this was not of major concern to me. Overall good quality for the price.

Just one that I find annoying there is no eject button on the remote control and the eject button on the player does seem to take a while before it responds. But minor things for the price I guess

Plays any format (apart from wmv files) as data files straight from the computer via the usb port. If you download movies this is for you. No burning them to disc anymore or converting the format.

None really

nearly everything & you can put pictures on a memory stick & just plug in & have a slide show without having to burn any discs really easy to use & nice & slim

it does not play mp3's

Play Divx straight from memory stick

USB interface for DivX movies and mp3 is brilliant. I slap in a 4GB flash stick and there's hours of fun.

Best Feature is the USB port and the fact that it uses a HDMI cable to connect to the TV hence showing the Video file in the best possible way. It is really easy to use, with no fancy extras, everything you need. Smart sleek design.

Too light and wide, so when you stack it underneath a heavier/smaller box in your TV cabinet (such as a sky box) you feel you are crushing the DVD player; and it's too wide to put it on top of the sky box because it looks odd.

USB - plays everything, upscales. Brilliant product - extremely pleased.

Takes a while to boot up. When reading off the USB stick, I had a 32 GB stick and took a while to scroll through all my video files.

vfm as features hdmi upscaling, unit is sleek and thin, picture quality is good, easy to use and navigate.

remote is a bit cheap looking

Very good picture quality.

Cannot play DVD files from usb connection- picture jutters and sound out of sync.

quite slow to turn on and cannot eject disc from the remote but other than that a great value player

USB port, upscaling, price

upscales dvd's really well usb port is really useful for portable photos, mp3, divx etc

little bit slow on startup but nothing to worry about

Plug in an external hard disk into the USB port and it becomes a home made media centre.

Plays all video formats from USB perfectly. DVD player very slim in depth.

works with just about everything I throw at it. USB option is a boon

Nice slim profile. Excellent upscaling. Intergrated with other items very easily.

The only downside I can find is that there is no disk eject function on the remote.

Slim, Black DVD player with a fantastic innovative USB connection on the front. Plays Divx directly from USB device.

No optical connection

plays almost anything you throw at it

the remote, to fast forward you have to hold onto the skip button, which if you dont hold on long enougth then it goes on to the next chapter or episode

USB Support great - has handled all films so far. Easy setup, excellent value

easy to use, looks good, quality sound and picture

very wide, wider than all other av appliances that I have

It is very easy to install and use! A Must and very good value as well!

It is quite narrow, so not good if you want to rest your TV on it

Small good quality picture

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This DVD player is an absolute bargain. Easily converted to multi-region with a simple set of remote control key commands. It is slimline, quiet and quick to boot up. For the money you can't buy a better player!

Simple to use.

On a wide screen tv the picture is small and if y increase the picture y lose clarity.

Neat, small lovely design - great price

No connectior cable so I had to go and buy a scart

Super slim, wonderful picture when connected to an HD TV by HDMI and excellent value.

No eject button on remote!

I've not had another make to compare it with, but it seems to perform very very well, and it is so easy to set up and use almost 'straight out of the box' Extremely good value for money !!! and have bought another one as a gift.

A bit slow on the loading tray opening, to insert the disc.

At the start you don't think there is a huge difference in the upscaling, but once you compare your old DVD's closely, you can see more imaging and better sound with this phillips DVP5890. Good upscaled picture, sound, look and price.

No Eject button on remote, but you have to get down there to put the DVD in anyway, so it is no great loss.

Great features, multi-region capable, usb input, upgradable firmware, good choice of video output, very quick and responsive with discs, easy to navigate when playing a disc, feature packed menus.

* File browser displays max of 8 characters (fixable with custom firmware)

looks fantastic, superb price and great that it does all formats inc divx.

Not convinced about the upscaling, and the fast forward is not great, like all philips DVD products

This DVD player has (almost) all of the connectivity options you need to connect it to a separate A/V receiver or directly to your television; it's slim and compact and took a minute to set up. The upscaled picture quality is very good. Most of the menu options are clear and it's easy to control.

My biggest gripe was that I was unable to get a raw 5.1 audio stream (Dolby Digital or DTS) to output over HDMI. I have the DVD player connected to an external AV receiver (via HDMI) which I wanted to process the raw audio instead of the DVD player. The menu options for sound were confusing and even though I could get it to output a raw audio stream over HDMI with a bit of juggling of the various settings, it would revert back to its original state after turning off the machine. In the end, the only reliable solution was to connect the video stream to my receiver using HDMI and raw digital audio using coaxial. The only other (minor) points are that it takes a bit of time to initially turn on (about 15 seconds) and an optical digital audio output would have been nice (and would have saved me having to buy a coaxial lead).

Excellent value for money. Plays most file types I throw at it. Good picture quality.

USB port won't power portable harddrives that need their power from the host. Memory sticks work fine though.

usb port, many connection options

width

handles most formats

no eject button on remote

Avi, Mpeg compatible

I had problems to open the tray. It took 15 minutes. There was a plastic piece which hold CD tray to open. I had to use a force to open it. USB port - just a few equipment works with it