Philips DVP5990/F7 turned out ot be...

[toshik]

Just got Philips DVP5990/F7 from a local Walmart, date of delivery: 02/20/09.
Looks the same as DVP5990/37, would it take the same firmware?
Even though it's listed, there are no fimware updates for this model on the official Philips site.
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It turned out to be exactly the same as DVP5990/37 - took the same region hack and firmware

[philips599037]

It turned out to be exactly the same as DVP5990/37 - took the same region hack and firmware

I bet you were more than a little nervous though when upgrading. At least you could have just returned the F7 for a new one if you bricked it.

Just curious, did you have to change the .bin file name to DVP5990_F7 for it to be recognized?

[toshik]

Just curious, did you have to change the .bin file name to DVP5990_F7 for it to be recognized?

No, it took it as it was.

[twister6]

how much was it in Walmart? I didn't see it being listed on their website. All the local Best Buys have it on back order, /37 that is.

... and I assume you did firmware upgrade and everything is working as expected?

[toshik]

how much was it in Walmart? I didn't see it being listed on their website. All the local Best Buys have it on back order, /37 that is.

... and I assume you did firmware upgrade and everything is working as expected?

Yes it does work all the way.
It's not listed on the web, I think it's from 57 to 59 dollars.

[cal_tony]

What is the /F7? I just bought one from Walmart last week for $57. It was from new stock they just received
and it was a /37.

I used to plug a hard disk into the USB port on my PS3 to play movies. Never again.

The DVP 5990 just does such a better job.

Tony

[handyguy]

Manf's site:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/cons...USB+DVP5990-F7

[philips599037]

Manf's site:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/cons...USB+DVP5990-F7

The picture for the DVP5990/F7 is a DVP3982/37 which makes no sense at all. I wonder what the difference is between the 5990/37 and the F7.

[cal_tony]

From the picture it seems that the buttons are different. The buttons for the 5990/F7 seem to be the same as my 5960. The 5960 has a separate button for upscaling. The 5990/37 does not. It does it automatically and it sometimes misses the mark and you have to go back into the setup screen to reset it.

Tony

[philips599037]

From the picture it seems that the buttons are different. The buttons for the 5990/F7 seem to be the same as my 5960. The 5960 has a separate button for upscaling. The 5990/37 does not. It does it automatically and it sometimes misses the mark and you have to go back into the setup screen to reset it.

Tony

Where are you finding a picture of it?

[twister6]

Thanks for Walmart pointer Called the local store and they have plenty it instock, although the guy on the phone wasn't sure if its /37 or/F7 which sounds like the same thing anyway. Off to buying it

[cal_tony]

From the picture it seems that the buttons are different. The buttons for the 5990/F7 seem to be the same as my 5960. The 5960 has a separate button for upscaling. The 5990/37 does not. It does it automatically and it sometimes misses the mark and you have to go back into the setup screen to reset it.

Tony

Where are you finding a picture of it?

I may have not understood your previous post but I just clicked on the Philips site you listed and looked at the picture
that was shown. That picture looked like my 5960 and not my 5990/37
So that what I was referring to.

Tony

[twister6]

Walmart doesn't have it listed on their website, but they do sell it in the store. Display model says 5990/37, while the box has a barcode label with 5990/F7. Just bought it (they only had 2 left in my local Jersey store, $57), opened it up at home, and the DVD player says 5990/37. Weird... Either way, enjoying my movies now from USB stick, yeah!!!!!!!!

[esmithcatch22]

Hi all, i have a question, as im new to some of this stuff. I just bought a dvp5990, and i hooked up my external harddrive to it to see if i could listen to music or watch a movie that is on it, but when the files come up on the screen, i click on a certain folder, and when i go into, say "My Music" it doesnt show any of my music or anything. just a folder option that when i click on it, it brings me to the previous page. is my music and movies in a wrong format? how can i tell? i really would like to be able to use it! any help would appreciate! thanks!

[jagabo]

External hard drive needs to be FAT32 format, not NTFS.

By the way, buy.com has 5990/5992 refurbs for US$35 with free shipping.

[esmithcatch22]

hey, i have another question...sorry so many, im just new to all this, and am curious. i downloaded a few comedy central stand up comedians off of amazon unbox, and i go to play them thru the usb drive but it says audio codec not supported. is that bc it is a protected file? is there any way i can bypass that and still play it?

[esmithcatch22]

oh and my external is indeed FAT32, i checked. im wondering if it is because i have so many files on my external that it is exceeding the "file and folder limits" i mean i have over 10,000 songs and lots of pictures. maybe thats why? if it is, is there any way i can get by that? or make the "limit" larger? appreciate the help!

[jagabo]

I'm not sure about the file and folder limts. There are a few other threads here about the 5990 and 5992. You might look through them. There is also a thread about a modified version of the firmware which has many improvements. One of the biggest is much longer file names from disc and USB.