Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player

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(1041 customer reviews)

Product Features

PAL-to-NTSC format conversion--great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs
Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files
Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D)
Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on HD-ready TVs; SmartPicture and 4x video upsampling enhance all outputs
Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals

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Customer Reviews

Owned Two: Both Died
3 months after purchasing this Phillips DVD player it started acting funny. It would be temperamental about which discs it would play despite all of them being authentic USA DVD's purchased from Borders or wherever. More >>
Gingersnap

great dvd player.
I bought this dvd player back in 2003 as a suggestion from a friend. it plays .avi and .divx files i burn onto a dvd. More >>
Adam P. Lueb

Over hyped , multi format over rated
I recall buying this one for the fact it supported just about every coded and was firmware upgradable...
Big deal never ended up sticking anything but a DVD and VCD in the thing... More >>
cyber kid

Stopped working after a few years, like in other reviews
I had this player for about three years and it worked great, playing all different types of discs, different regions, avi files etc. More >>
jimjones

Phillips DVD Player
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William D. Schwartz

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