Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support

This player is the best seems to play everything, and last long i got another for my mother in law who seemed to be buying DVD players every 2 months, she had this one for a year now and still playing great.

I received this one as a gift. When you try to open the tray, it opens and closes very quickly. You have to grab the tray and hold it to remove/insert a DVD/CD. It lasted about 2 years, then it only made a noise when I pushed the eject button. Time for a new DVD player. The picture and sound were fine, but this one never worked right, and didn't last very long.

I've had mine for over a year now. While I don't watch a lot of DVD's or DIVX I have had no problems so far. The DIVX player works very well, but the search/fast forward feature while doing so is not the greatest.
For the money I am very pleased with both it's performance, features and video/sound quality.

I've had this dvd player about 16 months now. I was very impressed with the picture quality and ease of use when it worked, but now it randomly opens, stops and plays on its own. I can't watch movies on it anymore since it opens by itself every 30 seconds or so. A real disappointment!

This DVD player was working fine for several months and now doesn't work. It will play for 10 minutes, then will freeze no matter what DVD or CD is played. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT!!

Not unlike the other reviewer said, mine stopped dead after six months. This is an absolute piece of junk. Should have known by the pricing. Don't waste your time or money on any Philips products. They are a complete rip-off. I have a twelve year old Toshiba - one of the first DVD players made - and it is still going strong.

Spent a little more to get what I *thought* was decent quality from Philips, but it failed after 5 months (2 months out of warranty). An e-mail to the company yielded repair/replacement options that cost more than buying a new player. It suddenly started giving "NO DISC" readings upon inserting a disc. Tried resetting it and shaking it :) to no avail.

Apart from the failure, the remote control and buttons are very small (and you have to be pointing right at it), and there are few buttons on the unit itself, making it difficult to do anything without the remote handy.

Look elsewhere and spend a few more $$ to get a reliable player! Read a lot of good reviews (and very few "dead after 6 months" reviews) for:

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DVP-NS710H-1080p-Upscaling-Player/dp/B001URY8CI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I literally do ALL shopping online ONLY,& Amazon the most, for 2 years now. Have extreme spinal cord Injury & spine & wrist/hand conditions which makes typing reviews nearly impossible(there are sooo.. many items i haven't gotten 2 yet). So, having said that, it really says something when I do submit one & THIS SELLER IS WORTH IT!!! I ordered this by mistake(thought in saved cart section, but wasn't). The seller went WAY out of his way to help me. Incredible customer care & HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support

The dvd play er has several flaws that make it not so usable for many users - including that it doesn't remember where you left off when it turns off, doesn't turn on when any button is pushed (you must press the Power button instead of just pressing Open), it turns off after the DVD player is left alone for about 15 mins - then has to start the movie over, somewhat poor remote receptivity.

However for an AVI/download fan this DVD player was great because it made all my DVDs with movies all the more valuable. A more ideal setup might be a DVD player with a USB hookup attached to a 500GB hard drive that stores all your movies... :)

We had an older Sony DVD player and it wasn't playing movies right. They kept freezing or not playing at all. We did a little research and found this wonderful player. It plays virtually all formats, and we haven't experienced any issues with playback. We would definitely recommend this DVD player.

All of the 1 star reviews are correct. This DVD player worked fine for 4 months and stopped reading discs. Find another DVD player that can play multiple regions.

I ORDERED TWO OF THESE DVD PLAYERS AS WE BRING DVD'S OVER FROM THE UK FOR OUR OWN USE AND FOR THE CRANDCHILDREN. THE PLAYERS WERE SO EASY TO INSTALL IT WAS WONDERFUL, NO HASSLE AT ALL!! WE CAN NOW PLAY DVD'S FROM ANY COUNTRY.

A previous review indicated that you could not fast forward or eject the DVD with the remote. While it's not mentioned in the instruction book, the remote CAN perform these functions.

To eject, hold the stop button down for a couple of secords. The DVD will eject.

To fast foward, press the > "right arrow" button (next to the OK button) and you can scroll forward without going all the way to the next sceen.

Same works with the < left arrow button.

I'm currently running the player through my DVD Recorder and it's working perfectly. I didn't need to connect directly to my TV. Note: Like most US DVDs, most Brit DVDs are protected and cannot be copied.

The Philips DVP5140, is an excellent device. I purchased it to play DVD's from the UK and they show wonderfully. I am also excited about the picture quality and sound.

