Product Description

This DVD player brings movies to life with stunning 1080p upconversion of your standard DVDs. Its built-in USB port make it easy to connect your digital devices to enjoy music, movies, photos and more on your HDTV. 1080p video output gives you an HDTV-compliant picture with roughly twice the resolution of progressive-scan DVD players Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD/SVCD, MP3, WMA, DivX, DivX Ultra, JPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats DivX and DivX Ultra playback integrates features such as subtitles, multiple audio languages, multiple tracks and menus into 1 convenient file format High-definition JPEG playback shows images in up to 2.0MP resolution on your flat TV, allowing you to view your digital pictures in their true resolution USB Direct plays photos and music from USB flash drives for slideshows Dolby Digital decoding for cinematic sound quality HDMI output provides an uncompressed all-digital audio/video link for the highest-quality connection and supports copy-protected HD broadcast content 108MHz/12-bit video digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion; 192kHz/24-bit audio digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion Video upsampling technology decreases distortion for improved picture quality of standard DVDs Outputs: coaxial digital audio, composite video, stereo audio, component video and HDMI Parental controls and child lock prevent your child from being exposed to undesirable material Trilingual on-screen display allows you to choose from English, French and Spanish Includes remote with 2 AAA batteries

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Product Details

Publisher	Philips
Features	Plays PAL/NTSC dvds from any region any country on any american TV. This DVD player brings movies to life with stunning 1080p upconversion of your standard DVDs Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD/SVCD, MP3, WMA, DivX, DivX Ultra, JPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats HD JPEG playback shows images in up to 2.0MP resolution on your flat TV, allowing you to view your digital pictures in their true resolution Its built-in USB port make it easy to connect your digital devices to enjoy music, movies, photos and more on your HDTV.
EAN	0076425448956
MPN	DVP5990
Brand	Philips
UPC	076425448956
Label	Philips
Studio	Philips
Product Type Subcategory	2300515
Title	PHILIPS - All Region Hi-Def 1080p Up-Converting Multi Region DVD Player with USB. Plays PAL/NTSC DVDs(Model DVP5990)With Remote.
Model	DVP5990
Form Factor	Tabletop
Manufacturer	Philips

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Customer Reviews

Great DVD player

Review by La Reya, 2010-08-13

This is a great player for a good price. The remote control is not necessarily straightforward, but with a little reading is understandable. The USb feature is quite cool.

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This company don't care about the customer!

Review by dvd user, 2010-08-09

I want to return this item because it did not work for oversea's dvd even though it changed to the region free code. But the company "world ----something" did not want me to return it. I asked where I should return and how, but they did not answer about it. They just ask to me why I want to return it even though I already talked about the reason. I'm very mad that they don't care about the customer!!!

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Phillips DVD player region free

Review by julia, 2010-07-13

I really recommend this product to anybody who wants a DVD player with the region free feature. You are going to receive a code which you have to enter into the DVD's menu. I absolutely LOVE the USB port on the DVD which makes even easier to watch any type of video (even .avi etc.)You just insert your thumb drive and select the folder with the movie you want to watch...that's it! Overall, I'm very satisfied with this DVD player which is by the way lightweight and really thin....nice design.

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Poor Product

Review by S. Tate, 2010-07-11

Poor quality electronics. One year down the line from purchading the Phiilips up-scaling DVD player, it's stopped reading DVDs of any type and I'm back on Amazon looking for a new player. I don't recommend this product.

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Region-Free in 5 Easy Steps

Review by Jason Kirkfield, 2010-05-22

I am writing this short "review"--let's call it a Public Service Announcement--so you can make your Philips DVP5990 DVD player Region-Free. This works with either suffix (DVP5990/F7 or DVP5990/37) and probably any other variation; perhaps these denote what retail channel the box was sold through, or maybe it is simply a firmware reference. In any case, I will not elaborate on the technical aspects of this model, other than to say it is already a great value for the fifty to sixty dollars it usually sells for. I also cannot speak to the virtues of any particular vendor here, but whatever you do, DO NOT pay a premium to some company for a "Region-Free" DVP5990, because all they will be doing is what I tell you below. (Or, as at least one person has reported, you might pay more simply to get a piece of paper with the same instructions to do it yourself!)

This unit is HDMI-compatible and even includes a USB port on the front panel. It also plays just about everything and that's even before you make it region-free. Although the manufacturer will not admit it, the hardware in these DVD players is manufactured to play all regions, and a (very flimsy) layer of protection is then added depending on where the product will be sold. USA = Region 1, Europe = Region 2, etc.

Many DVD players can be easily returned to the default Region 0 (= PLAY ALL) setting simply by entering a hidden code on the remote, and this DVP5990 is no exception. I will make it super easy for you below. Make sure the DVD tray is empty before you start. And obviously you will need a non-Region 1 DVD to actually test that it works in the end.

(Step 0: Turn on the DVD player but make sure the tray is empty, i.e., don't put a disc in.)
1. Press "Setup" on the remote.
2. Using the right arrow (">") on the remote, move over to "Preference Page". You do not need to push "OK".
(Please note that if a disc is in, you will not be allowed to access the the "Preference" menu.)
3. Press 1,3,8,9,3,1 in that exact order on remote. (Again, you do not need to push "OK".)
4. Region Code screen will be displayed. (It will almost certainly show Region 1, unless someone has already made the change for you.) Press the up arrow ("^") once to select "0".
5. Press "Setup" on the remote.

I suggest to repeat Steps 1 through 3 to confirm region setting.

Congratulations, you now have a region-free player as it was designed in the Philips factory! You can now play discs from around the world, many of which are cheaper or quite simply available for sale when other versions are not. Wouldn't it be nice if everything in life were this easy?

P.S. Same code works for many models across the Philips range.


[DISCLAIMER: Whether or not you believe the scare tactics that this may void your warranty is up to you. And don't mess about with other settings unless you feel comfortable doing so.]

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