Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: BDP3000/05
• Released on: 2009-05-27
• Dimensions: 2.28" h x 17.13" w x 12.13" l, 9.26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Experience the world of Blu-ray Enjoy the thrill of full high definition videos with five times more details than you have ever seen before. Get the most out of your existing DVDs with HDMI 1080p upscaling. Go beyond the movies and explore bonus features online with BD-Live

Blu-ray Disc playback Blu-ray Discs have the capacity to carry high definition data, along with pictures in the 1920 x 1080 resolution that defines full high definition images. Scenes come to life as details leap at you, movements smoothen and images turn crystal clear. Blu-ray also delivers uncompressed surround sound — so your audio experience becomes unbelievably real. The high storage capacity of Blu-ray Discs also allows a host of interactive possibilities to be built in. Seamless navigation during playback and other exciting features such as pop-up menus bring a whole new dimension to home entertainment. DVD video upscaling HDMI 1080p upscaling delivers images that are crystal clear. DVD movies in standard definition can now be enjoyed in high definition resolution - ensuring more details and more true-to-life pictures. Progressive Scan (represented by "p" in "1080p') eliminates the line structure prevalent on TV screens, again ensuring relentlessly sharp images. To top it off, HDMI makes a direct digital connection that can carry uncompressed digital HD video as well as digital multi-channel audio, without conversions to analogue - delivering perfect picture and sound quality, completely free from noise. 1080p at 24 fps Bring a true cinema experience into your living room, with 24 frames-per-second video. Original films are all recorded at this frame rate, providing an ambience and image texture that is so unique. Philips Blu-ray Disc players are equipped to bring you 24fps directly from Blu-ray Discs — giving you sensational cinema-like high definition images that will astound you. EasyLink EasyLink lets you control multiple devices with one remote. It uses HDMI CEC industry-standard protocol to share functionality between devices through the HDMI cable. With one touch of a button, you can operate all your connected HDMI CEC-enabled equipment simultaneously. Functions like standby and play can now be carried out with absolute ease Dolby TrueHD for high fidelity 7.1 surround sound Dolby TrueHD delivers 7.1 channels of the finest sound from your Blu-ray Discs. Audio reproduced is virtually indistinguishable from the studio master, so you hear what the creators intended for you to hear. Dolby TrueHD completes your high definition entertainment experience. DivX® Ultra for enhanced playback of DivX® media files DivX® Ultra merges DivX® playback with great features like integrated subtitles, multiple audio languages, multiple tracks and menus into one convenient file format.

BD-Live (Profile 2.0) BD-Live opens up your world of high definition even further. Receive up-to-date content just by connecting your Blu-ray Disc player to the Internet. Exciting new things like exclusive downloadable content, live events, live chats, gaming and on-line shopping all await you. Ride the high definition wave with Blu-ray Disc playback and BD-Live. BD Live enables to access content from movie studio servers via the Disc's BD-J Title and internet-connected Blu-ray player. BD-Live allow to download a variety of up-to-date content (e.g. refreshed previews and exclusive special features), and can also enable an exciting state of the next generation possibilities, such as ringtone/wallpaper downloads, peer to peer interactions, live events and gaming activities. In order to enjoy BD-live functionality on the Blu-ray player, the Blu-ray disc being playback must support BD-live feature. Enjoy all your movies and music from CDs and DVDs

Box Contains
1 x Philips BDP3000/05 Blu-ray Disc Player
1 x Audio Cable
1 x Quick start guide
1 x IFU/User Manual
1 x Product Registration Card
2 x AA Batteries
1 x Remote Control
1 x User Manual: English

Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT BLURAY PLAYER
Ordering and speed of delivery were A1 - as has been everything else purchsed from Amazon.
Anyone wanting an excellent Bluray player should look no further than this Philips model. The picture quality and sound are up there with the best and, a great added advantage, is this player`s ability to play just about any type of disc thrown at it, including VCD SVCD! Additionally it is very easy to hack enabling it to play any regions DVD - note it is not possible to hack the Bluray side at present, so only Region 2 Bluray discs are playable.
Anyone interested in hacking the DVD side proceed as follows...........
1. Make sure there is no disc in the tray when you switch on.
2. Press "home" key on remote control.
3. Enter number "1389310".
4. Switch off. Wait a few seconds and then switch on...now region free.

Congratulations to Philips on producing such a great player at this price.

Good player at a very good price
This is quite a chunky piece of equipment. I see many reviewers find the appearance attractive, but compared with the current slimline Panasonic and Sony blu-ray players, I wasn't too impressed initially, the Philips being much higher and its curved corners looking a bit dated to my eyes. The remote again looks a bit, well, dated, to me. However it works fine, although I think the main play/stop/pause buttons should have been bigger.

But it's the quality of the pictures and sound that really matter, and this player surprised me. Blu-ray discs load more quickly, than, say, on some Panasonics. The picture quality is fine, and I have had no problem with any discs (although I only have six blu-ray discs so far). In my view blu-ray is still in its relative infancy anyway; not all discs are transferred as well as they should be. And to really appreciate the finer detail you need a large TV screen. My Sony is 32", so all my comments are based on that. The one blu-ray disc that I think really demonstrates the quality possible is 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] [1968], which looked wonderful played on the Philips BDP3000.

But, let's face it, most of us have quite a collection of DVDs which we're not going to throw away, nor replace very quickly, and it is crucial that any player gives good quality when playing these. Again the Philips comes out very well indeed. It has upscaling (inserting extra lines to give a sharper, more detailed picture) in common with many players now, and it made a very good job of upscaling my best DVDs. In fact not that inferior to some blu-ray discs, which is another reason I won't be rushing down that path yet. I found this a fine DVD player, as good as anything I've previously owned, and the best upscaled DVD discs (Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia - Two Disc Set [DVD] [1962]- an incredible bargain- was truly impressive) really excellent.

You can zoom in up to 4X playing DVDs (Blu-ray discs don't allow you to zoom in at all on any player), although you do have to go through a menu to get there. But it works well; useful if there is some detail you want to examine. There is a large on-screen display to show you the status (e.g. paused, zoomed, what chapter number/ number remaining) which is far superior to the little fiddly displays on many players. I can't comment much on the sound as it's just playing back through my TV, not through a sound system, but I found nothing to complain about. Again, I'm not interested in the internet possibilities so cannot comment on that either.

The player comes with remote, batteries, phono leads (no HDMI lead which you must have to get the best quality), mains lead and a surprisingly understandable manual. My last experience of a Philips manual was for a DVD recorder, and it was incredibly long, and quite incomprehensible.

I really like this Blu-ray/DVD player (despite first appearances), and have been using it a great deal. This is a genuine bargain item and I thoroughly recommend it.

Great machine at a great price!
After being stung by buying a Samsung BD1500, which I took back several times and ended up getting a refund as it had dangerous overheating issues and didnt impress me with the picture at all, Ive bided my time before entering into Blu Ray again. Ive never had a problem with any Phillips products and this low price convinced me to try again. I was not let down, picture quality is awesome and loading times arent too bad either, the upscaler did a slighty better job than my Phillips DVD player which is impressive as that upscales extremely well. A solid product thats easy to use and has an impressive picture. This is the perfect player for anyone who wants to enter the world of Blu Ray without having to pay the earth.

Also the region hack for DVD's in the other review on this page worked a treat!