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Philips DVP5100/05 Multi Region Capable DivX DVD Player

Philips DVP5100/05 Multi Region Capable DivX DVD Player
From Philips

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Product Description

Slot loading mechanism. Progressive scan. RGB on Scart. 12 bit/108mHz DAC for sharp & natural colours. 192kHz/24bit audio DAC. Plays: DVD DVDR/RW CD MP3-CD CD-R/RW WMA SVCD MPEG-4 & DixX.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #43219 in Consumer Electronics
  • Brand: Philips
  • Model: DVP5100/05
  • Released on: 2005-04-05
  • Dimensions: 7.32 pounds

Editorial Reviews

Home Cinema October
In the world of low cost MPEG4 copatible players, this model has much to recommend it' - 4 Stars,

Manufacturer's Description
Slot loading mechanism. Progressive scan. RGB on Scart. 12 bit/108mHz DAC for sharp & natural colours. 192kHz/24bit audio DAC. Plays: DVD DVDR/RW CD MP3-CD CD-R/RW WMA SVCD MPEG-4 & DixX.

Box Contents

  • Philips DVP5100/05 Multi Region Capable DivX DVD Player
  • 2 x AA Batteries
  • Remote Control
  • User Manual
  • Warranty Card

    • Customer Reviews

    Multi region?5
    This drive may be 'multi region capable' but as delivered it is a region 2 device.

    To save everyone Googling for the hack, here it is. Press:
    Eject
    System menu
    Go to Preferences
    Press 135566
    Press Down on the Region code menu to display 0
    System menu
    Standby

    Its (99.9%) the daddy.5
    Does exactly as it says, plus in case your wondering it also plays XVid (Popular DivX alternative) and DivX6 (only the video, not the interactive menus/subtitles etc).

    The only things you could say were possible downsides are the loading mechanism, which isn't as bad as it sounds and the lack of an optical digital out might put some people off.

    The player itself is nice & slim, but the same width as most other dvd players, the menus are simple enough to use.

    I did have some problems with DixX/XVid play back being jittery, skipping frames, but discovered this was a problem with "Packed BitStreams", a quick search of the internet will give you many tools that can correct this before you burn your files to disc.

    Well worth the money.

    I take that back5
    I recently entered a review that stated that this product was NOT multi-region capable as stated..

    I was very wrong - it is multiregion capable - Look up.. at the top of this listing there is a little line of text that tells you the "secret" behind enabling the multi-region capability. I didn't see that before, and when customer service didn't tell me about it, I was ready to send this product back.

    When I took a screen shot of this page to send to customer services with my return - I just happened to spot the small print :-) -

    At any rate, once you use the instructions included in amazon's "how to make this product multi-regional" tutorial, it works a treat.

    As such, I can now totally recommend this product to anybody who want's to play nearly ANYTHING on their dvd player.