Anybody Have a Summary of the Current Philips DivX DVD Players?

[spragujl]

I'm looking to buy an inexpensive stand-alone DivX DVD player in the USA - and Philips looks to have nice solutions. But there are so many models! I went to Amazon and found DVP642, DVP 3960 / 3140 / 3050, DVP 5982 / 5960 / 5900 / 5140 all available now. I searched through this forum so see if anybody has done a recent simple comparison - but nothing. Can anybody give a good summary of the different models - which ones are new and old, which chip sets, good & bad features, and best buys - as of March 2007?

[mats.hogberg]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=philips&Submit=Search&Search=Search&dv...e&hits=50#next
You'll have to do the comparision yourself.

/Mats

[gonwk]

Hi Sprag,

I would NOT buy a Philips!!!

I have DVP5960/37 and have not been able to play AVI's with packed bitstream ...

I have called and called Philips support and they are IDIOTS ... either they have "No Clue" what I am saying or simply Don't give a "Hoot".

Also, Philips of Firmware support Stinks Major ...

Look for something else and pay few dollars more ... if you don't want to have a miserable life dealing with this crappy player.

G!

[jagabo]

Philips 5960 with hacked firmware supports packed bitstream and long filenames on DVD.

http://www.phunkyfish.com/article/4/philips-dvp-596012
https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1613492

The 642 is really outdated.

[gonwk]

Hi Sprag,

You might want to look for other discussion points ... for example see below before making up your mind on 5960/37 or 5960/12 ...

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1684592#1684592

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1684599#1684599


G!