Step into the next generation home entertainment with the latest Philips DVP5960 HD DVD player. It has cutting edge features including HDMI digital Video and audio connection and USB connectivity to access music and JPEG files from digital storage devices. If you have a new flat screen TV and looking to improve the quality of standard DVDs, then this DVD player is perfect for you.
Design
Philips DVP5960 HD Multi-region DVD Player looks ultra slim and can fit even through a letter box. It is metal encased and finished with glossy black front panel and disc drawer in silver. The front controls have the basic playback functions and an upscaling select button. The USB port in the right hand side helps accessing music and photofiles from PMP (portable media player) or digital storage device.
Connectivity
It has a complete range of connectivity options in the rear such as a single HDMI output, which supports high-definition quality images. HDMI delivers incomparable image and sound quality in a single cable. The component video outputs support progressive scan and gives pictures in detail. Since the component outputs transmit only video signals, you have to use separate connectors for sound. The standard stereo phonos and coaxial output decodes surround sound by transmitting multi-channel Dolby Digital signals to Home Cinema Receiver. There is a single RGB enabled Scart terminal for traditional users. It also comes with a low quality composite output.
Features
The defining feature of this player is the upscaling. You can up convert standard definition DVDs to HD quality 720p and 1080i formats. You can have an enhanced view of your JPEG images or digital photos with up to 2 mega pixel resolution. If you have stored your photos in a CD with MP3 music, you can set a slideshow with music. The compatible disc includes standard CD and DVD formats encoded with JPEG files, WMA and MP3. This player is also compatible to compressed video formats with DivX Ultra, which comes with multiple options such as subtitles, menus and alternative tracks. If you are using the player for listening to music, you can up sample CDs up to 4x normal rate to enhance sound quality.
Philips DVP5960 HD DVD Player with HDMI has an easy to use menu system and the settings come with more picture and sound options. Picture options are used for controlling pictures and the sound options include music modes, dedicated movies and virtual surround setting are used to control sound.
Performance
Images are delivered with high quality using HDMI. The images using 720p and 1080i differ slightly, but they assure detailed and fluid images without black levels.
When a large screen is used, you can come across occasional shadow gradation and grains. However, this is an affordable DVD player with good sound and picture performance.
| Brand | Philips |
| Model | Free standing |
| Product Type | DVD Player |
| Weight | 2kg |
| Dimensions | 435 x 37 x 235mm |
| Colours Available | Black |
| Playable Media | MP3, JPEG, WMA, CD-RW, CD-R, DivX, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-R |
| Audio | |
|---|---|
| Digital Audio Format | Dolby Digital |
| Surround Sound | Virtual Surround Sound |
| On-board Decoding | No |
| Connectivity | |
| Composite Video output | 1 |
| RGB Scart Output | 1 |
| Component Video | Yes |
| DVI | No |
| HDMI | Yes |
| Stereo Audio output | 1 |
| Optical Audio | No |
| Coaxial Audio output | 1 |
| RS-232 (serial) | No |
| Accessories | |
| Remote Control | Yes |
| 2 x AA batteries | Yes |
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