Customer Reviews

Philips DVP3140 Compact DVD Player

5 star:		(66)
4 star:		(49)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

Make it Region free you will not regretted:

I bought two of these and was disappointed to find they were both Region 1 only...until I did this:

1. Make sure there is no disc in the player.
2. Turn power off and on again.
3. Open the tray.
4. On the remote, hit 9879 and then 0. This changes unit to Region 0, meaning it'll play all regions.
5. Hit OK on the remote.
6. The screen will display a massage

I bought this as a multi region unit to play UK dvd's.
The machine is locked to region 1 so and after calling Phillips I was told they this ONLY applies in the US. If you buy it in Canada it is unlocked to all regions.

2 minutes with Google and a simple code entry on the remote and it is now unlocked. NOW its a great deal. No complaints at all apart from the locking silliness.

I needed a dvd player for the back room to enjoy movies from blockbuster on.. This player works great, even if the dvds aren't up to par.. The player runs with no skips and a great picture..

I use this unit purely for watching DivX/Xvid AVI files burned onto CD-R media. Sound and video playback is flawless, and it handles subtitles very nicely as long as you follow the directions in the manual. I love the small size too.

What a nice find. It is easily made multi region (see other reviews). The DVD tray can be controlled with the remote, also. To open or close the DVD tray with the remote, hold down the STOP button for 3 or 4 seconds. This player is a very good bargain when you can find it in the $30 range. Progressive scan is a great feature. It's cheap and it works.

This player is simple to install and works very well. Not too many features but it does the job.

Pros: It works, even with Netflix DVDs.

Cons: Zoom size is small. The remote control keys are multi-function; some key functions get changed depending on what you're doing.

I use zoom a lot. With other players, I'll often zoom in and then slowly advance the picture. Can't do that with the remote for this player because the keys controlling the alternate speeds (step, slow motion, fast forward or reverse) are the same keys that control where the picture is centered in zoom, so if you're using zoom you can't access those other functions anymore.

As to the zoom itself, 2X is about 15% bigger, 3X around 25%, and 4X might make it to 45% larger than the original picture size. My older unit zooms in at more than triple those values.

If you don't care about using zoom, then the player has a good clear picture and has been able to read everything that Netflix has thrown at me. If you're familiar with the typical (lack of) quality of Netflix DVDs, which usually have at least small scratches and look like they're never cleaned, you'll know this is a big plus.

Product arrived in a couple of days and is a nice compact unit. The trick listed in other reviews that allows the player to become region free actually works like a charm. The only drawback I've found is that the DVD drawer is a bit flimsy and you have to press the open and close button on the actual unit-the remote does not have this as an option.

This player is great... for about a month. After a month the component outs died. A week later I started getting black vertical and horizontal lines when I played avi dvds, a week after that I have them on all dvds. Best Buy would not exchange it or let me return it since it was over a month. Don't waste your money, the price is cheap for a reason.

Remote broke after 6 weeks. Player stopped working after 8 weeks. Philips will replace unit under warranty only if I pay to ship it back. A useless product and warranty.