| | |  | Green (Unroasted) Coffee Beans | Home » » » Philips DVP5990/F7 DVD Player with 1080p HDMI Upconversion and DivX | | | | | | | Description: | | The Philips DVP5990/F7 plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD/SVCD, MP3, WMA, DivX, JPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats. DivX playback integrates features such as subtitles, multiple audio languages, multiple tracks and menus into 1 convenient File format. A built-in HDMI Output allows connection to a compatible HDTV for 1080p Up-conversion for top imaging. The Philips DVP5990/F7 will give you excellent video and audio entertainment experience | | | Features: | |
• 1080p upconversion
• HDMI digital output for easy connection with only one cable
• DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos
• Create MP3s directly from CDs
• Plays DivX- MP3- WMA and JPEG digital camera photos
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 8.27 inches | | Product Width:
| 17.13 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 19.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 108 reviews |
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151 of 157 found the following review helpful:
 Great player, plays XviD, DivX, iTunes songs!Nov 23, 2008
By J. Wilson
"I just lost the game. ;)"
I bought one of these, and it's AWESOME! For the price, the versatility is unreal. 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! Not advertised is that it plays .mp4 [iPod / iTunes music]. 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. 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. 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 audio
Does play .MPG MPEG 1 video with MPEG audio
Does not play .MKV file with x264 codec
Plays WMA and MP3.
Plays files off an external hard drive as well, but it must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32.
123 of 127 found the following review helpful:
region free by adjusting the remoteAug 14, 2009
By tampa
"tampa"
you have to go to setup>preferences and press 138931 on your remote > press 'up' arrow to select '0' and hit setup again to exit and you can play any region dvd.
58 of 58 found the following review helpful:
DVP 5990 better than MDV460/17Jul 23, 2008
By Robert Olson
"Student and Learner"
Philips DVP5990/37 DVD player is good for a mid-range, priced player. Compared to sister company, Magnavox's MDV460/17, the 5990 is far superior and demonstrates why you should spend a little more for quality. The 5990 reads multiple formats including Divx, MP3, and WMA which has become fairly standard for DVD players, but there are two features that set it apart from the competition: flash drive port and online firmware updating. The 460 has none of these features.
Also built into the 5990 is limited memory, so when you turn off the player and go back later to finish your movie, you can start where you left off. The 460 does not. The 5990 is also relatively fast from the time you press the "open disc" button, to the start of the movie (about 15 seconds). The 460 is slower than molasses and doesn't always recognized disc formats (30-40 second start up).
The 460 does a good job of presenting options in the setup menu, offering more optimization than the 5990, but the 5990's simple setup allows you to plug and play, right out of the box, and start enjoying your movie. Both have component video, but only the 5990 has HDMI - the new standard - which offers faster, neater setup.
For those of us that hate having to get up off of the couch to eject the disc, the 5990 offers a handy "lazy person's eject button" on the remote. The 460 makes you work.
The flash drive port options are a little akward on the 5990, but offer a range of options for a variety of multimedia. And the online updating requires you to register, then has trouble finding the unit you are trying to update.
All in all the 5990 is far superior, but you are paying 3 to 4 times the price of the 460. Best Buy and Walmart have recently offered the 5990 for about $60, while other vendors are asking for $80 or more. However, for the price, few offer better than the Philips 5990/37. This is a good buy: the moral being, you get what you pay for. (writen 7/23/08)
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
It can actually be region free, despite whatever it says on the unit.Sep 26, 2009
By Nikhil Jaisinghani
I bought this product hoping it would be region free but when I put in a region 2 dvd it didnt work. I was quite upset, looked at the back of the unit, and saw that the player was a region 1 only player. I went onto amazon to put in my warning when I saw another comment from another consumer. I didnt think it would work given my player specifically says its region 1, but if you press setup on the remote, press the right arrow until you get to the "preferences" menu, and press 138931 it will ask you what region you want to set the unit to. Go down to 0 and you are all set. Thanks, whoever it was that put that comment in. I have no idea where you found that out, but a great little secret.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic PlayerSep 16, 2009
By MisterLar
I'm a series DVD user. I almost never watch live TV but pump everything through a DVD player.
In a nutshell:
* Has the Mediatek Chipset -- the chipset that delivers the best quality picture.
* USB connection is a snap -- and makes it a breeze to view videos from your computer. No more having to burn DVDRWs. 90% of my viewing with this unit is through the USB port. Unlike earlier Card/USB DVD players of a few years ago (such as an LG I bought) there is NO delay or stuttering using the USB (note that I use Lexar USB thumbdrives which are good quality, I don't know how junky ones will work). But using a decent USB drive and plugging it in, it's perfect quality.
* Can easily be made code-free/region-free with a simply code input from the remote (check other posts here for the code).
* Only "con" is that while the chipset contains lots of options/settings for the user, Philips doesn't include many of them in its menus. When compared to an older machine like the Yamakawa 218 or 238 (which had DOZENS of options for video, audio, etc) there's only a handful on the Philips. Kind of a shame, but in the end, the picture still is great. Only other con is the remote control is not a universal remote (it'll only control Philips' TVs, no other brand).
* You can get latest firmware here: [....]along with directions on how to install it. This newer firmware works so much better, and includes options left out of the original firmware such as a "GO TO" when watching an AVI/MPEG file (as opposed to a normal DVD disc), easier-to-read text, optional dvd player volume from the remote, and also subtitle color and positioning options when viewing subtitles (made by a fellow owner who wanted to improve the machine. Works great, I have it installed in mine).
* Another listing for the exact same player on Amazon is here. You can check this listing out for the reviews (there's about 88 of them currently, as opposed to 17 here): http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP5990-1080p-Upscaling-Player/dp/B00158OJ9O/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top It's the same player, but just sold through Amazon partners instead of Amazon.
* When I bought this from Amazon (direct from Amazon) it was basically list price. But it was worth it. I have since picked up a 2nd unit (second-hand, but in great shape). I've gone through a lot of DVD players before. I don't know how long it will last (though I've been using it mostly with the USB) but personally I've never seen better pictures than from machines that use the Mediatek chipsets (my LG which used another chipset maker's chips always has a washed out picture, as have other players I've used that don't use a Mediatek chipset). It's such a great picture, with nice ease of use now with the USB port. I know things are shifting Bluray and such, but I still bought two of these because they're so good. Again, the only con is a lack of complete setting options... using the independent firmware gives you a few more. One can look at the sparse number of user-settings and say it's bad because you can't set every little tiny thing, and someone else can say it's good because it makes for much less clutter. Make no mistake, you CAN set certain settings, but not to the extent that's available on the chipset if Philips would've let you (again, which is why the independent firmware helps by adding more options and settings, even size/color/where-on-screen the subtitles should appear, etc).
So the nutshell is, this has been out a while now yet it's still in demand, which is why Amazon can get away with asking the list price for it (it still sells heavily) -- but there's a reason for that. I generally haven't liked Philips/Magnavox players in the past, but this one is a different baby. Definitely worth it. Buy 'em while you can (but don't buy them all. I might get a 3rd one in time just to stock up).
EDIT: I've used it nonstop for a couple months now, and am totally happy with it.
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