Philips DVP3140

Pros: compact, reads backed up DVDs

Cons: lighting command broken

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this player to someone looking for an affordable basic player.

Review: I bought this dvd player because I was told it would play my backed up copies of my dvd collection without problems. Aside from one DVD, it has read them all so far and the quality of the picture appears excellent. I can't comment on the lifespan of the ...

Pros: Low price, solid core performance, DivX playback, PAL on NTSC TV, region-free hack, progressive scan

Cons: No very easy to use, no S-Video out

The Bottom Line: If you need to play PAL discs on an NTSC TV, play computer files and DivX, MP3 and WMA, the DVP3140 is a...

Review: My mother had a Panasonic RV31 DVD player and, although it was one of the older models, which were heavy an seemingly built well, it, just as one of my Panasonics, died recently with a dreaded H02 error (motor failure). Since it worked for about 6 ...

Pros: Small, unobtrusive, good video and sound

Cons: small remote keys, limited controls on unit itself. Bit flimsy CD tray.

The Bottom Line: Buy it while you can. The price is way down now and the features are way up.

Review: Great cheap DIV X ,all region , any disk type player. Good audio outs for use as a cd player , or for MP3/WMA on a DVD, etc. I bought it as a back up to play DivX videos, now it is also my primary CD music player since it has no problem with any ...

Pros: Does exactly what it says on the box

Cons: Erm, it's flimsy?

Review: My main reason for buying this machine is that it can easily be modified via the handset to be made multi-region. i don't use any fancy connections (HDMI) or have it hooked up to a 99.1 surround sound system. Straight forward connection to a non-LCD ...

Pros: Plays almost anything. Slim, Affordable.

Cons: Slow boot time (turning on or ejecting). No hdmi, no optical/toslink connection.

Review: I've recommended and bought this for a number of people simply for the fact that it plays AVI files. That in itself is worth the cheap price tag. Any and most movies that are in this format or backed up (from my own collection ;) plays on this player. ...

Pros: Machine looks good, sleek design.

Cons: Very defective products, extremely poor customer service.

The Bottom Line: I am very frustrated with this product. I would not consider another Philips purchase.

Review: I got a Philips 3140 DVD player about 18 months ago. At first, it worked fine. We only used it on commercially produced DVD movies, but had no complaints. Then we got busy and didn't use the DVD player for about 6 months. From there on out, whenever I ...

Pros: none

Cons: takes forever to load

Review: And it's done... well, I can't figure out if it's dead or not. It played one disc but 1 day later would not play another disk (which would play in another player). Figures, 2 months after warranty expires. It's been making more noise than usual so I'm ...