philips sent a replacement and it was more of the same (snow). technical assistance instructed on how to download upgrade software and the entire unit died. nothing but lights on the display.

I have a multi unit system and had problems with the video since the signal is weaker. I had to use an alternative hookup to get the unit to work. Even customer support could not help, BUT made a valiant effort.

The remote is a little sparse no open button. If it is off the door will refuse to open if you press the open button on DVD player. My only complaint is the button for opening a closing it.

I think for anyone that has a bunch of old DVD, they should get one of these to watch them all. I still plan on getting a real HD player, just to see the difference in watching a movie on this unit, and watching the same movie in true HD format. But I would give this unit at least 4 stars, maybe 5

This is annoying when trying to watch dvd's designed for 4:3 screens, as you have to manually scale the resolution down to 480p to keep it from stretching the video out of proportion. At the very least it should scale the video feed to 4:3 before sending it to the tv in this mode, so it doesn't get stretched.

I've looked through every option on the TV and DVD player...nothing fixes it. The picture is great otherwise, at least. Also, it's unclear in the description, but this DVD player only supports HD-upscaling using HDMI, not component cables.

There's a red line that goes through the screen when using this DVD player - it is pretty bad, and I wouldn't recommend getting it. Its difficult to pay attention to the movies when you see this red line going through the screen...

However, this unit surely lacks of certain useful functions: (1) It does not have play resumption. Once the "stop" button is pressed, the player returns to the beginning of the disk;

This DVD player is a little sluggish, a little tricky to operate, and requires the remote (which is not very sensitive) in order to access some of the basic features.

Not only does this unit upscale our DVD's but hook up a hard-drive, flash drive or other usb storage and watch films, look at photos and have fun. Too bad it is only USB 1.1 though.

It should at least be an option. 2) This is the biggest one. The auto setting for hd is horrible.

(3) I have players in three different rooms and I have a habit to turn off the player completely for energy conservation, even though it means very little. This unit only allows "play" and "standby" unless it is unplugged. For the price and the easiness of setting to all region operation, it is a worthy buy!

- Very slow in loading up disk. - Remote is weak. Can take a number of button presses to get command.

The DVDs that I rented, even though they were not HD DVDs, did indeed seem to have a sharper and more HD like picture and it covered my entire HD screen. On my old DVD player the picture was much smaller than my HD screen which was frustrating.

This was my second unit and Amazon was VERY prompt in getting it to me.. Other concerns, the remote is very flimsy and does not have a strong signal. You MUST point it at the unit to get it to function.

Don't expect a pretty menu and BE PATIENT as this unit takes time to turn on and go through it's paces.. OK so why the 3 stars with all of these problems. The unit does do what it supposed to do.

The player do all the jobs I want. However USB transfer really slow and sometimes do not slide to next picture. Other than that, it is OK machine with the price.

philips should abandon its dvd player buisness and stick to something simpler... light bulbs!!!!!!

My only complaint is it is a little slow rendering JPEG files but this thing is not a computer so what can you expect.

Anyhow it's a little slow getting started and you have to turn it on before you can open it up (i.e. pushin open won't turn on DVD player) So far its played just about every format. Having used the USB, but looking forward to it

The remote is a little sparse no open button. If it is off the door will refuse to open if you press the open button on DVD player. My only complaint is the button for opening a closing it.

This DVD player is a little sluggish, a little tricky to operate, and requires the remote (which is not very sensitive) in order to access some of the basic features.

- Very slow in loading up disk. - remote is weak. Can take a number of button presses to get command.

This was my second unit and Amazon was VERY prompt in getting it to me.. Other concerns, the remote is very flimsy and does not have a strong signal. You MUST point it at the unit to get it to function.

Only problem I have is that the remote is very temperamental and only seems to work quite close to the player.

Can't load DVD right away after powering on, have to wait a little first. 2. If you watch movies at night w/o lights, might be a good idea to get a player that includes a remote w/lit keys.

My only complaint is it is a little slow rendering JPEG files but this thing is not a computer so what can you expect.

The only format that didn't play is mkv, but it is not an usual video format anyway. If you have a HD tv, and you also want to play the files you download on the internet, you can't go wrong with this baby.

The dvds that I rented, even though they were not HD dvds, did indeed seem to have a sharper and more HD like picture and it covered my entire HD screen. On my old DVD player the picture was much smaller than my HD screen which was frustrating.

There's a red line that goes through the screen when using this DVD player - it is pretty bad, and I wouldn't recommend getting it. Its difficult to pay attention to the movies when you see this red line going through the screen...

Read the description on this unit. It is not an HD DVD player. It will only take a normal DVD and upscale it to a much better picture, if your TV can handle HD movies.

this product works well, DivX movies look good, but not as good as a normal dvd. I like the USB port, but it won't read a NTFS formated drive, only Fat 32 I think.

Can't load DVD right away after powering on, have to wait a little first. 2. If you watch movies at night w/o lights, might be a good idea to get a player that includes a remote w/lit keys.

The remote is a little sparse no open button. If it is off the door will refuse to open if you press the open button on DVD player. My only complaint is the button for opening a closing it.

However, this unit surely lacks of certain useful functions: (1) It does not have play resumption. Once the "stop" button is pressed, the player returns to the beginning of the disk;

- Very slow in loading up disk. - Remote is weak. Can take a number of button presses to get command.

I've looked through every option on the TV and DVD player...nothing fixes it. The picture is great otherwise, at least. Also, it's unclear in the description, but this DVD player only supports HD-upscaling using HDMI, not component cables.

The DVDs that I rented, even though they were not HD DVDs, did indeed seem to have a sharper and more HD like picture and it covered my entire HD screen. On my old DVD player the picture was much smaller than my HD screen which was frustrating.

The player do all the jobs I want. However USB transfer really slow and sometimes do not slide to next picture. Other than that, it is OK machine with the price.

Read the description on this unit. It is not an HD DVD player. It will only take a normal DVD and upscale it to a much better picture, if your TV can handle HD movies.

(3) I have players in three different rooms and I have a habit to turn off the player completely for energy conservation, even though it means very little. This unit only allows "play" and "standby" unless it is unplugged. For the price and the easiness of setting to all region operation, it is a worthy buy!

The player do all the jobs I want. However USB transfer really slow and sometimes do not slide to next picture. Other than that, it is OK machine with the price.