Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
New (5) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $64.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  1035 reviews
Sales Rank: 3687
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Memory Type: Unknown
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 17.1 x 9.8 x 1.7
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Wrranty
MPN: DVP642
Model: DVP642
UPC: 000000000000
EAN: 0037449946019
ASIN: B000204SWE
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| Features:
| • | Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files | | • | Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on HD-ready TVs; SmartPicture and 4x video upsampling enhance all outputs | | • | Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals | | • | PAL-to-NTSC format conversion--great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs | | • | Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Tap into multimedia fun with Philips' broad-format, high-style, and ultra-slim DVP642 DVD player. The DVP642 is not only a high-end progressive-scan DVD player equipped to offer scintillating images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs, it's a tech-savvy player that spins your MP3- and JPEG-encoded recordable CDs (as well as Kodak's and Fuji's variants of the same) and CDs loaded with MPEG-4 and DivX video (3.11, 4.x, and 5.x files), perfect for viewing Internet-sourced content in your home theater. Want more? The player also converts Region 1/All Region PAL-formatted discs (the video standard in Europe) for viewing on standard NTSC televisions (and vice-versa, if only for video CDs).
The DVP642's progressive-scan functionality allows compatible TVs to display the even and odd numbered lines of an image in a single pass. This minimizes screen flicker, which is easier on your eyes.
| Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVP642 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Playback options include five-disc resume, which lets you pick up where you left off on your five most recently viewed DVDs (not applicable for MP3 or JPEG CDs), disc-lock parental controls, and picture zoom for magnification of select images. | The player will play JPEG images one by one automatically, letting you zoom in, rotate, or flip the picture vertically or horizontally. For MP3 playback, the player offers track time display, album and track selection, and repeat (disc/album/track). The DivX media format is MPEG-4 based video compression that lets you save large files like films, movie trailers, and music videos on recordable media. Philips' 4x video upsampling offers smoother images even when viewing interlaced (nonprogressive) signals through the player's component-video, S-video, or standard composite-video outputs. SmartPicture provides optimum picture settings for color, brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness, etc., to enhance your overall viewing experience at all times. The player will play JPEG images one by one automatically, letting you zoom in, rotate, or flip the picture vertically or horizontally. For MP3 playback, the player offers track time display, album and track selection, and repeat (disc/album/track). The DivX media format is MPEG-4 based video compression that lets you save large files like films, movie trailers, and music videos on recordable media. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. What's in the Box
DVD-Video player, remote control with batteries, a user's manual, and an analog audio/composite-video interconnect.
Product Description
Dreaming of a player that plays practically any disc format and at the same time enjoy flawless, true-to-life picture quality? Now you can! With Philips DVD players, staying home has never been better as the promised movies and music entertainment experience will be delivered right to you.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1030 more reviews...
 Good player but known capacitor issue December 1, 2008
This was a gift from my wife for Christmas two years ago. As a DVD player it gives a great picture and also allows me to play region 2 DVD's which comes in handy for my British copies of the 1950's series of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (American versions have since become available).
The big problem is the failure rate on the devices, the power button flashes and nothing happens. This is due to a Capacitor failure. If you have good eyes and a steady hand with a soldering iron it can be fixed in about 45 min with a $1.59 capacitor from Radio Shack. I did the following to mine today when it failed after two years, instructions for the procedure are available online.
However people don't pay money to do this work themselves. If you would rather not have to do this (and eventually you WILL need to ) then go with another model, if you don't mind the tinkering then it is a good player.
 Worked great for only a year October 20, 2008
I loved this machine for about the first year I had it. Now it won't turn on and my roommate's crappy chick flick is stuck in it :/
 Great DVD Player October 2, 2008
This is a great little DVD player I've had since 2004. Originally got it due to not having a DVD player and wanting to start getting and watching them. Was one of the lower priced models at the time, but is still working in 2008 and reads perfectly. I also got it because it reads burned DVDs and at the time seemed to be one of the few that did that. I know everything is going HD with Blu Ray, but if you are looking for a simple DVD player I would get this one.
 Great Buy!! September 15, 2008
This is a great DVD player. It even plays my "home-made" discs. That makes it a must-have! It's SO good, that I've recommended it to all my friends & I've even bought one for my parents.
Slim DVD player and still has S-VIDEO August 27, 2008
I wasn't looking for anything fancy when I purchased this DVD player. I needed a DVD player with a slim profile, still has S-VIDEO and is cheap; this fit the bill and works great. I also gave one to my sis for x-mas a couple of years ago and she hasn't had any problems with it. Many DVD players are no longer shipping with the S-VIDEO port. If you have an older TV with no HD ports like HDMI or Component but still want decent video quality, this is should do the job just fine. It's also slim and is not ugly. I've been using it for a year now with no issues and my sister has gone 2 years with hers with no issues either.
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