Philips DVD782CH 5-Disc DVD Player

by Philips

Product Details

Product Manual [854kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 11.6 x 3.2 inches ; 8.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005KJUG
• Item model number: DVD782CH
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,780 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Watch movie trilogies end to end or spin CDs for hours at a time with Philips' affordable DVD782CH five-disc DVD/CD changer. Enjoy features like repeat-play modes (including A-B repeat for looping a cherished video or music segment), sequential CD track programming, CD random play, and resume play, which picks up where you left off when last watching a DVD or listening to a CD.

Depending on your TV's inputs, you can choose from standard composite-video (yellow RCA) output, S-video, or high-resolution component-video outputs, which help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts.

A single set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial and optical digital-audio outputs for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or six-channel speaker setup, you can still make every movie night the ultimate experience: TruSurround simulates surround sound through two speakers (even the stereo speakers on a TV).

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, and a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.

From the Manufacturer

If you can't decide between music or movies, this Philips 5-disc DVD changer allows for both. The DVD782CH multiformat 5-disc DVD changer gives you a digitally sharp display and the playback capability of 5 DVD-Videos, video CDs, or standard prerecorded audio CDs.

This unit also includes component-video output; optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs; and 5-disc resume, which remembers where you left off on your last five DVD viewings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware of this 5-disc DVD changer - Zero Stars Rating, November 26, 2001

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Van Negriw (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips DVD782CH 5-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

Unfortunately, this is an example of deceptive advertising on the part of Philips.

It is billed as a 5-disc DVD changer. However, it is a ***manual*** changer. You have to physically press a button on the unit itself or the remote control to get the unit to play the next disc in the sequence. It will not automatically go to the next disc.

Further, the unit's internal programming is poorly done. It can take over 60 seconds for the unit to respond to a command, such as: open the disc drawer to insert/remove a CD or DVD, or to simply load a CD or DVD to play.

This is a very poorly designed unit, with very poor performance in terms of its user interface. I certainly would not recommend this unit to anyone wishing to purchase a multi-disc DVD/CD changer, regardless of the price offered.

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you buy this, be sure to get the extended service plan, November 15, 2001

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Douglas Ratcliff "The face that looks out at ... (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips DVD782CH 5-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

I'm on my second 782C in four months. I'm sure glad I got the service plan, because it looks like I'm going to have to take this one back too. After it runs for about a half-hour, I have trouble with stuttering that eventually leads to a complete lock up. Granted, this is an improvement over the first one, which wouldn't get past the FBI warning on my Suspiria DVD.

To be fair, most DVD's I don't have a problem with except for a little stuttering here and there, and I can get rid of it by starting over the DVD and skipping to where I left off, but I have at least two that I've had trouble getting past the first hour of. The afore mentioned Susperia and another Anchor Bay title called Phenomina. I had a friend test both these DVD's on his player and they played through for him with no problem.

Perhaps the whole DVD thing is just a bill of good they sold us, two of my friends also have problem DVD's they can't play on their players. Nothing destroys a scary movie like stuttering, freezing, and starting over. And nothing turns me into a ludite faster then unreliable technology. Get your act together Philips, et al!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Take a pass, December 1, 2001

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John M. Fox "B2B Small Business Marketing Guru" (Chicago suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips DVD782CH 5-Disc DVD Player (Electronics)

I have had an identical experience to Doug Ratcliff who also reviewed this product. Incredibly slow response to commands not to mention the skipping, resetting, and locking up altogether. I wish I had read his review before I bought my unit. Since I'm 11 days past the 90 days, it's going to cost about 1/2 what I paid for the unit (plus shipping) to get another one which is guaranteed not to be a NEW unit, just one that has been "remanufacutured" which I think means "repaired." Maybe I'll get one of Doug's returned units that has been repaired.