Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player Philips DVP5982 1080p Upscaling DVD Player Bring your audio and video to life with an excellent HDMI DVD player for your TV. When you use an HDMI port for connectivity with your 1080p capable TV. this Philips DV5982 DVD Player will upconvert an ordinary DVD to appear as if it were native to 1080p. This extremely compact player plays a wide variety of DVD discs as well as DiVX discs. It can also double as a CD player and will even play CD-R discs that have encoded MP3 files. So when you add this component to your home-theater system, it delivers outstanding, versatile audio and video performance. Then there’s more! Somewhat unique to DVD players is the inclusion of a USB port at the front of the unit. If you use a USB-equipped media card reader or a USB Flash pocket drive, you can export images from your digital camera or card-based camcorder directly to your player for throughput to your TV. Widescreen ready, this player is an ideal companion for your new widescreen HDTV in your home. DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos Plays CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW (Region 1) Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos DivX Certified for standard playback Signal to noise ratio – 90 Distortion and Noise (1kHz) – 65 dB Crosstalk (1kHz) – 70 dB Dynamic Range (1kHz) – 80 dB Frequency response – 30-20000 Hz Playback Media – CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video Compression formats – MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra Playback Media – CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD & Audio CD Compression format – Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM & WMA MP3 bit rates – 32 – 320 kbps Playback Media – DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/RW, Picture CD, Kodak Picture CD Picture compression format – JPEG, TIFF Rear Connectivity – Analog audio Left/Right out, Composite video (CVBS) output, HDMI output, Digital coaxial out, Component Video out Progressive Di
Customer Review: Philips Short Lived DVD
We have had this DVD player for about 6 months. It no longer turns on or functions in any way. We consider this an unreliable piece of hardware and at this time I strongly recommend against anyone else buying it.


The video cassette recorder used to rule the world of playing movies. Now, the DVD player is the king. We haven t sold a basic VCR in two years, says John Schlenner, vice president of marketing and merchandising at Bernie s.

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