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Philips DVP642 DVD Player

Philips DVP642 DVD Player

  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Progressive Scan: With Progressive Scan
  • Playable Disk Types: DVD Video VCD SVCD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW Picture CD
  • Playable File Formats: MPEG2 MPEG4 DivX MP3 JPEG
  • DVD Type: DVD Player
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5

Worked for a year then died.

bygsh999 Jan 7, 2006
5 Helpfuls 6 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Inexpensive. Plays DIVX & PAL as advertised.
Cons Short serviceable lifespan. Remote is
Recommended it? No

The DVP-642 played well for a year of occasional use. It performed as advertised with DIVX and PAL but the unit had a short lifespan. It died, with only a blinking power light and a dvd that would not eject. This problem has been noted in other reviews.

I would suggest not stacking it... Read full review »

2

Philips DVP642 Progressive Scan Turns Off?

byhightechguy Apr 16, 2005
5 Helpfuls 6 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros plays almost anything
Cons Progressive option seems to reset internally after unit is powered off.
Recommended it? Yes

I have had the DVP642 for a couple of days now. I have been actively comparing it to my older Panasonic RP62 player. However, I noticed a problem when analyzing some of the images (its most apparent on the credit screen when the credits are scrolling up fast). I have set up the 642 dvd player to... Read full review »

4

Plays Divx/mpg/avi as advertised - Genius!

bypipeline2112 Feb 23, 2005
5 Helpfuls 6 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros it plays anything on everything. Doesn't cost a mortgage. I love it.
Cons FF/RR remote
Recommended it? Yes

The day came when my Pioneer DV414 player would no longer power-up (my main suspects are a juice-box and my 2 year-old son...) Anyway, I was in the market for a new DVD player for the home-theater.

I had purchased an Apex player for my brother-in-law last Christmas, so I was familiar with... Read full review »

14

Audio/Video sync issues

byfewtch Jan 14, 2005
5 Helpfuls 6 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Plays many formats. Pretty solidly built, remote is better than reviews would make you...
Cons Plays many non-DVD movies poorly, won't always fast forward or rewind.
Recommended it? No

After reading all the other reviews, I was very interested in getting this player. Unfortunately, I find myself disappointed by the fact that (A) audio and video go out of sync with non-DVD movies all too often, and (B) Too often you can't rewind or fast-forward non-DVD movies. In my opinion these... Read full review »

32

great !!!

byadam_g Nov 1, 2006
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros looks great, works great
Cons none that i have found
Recommended it? Yes

plays everything i throw at it....cant be beat for the money, very small and sleek and it will play your divx movies too! Read full review »

1

MAJOR RELIABILITY PROBLEMS

byemmett39 Oct 16, 2006
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Absolutely none.
Cons Serious reliability / performance problem.
Recommended it? No

I purchased a Philips DVP642/37 DVD player and returned it under warranty due to video locking up problems. The unit was replaced with another DVP642/37 with the serial number blanked out and this unit also has video locking problems.

Since the serial number of the returned unit was... Read full review »

1

Great Machine with One Fatal Flaw

bycurtis3 Mar 2, 2006
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Plays everything
Cons Overheats and needs repair each year
Recommended it? Yes

This machine plays anything I put in it beautifully. BUT it does have a tendencey to blow a key capacitator, which is the cause of the "blinking power light" problem you may have read about wherein the machine stops responding and only blinks its little red light at you in mockery.

I... Read full review »

2

Outstanding value

byjoat_ca Jan 21, 2006
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Formats, region-hack, slim size, price
Cons Noisy transport, navigation screen filenames, occasional AVI sound drift
Recommended it? Yes

I liked my first one so much that I bought a second.

This is a great player for non-home theatre applications. Sound and video quality is acceptable, but not nearly good enough to compete with, say, a good CD player. For the price, though, it is outstanding.

It plays AVI files,... Read full review »

7

Doesn't Last Long

bygwalsh2 Jan 7, 2006
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Plays many different formats.
Cons Poorly made, doesn't last.
Recommended it? No

Mine stopped working after about 9 months, and I didn't use it all that much. The labor charge to repair it would be as much as a new player. This seems to be a frequent problem from what I have been reading about it. Read full review »

1

Horrible Machine

bysmitaaro Dec 27, 2005
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Nice concept.
Cons Doesn't Work
Recommended it? No

As soon as I took this machine out of the package and connected it I have had problems. It plays nothing but cds and mp3 discs. It does not play any dvds at all, not even run of the mill dvds rented at Blockbuster. All I get after a long time of disc reading is "no disc". You get what you pay for... Read full review »

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