Customer Reviews:
 my favorite dvd player August 12, 2008
This is a solid and impressive dvd player. I bought mine about three years ago, it was the best deal at the time, and with a code I punched into the remote I made my unit region free. It's played everything I've thrown at it. It's sleek and attractive, runs well and I really have no complains about it. I give it two thumbs up.
 Very good DVD player July 27, 2008
Have been using it for more than 2 yrs. Never had any problems. Plays even messed up DVDs.
 I avoid Philips if possible July 9, 2008
I owned 2 Philips personal mp3 CD players. Both broke within the first year. I also owned 2 Philips 642 DVD players, which I only purchased for the DivX capibility. I knew I was asking for trouble.... and I got it. Both broke shortly after the warranty expired. I no longer buy Philips.
I also avoid Thompson-RCA. I owned one of their VHS/DVR desktop units. It died after 9 months. I paid $20 in shipping to get it replaced under warranty and, even though it was a newer model, it died after 4 months. The warranty on it was only for the time remaining on the original model, which had expired when the 2nd unit died.
It's a shame companies are allowed to produce product that croak at the same time the warranty expires. Remember the old stereos, etc that lasted 15 years? And they used to routinely supply replacement parts for appliances for at least 7 years. Ahhhh... no one can say the old days were all bad. In my opinon computer electronics has destroyed the country... and I work in that field!
 Has trouble reading disks. July 7, 2008
I don't know if we got a lemon or what, but our player doesn't live up to other reviews. While most features work as advertised, we have problems just getting a DVD to play correctly.
Just recently, we missed over ten minutes of a movie just trying to fast forward through spots where the DVD player freezes up. When it can't read a disk, it often becomes unresponsive to all commands and we physically have to walk up to the player and yank the power cord in order to restart it. This skipping problem happens with at least half of all DVDs making movie watching a chore rather than a hobby. All in all, the particular unit we have is a piece of crap and we will be replacing it before watching any more DVDs.
We did buy it at Fred Meyer and not Amazon so maybe that's why we're having trouble.
Phillips breaks immediately June 20, 2008
I bought a Phillips DVD player and it broke immediately (the small disc that holds the DVD fell off). When I returned it, at my own cost for postage for the entire unit--speakers included, this was their condition--they sent me another one that was broken with a bogus serial number. Then they told me the second one was out of warranty when I asked for a replacement. Their products break easily and their customer service isn't helpful.
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