I have had this product for well over a year and half and it has worked wonderfully for me. All I ever did was open the package, hook it up to my tv and insert one of my region 2 discs. I have never had a problem with reading either region 1 or 2 discs, they always come in clear and beautiful. Would recommend this product, as I definitely plan on getting another for my other TV.

This DVD player does as advertised. It plays DVDs. However, the remote had no Fast Forward, or Reverse -- you can only jump ahead or back a section. If you pause or stop the DVD, and them come back the next day, it has turned off and does not remember its position in the movie. Also no subtitle key on the remote. I was looking for a great DVD player that did not need to do BluRay. I failed.

This product supports many protocals (e.g. Xvid) and works well. But when the first video I tried didn't start with the "play" command, I called for tech support. First I was told that the player didn't support the -RW disk I was using (which I later found to be incorrect). So I went out and bought +RW disks as the tech recommended, and this didn't work either. So I called tech support again, and this time they told me that the avi file I was trying to pay needed to be converted to a file that ended in xvid (also incorrect). I finally figured out that I needed to open a folder on the disk and navigate to highlight the file before hitting the Play button. This should have been mentioned in the user's manual. But worst of all, the degree of basic understanding of the product by both of the tech support people I spoke to was pathetic.

MANY TIMES THIS PLAYER ALLOWS ME TO BUY CHEAPER DVDS OFFERED IN OTHER REGION FORMATS ON AMAZON UK WEB SITE. IT HAS PAYED FOR ITSELF MANY TIMES OVER!!! I bought this player in October 2007. I use it constantly and it is still going strong almost two years later! REGION FREE RULES! I love British comedies, series, and movies, some of which are not easily available in U.S. Region 1 format. I love to buy from the AMAZON UK web site. It is so nice not having to worry about PAL, region, etc. with this player. For example, I can get Waiting for God - Season 5 - on Amazon UK but not Amazon USA. Another example is that the complete Dinnerladies Boxed set is available in Region 2 but I can't find it in Region 1. Also, sometimes British DVDs are much cheaper on Amazon UK even with conversion rate and no free shipping to US. As of this writing, "The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - Collector's Boxset" (REGION 2 - 7 disc set) is available NEW on AMAZON UK site for $33.15 U.S.Dollars INCLUDING AIRMAIL. Now if you compare this price to Region 1 DVDs available, you have great savings. This dual set in Region 1 under the name, "Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 2-Pak," - also 7 discs total - and is offered NEW for $110.99 with free shipping on Amazon USA. (SAVINGS OF OVER $75 ON ONE DVD SET - BOTH NEW FROM AMAZON)!!!NOTE: IF YOU BUY FROM AMAZON UK, BE SURE TO TURN ON CURRENCY CONVERSION TOOL!!! That way you get to see true US dollar price before purchase. ***No, I'm not an AMAZON UK employee - didn't even sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I'm just a frugal girl from the South Georgia, USA boondocks, who watches lots of BBC AMERICA and GPBS television. +++ There's hardly ever a beautiful day here that is "completely conducive to contemplating cozy charismatic country cottages." Nor do I have a sister, Violet, with a Mercedes, sauna and a musical bidet. Classical, of course.

Got it super fast. Was easy to set up. Plays well. Got an excellent deal and its nice and slim.

After a few weeks this player seems to play whatever i put in it. xvid/avi, mpeg3, mpeg4, mov, wmv. My only complaint is that it can be a bit slow to respond when trying to open the tray. When first powered up, the unit attempts to load whatever is in the tray (even if the tray is empty) before it will respond to the 'open' command via the front panel or remote. so, you have to wait a few seconds.

The dvd player works great unless I want to watch something from Netflix. For some reason it won't play any Netflix DVDs. Anyone know why?

I have used it for months, not a problem at all! Love it, well worth the money. Plays all formats I have used.

I was looking for a DVD player for my sister who was tired of not being able to play whatever she wanted. I had purchased a $40 Yamakawa dvd player on eBay several years ago that I hacked and made multi-regional. This thing plays any disc you throw at it. Unfortunately Yamakawa appears to have gone out of business. So I had to go on a bit of a hunt for an affordable player...but I needed to make sure it could be made region-free. Thank you Emet for posting clear, easy instructions and the hack. This is a FANTASTIC dvd player. If my Yamakawa goes out I will definitely be purchasing another one of these for myself. Its stylish, slim, operates smoothly, and most importantly its super easy to make multi-regional. I've always had great success with Philips products. I recommend this DVD player to anyone, without reservation!

