Customer Reviews
Unit works great; Wish it had more audio features 
2008-07-07
The DVD player works as it should, and the picture looks great. No complaints there. It would earn 5 stars except for the lack of ability to generate 5.1 sound with a direct connection to my sound system. I don't know if I can get it out of the TV set with a HDMI connection.
Muy Buen Equipo 2008-07-07
Muy Buen Equipo, me permite verº todos los formatos que bajo de internet ademas de los DVD convencionales. Lo recomiendo.
La unica contra es que un poco lento para algunas funciones.
Inshallah, you get what you pay for - on a good day! 
2008-07-07
This Philips DVD player was bought to replace an earlier version purchased almost 3 years ago. That model finally went psycho, doing many weird things during playback, such as suddenly deciding there was "no disc", etc. Perhaps a diet of daily power interruptions, rather dusty environs, and occassional extremes of arid heat and chilly dampness accelerated its demise.
This newer model is not coded for, nor have I a code to make it, "all regions" unlike the programming I found for the old one. Still if only NTSC & PAL discs are in your collection, it does the job just fine. The white remote is a color choice that will show dirt very soon, but the DVD unit itself is great, is thin so it fits in tight cabinets on top of the TV, looks good, and was delivered VERY quickly at a 'great value' price. Not over-loaded with 'lookit my new toy' bells and whistles that nearly no one uses, but still not as intuitive as the older model. No matter, having had the first one, had no hesitation to buy this as a replacement, and will likely go back for a similar model when this one finally dies.
I could not test the up-converting feature as my multi-zone/multi-voltage tv is not HDTV capable, so I have no such discs in my collection at this time. All said and done? BUY IT!!! The Amazon price is again excellent, as was the service. - JS
Take that, blu-ray. 2008-07-07
Excellent picture quality from 480p to 1080p. I can't say I see a noticeable difference beyond 720p, but that is most likely due to the limitations of a standard definition DVD. The newer a movie/dvd is, the better it seems to look on it. For example, The Matrix didn't look quite as impressive visually as when I tried putting in the Transformers movie, which looked outstanding. This will definitely tide you over on any new HDTV until blu-ray comes down in price. ($30+ a movie? No thanks!)
The menu system as others have said, is archaic. It's hard to navigate and hard to understand at points, but it works. Don't bother spending too much money on an HDMI cable if you weren't sure. I use the 6ft HDMI cable that came as a special purchase with this player for only a penny more and it worked great. Not to mention this model is cheaper than most I've seen in stores. Philips is the best for up-conversion players in my experience working in a home entertainment store. You won't regret it.
New lease on life for your old DVD collection 2008-07-05
Great player, shows all my DVD's regardless of the source. This is my second Phillips DVD player, this player upconverts, the picture is great. I bought this DVD player to use with my new 1080p LCD TV. My experience with Philips led me to buy this DVD upconverter. I have had other DVD players that play some disks but not others. The only flaw is the remote, but, I'll live with it...
Philips DVP5982 1080p 2008-07-05
Bring your audio and video to life with an excellent HDMI DVD player for your TV. When you use an HDMI port for connectivity with your 1080p capable TV. this Philips DV5982 DVD Player will upconvert an ordinary DVD to appear as if it were native to 1080p. This extremely compact player plays a wide variety of DVD discs as well as DiVX discs. It can also double as a CD player and will even play CD-R discs that have encoded MP3 files. So when you add this component to your home-theater system, it delivers outstanding, versatile audio and video performance. Then there's more! Somewhat unique to DVD players is the inclusion of a USB port at the front of the unit. If you use a USB-equipped media card reader or a USB Flash pocket drive, you can export images from your digital camera or card-based camcorder directly to your player for throughput to your TV. Widescreen ready, this player is an ideal companion for your new widescreen HDTV in your home. DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos Plays CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW (Region 1) Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos DivX Certified for standard playback Signal to noise ratio - 90 Distortion and Noise (1kHz) - 65 dB Crosstalk (1kHz) - 70 dB Dynamic Range (1kHz) - 80 dB Frequency response - 30-20000 Hz Playback Media - CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD, DivX, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video Compression formats - MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0, DivX Ultra Playback Media - CD, MP3-CD, MP3-DVD, CD-R/RW, WMA-CD & Audio CD Compression format - Dolby Digital, MP3, PCM & WMA MP3 bit rates - 32 - 320 kbps Playback Media - DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R/RW, Picture CD, Kodak Picture CD Picture compression format - JPEG, TIFF Rear Connectivity - Analog audio Left/Right out, Composite video (CVBS) output, HDMI output, Digital coaxial out, Component Video out Progressive Di
Great Media Device 2008-07-05
I bought the Philips DVP6082 primarily to make use of the USB connection on it. I plugged a big hard drive into the USB port loaded with about 500 sitcom episodes and around 20 movies. The content is a mixture of DVD rips, downloaded video, and things I've recorded off the air using the TV tuner card in my PC. I have yet to find any video format the device can't play. It's an inexpensive way to set up a media server and the output looks pretty good.
The DVD upconversion looks good too, and I haven't had any problems with it. I recommend this device.
Very Satisfied 2008-07-03
I knew nothing about upscaling DVD players until I bought my Samsung LN40A550 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV and saw Amazon had this player listed as a sauggested purchase with it. I did some research and talkerd to a friend who knows about this stuff and decided to buy it.
Boy am I glad I did! I connected to my TV with a 10G monster HDMI cable and the picture is amazing. There was no way I was going to convert my DVD collection to Blu-Ray, so this was the perfect solution.
I also love the slim look.
Good for the price 2008-07-02
For $60 this dvd player does its job very well. I don't have any young children and I don't think this player would hold up under any kind of roughness that kids might give it. You get a lot of control over the picture and I guess that's a good thing. Some people complained about the remote lacking different things, but I kind of like it that way.
Great purchase 2008-07-01
For the price, this product does a great job upscaling regular DVD's to 1080... I am more than happy with it.
