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Philips DVP642 DVD Player

 
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  • DVD Type: 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
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

The Ultimate Player: You've Got it? It Plays It!

Date of Review:  Jun 24, 2005
The Bottom Line: The big draw of this player is the DivX playback feature but everything else included with this unit makes it worth having at least one in your entertainment center.
Review: Let me just start out by saying: I love Philips brand products. A good majority of the electronics products I own are Philips made. Not once have I ever had any sort of problem with any of their products. I, of course, also say this about Magnavox...
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  4.0

by: tgorham82
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Ample playback features, compact size,...
Cons
Slow Title transitions, heat, few...
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

"Loading"... (wait, wait) "No disk"

Date of Review:  Apr 10, 2006
Review: I just bought the Philips DVP642 player and I must say that I was thrilled when it played a DVD from Europe (my old DVD player didn't read that DVD format) anyways... I popped in a movie (regular) and it said: "Loading (took forever to read it) then...
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  1.0

by: lovemygolden
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Fantastic unit!

Date of Review:  Jun 27, 2006
Review: This plays virtually everything. I've owned it for a year and it's the most tolerant DVD player I've ever seen. On top of that, it's cheap! (price) I say virtually everything because there are a few Xvid files it has choked on. The ability to...
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  5.0

by: meshman
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
True multi-format; plays 95% of...
Cons
Navigating the menus is rough and...
 
22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

A Pirate's Dream - But So-So for the rest of us

Date of Review:  Oct 19, 2005
The Bottom Line: Not a particularly notable DVD player if it weren't for the unique ability to play computer files, buy only if you desire that functionality.
Review: UPDATE! - Unit since returned due to A/V sync issue

How is this player unique?

In a world where DVD players are a dime-a-dozen manufacturers are endlessly creating features to attempt to set their players apart. Recorders are...
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  3.0

by: americanbear
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Plays computer files, has custom video...
Cons
A/V sync issues, usability and...
 
47 out of 47 people found this review helpful.

Philips DVP642 DVD Player - Plays PAL and DivX, But Otherwise Flawed

Date of Review:  Feb 17, 2006
The Bottom Line: If you need to play PAL discs on an NTSC TV, play computer files and DivX, the DVP642 is a good choice. If you want an inexpensive DVD player that...
Review: After one of my DVD players (a Panasonic DVD player) died with a dreaded HO2 error, I managed to temporarily revive it by opening the case and manually spinning the disc once. It had worked for a week after that, but all reports online pointed to...
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  3.0

by: dkozin
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Price, connectivity options, features,...
Cons
Horrible remote, cheap LCD display,...
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Philips DVP642 Progressive Scan Turns Off?

Date of Review:  Apr 16, 2005
Review: 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...
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  4.0

by: hightechguy
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
plays almost anything
Cons
Progressive option seems to reset...
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

A lot of features for the price

Date of Review:  Apr 26, 2006
Review: I bought this player a few months ago and for the most part I'm happy with it. However, I have found a problem with this player. Sometimes after pressing play to resume a paused video (burned to DVD-RWs) the player shuts itself off instead. This...
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  0.0

by: bodrey

Pros
Plays most video formats Knows how to...
Cons
Player sometimes shuts off while...
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

A good product for the price

Date of Review:  Aug 9, 2004
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this unit for all but the upper end users. Good for average people with modest home entertainment systems.
Review: This is the second Philips DVD player I have owned, and I have been pleased with both players. I have previously owned an APEX and a Toshiba. It has played everything I have put in it including DIVX, VCD, SVCD, DVD- R, DVD RW. I like the feature...
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  5.0

by: heinrke
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Plays all formats, easy setup, good...
Cons
Some DVD's default to subtitles, disk...
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Very versatile, great price

Date of Review:  Dec 14, 2004
Review: This is an impressive DVD player. Not only does it just play DVDs, but it supports a wide variety of other formats, including VCD, SVCD, DivX and MPEG files, MP3 files, and as a bonus, it can convert PAL-formatted videos to NTSC and also has...
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  5.0

by: nightfox
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Plays many different formats, PAL->NTSC...
Cons
No eject button on remote; still not...
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

GREAT value. Plays great.

Date of Review:  Jan 13, 2005
The Bottom Line: The unique DIVX playback function in a 99CAD box with a DVD player makes this a great buy for anyone looking to play those downloaded videos with no hassle.
Review: Was tired of converting files for making VCDs and DVDs and just wanted to play DIVX and XVID that were burned on my archive DVDs.

How it works is any files you want to play are burned onto a standard CD or DVD, just as you would burn a...
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  4.0

by: artificialard
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
-Plays all XVID and DivX files I had...
Cons
-Remote awkward -The on-screen...
 

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