Excellent service! Upconverts all videos to fit my 40' HDTV screen. Recognizes almost all cds and dvds, at least everything that I've tried. Its been a month and haven't had any problems so far. However, I noticed that there is no eject button on the remote control, which is not important anywayz.

It appears the Philips is the only brand that you can still buy that is easily switchable to a non-region encoded format. We had previously purchased another Philips model DVD player about a year ago, and it died unexpectedly. I bought this model to replace it, and while it does play european discs, it does not remember where you were in a disc when you stop it, which is highly annoying - you have to go back and watch the intro crap over and over again. It also takes a ridiculous amount of time to power up and open the tray, and to save power, it shuts itself off after a very short period of inactivity. The picture quality is fine, and all other features are decent. We'll see if it lasts longer than the last one.

I am so electronically challenged that I scare myself. This DVD player is so very easy to use.

I have a ton a DivX movies. This DVD player plays them all. I have yet to find a problem with it. I us it daily several hours a day. I just make a habit of cleaning it regularly to maintain the machine.

This was a great purchase, both for the price and the functionality of playing region free discs. My only complaint is a design issue with the disc tray and how it can be hard to get the discs out sometimes. The tray opens fine but you sometimes have to reach under the tray and push the disc up to get hold of the disc sides to remove it from the tray.

I bought this to be able to play foreign dvds and it works great. I was able to enter a code and can play dvds from England etc. Great product

I was looking for an affordable DVD player that would play DVDs from all regions. The VCRs that would play all formats were incredibly expensive.
But I found this one and with a review listed that told me EXACTLY how to set it up to play any region's DVD. Now, I'm finally getting to see a British series that was not made in US/Canada format.

I bought this DVD player mainly to play other region DVDs but to my surprise, the digital quality of this DVD is about the same as my other DVD player, which costs a lot more than this one. The only turn-off about this DVD player is that it doesn't have a scan-rewind and scan-fast-forward option in the remote. When you press fast-forward or rewind, the chapter just jumps ahead or behind.

Overall, a great DVD player for a small standard entertainment center.

i like to record tv shows and FF thru commercials. Unbelievably, this unit can't do that. I took it back immediately. (Most DVDs I like to FF occasionally.) A player that can't FF is like a car w/o accelerator, IMO.

Works very well and looks great. I can find no fault with this player. Also, very easy to use.

I purchased this DVD player online after all of my searches of the stores in my community turned up nothing. My favorite features on this player are the DivX compatability (plays all of my ISO and AVI files without issues!), has a "smart" picture to fix the colors and it's thin enough to not take up too much space. I love this machine and it's usually on from 10am til 8pm at night. Works beautifully and when I wear it out, I'll buy the same exact one again.

I just broke my 4-year-old DAEWOO MR DVD player so replaced it with this for about the same price. Once I followed the first reviewer's helpful advice, and then discovered at the Phillips site(http://www.usa.philips.com/) how to open & close the disc tray (hold the stop button for at least a few seconds), I decided this player wasn't too bad. I just wish it had a better, sturdier remote control. (Haven't played with the progressive scan, DivX, MP3s or WAVs yet.)

Got my dvd player today. I was all prepare to work the magic of the code, following the instruction till step 5, but only to realize there was no place to enter the code in "Preference" at all!! I pressed the code on the remote anyways, nothing happens... Redo the steps, same results!!
after about 5 mins of frastration, it suddently hit me, just try the dvds, I popped foreign dvd in there, and it worked!!

did my dvd player come multi-region ready? or was it my "blind" decoding? who knows.....

I would suggest that you do not purchase this product. I am sure you can find a better DVD player that is less aggravating. When you try to open to insert or to remove the disk it is very slow to open. The remote is very slow to respond and I have replaced the batteries so that is not the issue. I purchased this due to the good reviews but for the cheap price you get what you pay for. I will say the picture is good but for the most part I am not pleased.

This appears to be a well-made unit, with many excellent features save one (which is the kiss of death for any "current" DVD player): IT HAS NO HDMI OUTPUT.

