For the price, it has to be considered a must! (Philips DVP5960)

Member Name: mynameisrui

Product:	Philips DVP5960
Date:	27/04/08 (89 review reads)
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Advantages: looks good, plays everything, cheap

Disadvantages: remote can be better

I have had this DVD player for about a year now and, overall, I have to say that I am very pleased with it.

Firstly with regards to its looks, it looks good! It is a silver unit with a black front and a red standby button on the bottom left of the player. The buttons on the front are very basic: it only has 5 button, a USB port and the tray. On the back, you get the usual connections that are expected including, obviously, an HDMI port. The actual player itself is quite wide but very thin (probably thin enough to fit through a letter box)

With regards to the actual player, the main reason I bought it was for its playback capabilities. It plays everything! As far as I've found, there is nothing that it has had trouble with and there are no issues with colours or syncing problems. I mainly play divx's and these work a treat.

The DVD player also upscales with is supposed to be quite a good feature. Personally, I cannot tell the difference between it being upscaled or not but I may just be blind as other people have noticed a difference with it. The player upscales until 1080i so it is not "true" high def.

There are plenty of settings to play around with including sound settings (including sound mode where you can chose the type of sound received like living room, church or arena, as well as night mode), to TV display, picture setting, sleep timer, language settings and sync settings.

The one thing that I do not like about the player is the remote control that comes with it. To be honest it is not overly user friendly. Don't get me wrong, its still fine to use but it could be made better. The main problem with it is the button are very thin and wide which just does not work! Their layout seems fine though, with each button in its logical place.

One problem I have found is that when I am fast forwarding through a divx and play at any point, the dvd player seems to lock up for a second and nothing happens. The image freezes for no more than about 10-15 seconds and when it starts the picture plays but there is no sound. This is resolved by pausing and playing again. Its not a major deal but its still frustrating.

Overall this dvd player is well worth it. The price is very low and it does what it does very well.

Summary: Go out and buy it!

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