Customer Reviews

Philips Blu-ray Disc Player, BDP7200/37

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Have owned/installed dozens of DVD players.
Comparing this one with Sony 301, BX1, Toshiba A2, E500, Philips 5992 and Oppo 970HD.

Blu-Ray - ok. If you must have a BD player, this may be a nice choice. Especially if you need Divx compatiblity. No Ethernet tho.

SD DVD - Upconversion is typically poor, as is most BD players. Not as good as HD DVD, E500, or Oppo. Even $39 5992 is superior.

Divx - poor resolution, compared to 5992. Subtitles are not well formatted, compared to LG/Zenith Divx compatible players.

Pros:
Cheaper than sony BD players up til now.

Cons:
No ethernet, poor divx quality/compatibility. typical BD sluggish remote command response. Remote is long, heavy, button layout is horrible.
5992 has much better remote.

Summary:
I returned this unit. Too many drawbacks. Especially at this price. Will wait for a player that make me happy in all respects. If I had to buy something now for a HDTV HDMI setup, it would probably be the $39 Philips 5992. Great value and performance.

Reviewed using a 50" PDP 1080i using HDMI connection.

This is my first Blu Ray player, and I second "Wewa's" comments. I've got a 50" 1080p tv and the picture is fine, when it works. The Philips BDP7200 takes around two minutes to load the movie, and often will stop playing in the middle of the movie.

There is nothing worse than settling in for a great movie, and then having the scene freeze 20 - 30 minutes in. Eventually, you can get it going again by reloading (2 or 3 times) but it really throws you out of the movie.

Avoid it.

having read the negative reviews i felt i had to defend the philips bdp7200 ive had this player for 5 months and have not endured any problems so far! maybe i lucked up on getting one that actual does work but this player plays beautiful blurays, is very quiet, and has played every bluray i have put in it over 50 so far including the new releases without stopping or having to go through the hazzle of upgrading firmware like i have had to do downstairs with the samsung1500 i highly recommend this player!

Bedtime Stories (Plus Standard DVD + Digital Copy + BD Live) [Blu-ray]I've owned this unit for a few months now and it works like it should however I contacted Philips to make aware that the newer release from Disney "Bedtime Stories" will not play the main feature. It gets though the previews but when it starts to load the main feature it sets back to the white screen with PHILIPS in blue screen and repeats the previews. I have the latest firmware update so I'll just have to wait...

Other than that it plays the rest of my collection just fine. I'm very happy with this purchase and understand that their are mishaps like this and thankfully they make firmware updates to address issues like this and the changes to certain formats in blu ray discs. The player takes it loner to load the movies than I'd like but I'm totally aware that there is alot of info on these blur ray discs to process and the clarity is worth the wait. It seems to load longer when you have company over and your both staring at the screen waiting for the movie to begin but really not a big deal. All in all great player. It's quiet when it runs so no distractions or, "what's that loud humming noise" coming from it.

I am like another reviewer who feels like I have to defend this product. Almost could not believe it when I saw the average review of only three stars as I write this. Did a lot of homework before buying this and when I saw it on sale for just under $200.00 at a competitor of Amazon.com, I had to pull the trigger. I am very glad I did, because the very minor flaws I have encountered thus far (after three weeks of ownership) seem insignificant to me.
Don't compare a player in this price range to one that has double the retail price. To me that is unfair.
I am a guy who has a decent Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system. I don't care if this does not have the latest Dolby TruHD or DTS HD decoders built in, because I am not going to take the plunge into a new AV Reciever thank you. The 5.1 sounds excellent via the optical input. I have a feeling that Philips knows who they are building these things for.
As for Picture quality, I could not be happier. I have it hooked up via HDMI (with the audio off so I can send that via Optical) to a Panasonic 42" Viera plasma (which accepts 1080P24 signal). Blurays look absolutely stunning if you have a TV that can accept 1080P24, and I have not had any of the freeze issues that some others talk about after viewing approximately a dozen bluray titles so far. DVD's look excellent as well (maybe not as good as Oppo), but MUCH better than my previous Samsung DVD player ever produced. Another selling point to me is the fact that it plays all DVD formats. Not just the minus only, some others in this price range. If you have any family stuff, home movies, etc recorded on Plus format dvds, watch out. You might end up not being able to watch them on your new player.
Lastly, If you look at some "big time" reviewers like CNET for example, you may be wrongly swayed against buying something that is not at the absolute top of their list. That would be a shame. I think they got it wrong when they gave this one an average rating.
I really like mine a lot, and I can't imagine that most people would not feel the same way if they picked one up.

I would have rated 0 stars if it would let me. We have had problesms with this player since the day we opened it. We purchased it at a Black Friday Sale at Best Buy and we had problems that are definitely manufacturer issues. Each time the disc tray tries to open it can never open all the way and the display reads "blocked." The same thing occurs when it tries to close. You manually have to push it to close it and vice versa to open it. I have also noticed that the word angle will appear on the TV screen when I push the angle button or the up and down button as instructed. An "x" appears on the TV indicating an invalid command, and there is no change in the angle of the picture frame. I have installed the firmware upgrade and there are still problems occurring with this player. I sent them an email and the response I got was to bring it to a repair shop at my expense or that I was "qualified" to buy certified refurbished model. I paid a lot of money for this and expect it to work properly! Do not buy this. Buy from Philips if you want HORRIBLE customer service.

This blu-ray player came very well packaged. It took a little longer then I would have expected for it to start working, but once it did it produced a great quality picture. The fan seems to run a bit loud when its left on.

I bought this blu-ray in 2009 and have barely used it but every time I do I have no problems. Yes I had to do a firmware update but that's typical with any technology nowadays. Flawless!

This has been a great machine after 11 months of use. It has been reliable and has played all of my titles without glitches. It bitstreams Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HDMA to my Onkyo audio reciever. I was and am still very pleasantly surprised by this machine. Kudos to Philips.

This is good priced blue ray player. I did my research and this unit was rated one of the best buys by Consumer Reports. Got it, hooked it up, and it played the first movie for about an hour then locked up. Took me a while to get my disk out but I finally did. I called Philips and they had great customer service. Very short wait on the phone (especially for a Saturday). They told me they would replace the unit. It took about a week and a half and a new unit arrived. This unit has been working fine for the past 3 weeks. Now here comes the Disappointing part. They replaced my New unit with a refurbished unit. And the refurbushed unit only has a 90 day Warrantee not the 1 year of the new unit. If I had to make another purchase I would purchase another brand.
Shame on you Philips !!!!!