What this means, of course, is that it cannot be attached to any modern HDMI LCTV with the "single" HDMI cable and must be connected with the bundle of composite cables - YUK.

One other note: the supplied IR remote control, while well-designed from an ergonomic perspective, would only connect with the player when DIRECTLY pointed (as in "exactly") the player unit. Not handy in larger rooms or when the player is in a slightly off-side location.

But the lack of HDMI is the deal-killer with this one. Ouch!

By following easy instructions, was able to play discs from all regions and play PAL format DVDs. Without this player, I was not able to do either.

Was told that DVP5140 is the only model that can do this, so just make sure you get the right model.

We liked the DVD player so much that we are ordering several more for our art gallery.

This may seem too good to be true and that's because it is. It lost the ability to play any CD-Rs after a year of use. Only plays DVD-Rs now, and poorly. Takes about half an hour to one hour just to get it to load sometimes! Avoid this DIVX/Xvid player and get something more expensive but better. Never had problems with my old Toshiba DVD player. It doesn't play DIVX but it still plays SVCDs instantly that I created.

Bought for multi-region facility, set only for USA use but easy to download instructions off web, useful I'm a brit with USA partner & have a number of mixed dvd's, looks good and plays well.

I bought this based on the price and the positive reviews but feel I should warn people about some fundamental flaws with this player.

First, the remote is almost completely useless. It just plain doesn't work. Since only the most basic of controls are on the player itself, the remote functioning is quite important.

Next, if I can actually get the remote to do anything the unit takes forever to actually do it. Want to un-pause? Better go fire up the tea kettle because you'll be waiting a while.

Lastly, there seems to be a sleep function that I attempted to turn off in the preferences but it doesn't seem to care, it's tired and needs to sleep. This functionality is great in theory and if it worked like my computer does, great, but it never wakes up. Once this thing goes to sleep I have to power it off and back on again to get back to playing the DVD. Of course it doesn't remember where you were with a resume playback or anything so you have to go find it by navigating with the unresponsive remote to the chapter you left off at...

Horrible user experience design.

It works just as described. I read other reviews before I bought it and it works as they said. I set it to no region also that works too. I got it to read and play a avi cd rom video I burned. So I guess it does what it says and the clarity is pretty damn good as well.

I just purchased this device and when I received it, the box said it was only a region 1 player. It is the correct model, so why does it not play my region 2 dvds? Do I have to hack it myself?

This DVD player I bought from AMAZON is very good. It can play any types of DVD. Even some compressed discs and discs that normal DVD player is not able to play. With this DVD player, I don't need to watch any movie from computer anymore.
Also shipping package was good. It was arrived at our door during rain. The outside box was all wet. The inside product was wrapped by plastic films tighterly. No any damp or damage.
I like this DVD player.

Very simple to operate, the particular one I received played DVDs from other regions with no need to "recode", as many other posts suggested, not sure if it is a newer firmware or it's that this is a recycled machine.

I didn't use it to play divx movies yet, but other reviewers seemed to have no issues there.

My main issue with it so far has been that the remote control range is pathetic, you have to be within a very few feet, and directing the remote heads-on for it to work. Also, in order to resume play from a previous point you will have to press play during the few seconds when the DVD is being read otherwise you'll loose that chance.

Recommended for the price and ability to play practically region-free.

So far, this has played everything I've thrown at it. Nice picture, doesn't take up much space. Converting to non-region was easy with instructions given by reviewer. Only bad thing, is the remote is not very sensitive and sometimes you have to jam on the buttons to get it to work. I had to retry the code a few times (when you're entering it, there's no display of the numbers you've entered, so if it doesn't work, try a few more times, it will.) Very happy with it.

The player played 1(one) region II DVD, then would not play that same DVD (region II) or any other region II DVD. Spent hours trying to get it to play again, thouroughly read manual and all settings on high def TV and player were set appropriately. I noticed the lip of the loading tray was discolored. This player may have been a return which checked out fine maybe has an intermittent fault, but was sold as new. I'm not happy about this. Be careful

Thanks to H A Emet's review, I immediately converted the region code to "0" and it played American and British DVD'S beautifully, with excellent sound, right out of the box!Cables included are, fortunately of long length, to connect to our all purpose kid's tv, a haier which is perfectly compatible with this unit. Overall, a great buy from Amazon for $46.95 with no tax and free super saver shipping which arrived in 5 days.