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This was my third DVD player and it has turned out to be great. Don’t get me wrong it is not without it’s flaws but the Phillips DVP642 DVD player will allow you to play DivX moveis and TV shows downloaded on the internet and was the first DVD player to do so. Theonly flaw that I have found so far is that when you run the THX video tests you do not get the shadows in the background of the tests to accurately set the brightness but other than this the picture and the sound that come out of the Phillips DVP642 are fantastic. This player has played almost everything that I throw at it. I currently have it hooked up with my Component video to my big screen and Digital sound going to my reciever.

Buy it today at Amazon or at your local Best Buy

Amazon.com Product Description
Tap into multimedia fun with Philips’ broad-format, high-style, and ultra-slim DVP642 DVD player. The DVP642 is not only a high-end progressive-scan DVD player equipped to offer scintillating images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs, it’s a tech-savvy player that spins your MP3- and JPEG-encoded recordable CDs (as well as Kodak’s and Fuji’s variants of the same) and CDs loaded with MPEG-4 and DivX video (3.11, 4.x, and 5.x files), perfect for viewing Internet-sourced content in your home theater. Want more? The player also converts Region 1/All Region PAL-formatted discs (the video standard in Europe) for viewing on standard NTSC televisions (and vice-versa, if only for video CDs).

The DVP642’s progressive-scan functionality allows compatible TVs to display the even and odd numbered lines of an image in a single pass. This minimizes screen flicker, which is easier on your eyes.
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the DVP642 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

Playback options include five-disc resume, which lets you pick up where you left off on your five most recently viewed DVDs (not applicable for MP3 or JPEG CDs), disc-lock parental controls, and picture zoom for magnification of select images.

The player will play JPEG images one by one automatically, letting you zoom in, rotate, or flip the picture vertically or horizontally. For MP3 playback, the player offers track time display, album and track selection, and repeat (disc/album/track). The DivX media format is MPEG-4 based video compression that lets you save large files like films, movie trailers, and music videos on recordable media.
Philips’ 4x video upsampling offers smoother images even when viewing interlaced (nonprogressive) signals through the player’s component-video, S-video, or standard composite-video outputs. SmartPicture provides optimum picture settings for color, brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness, etc., to enhance your overall viewing experience at all times.

The player will play JPEG images one by one automatically, letting you zoom in, rotate, or flip the picture vertically or horizontally. For MP3 playback, the player offers track time display, album and track selection, and repeat (disc/album/track). The DivX media format is MPEG-4 based video compression that lets you save large files like films, movie trailers, and music videos on recordable media.

A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player’s digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

Technical Details
Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files
Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on HD-ready TVs; SmartPicture and 4x video upsampling enhance all outputs
Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals
PAL-to-NTSC format conversion–great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs
Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D)
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Product Details
Product Dimensions: 20.0 x 12.0 x 5.0 inches ; 6.3 pounds
Item model number: DVP642

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