Products Review

Philips dvp642 Divx Dvd Player

With the introduction of the DivX codec, movie collectors found a easy way to back up their movie collections. The problem with Divx movie is if you want to play your Divx movies on your TV,  you must go through complicated connections from the PC to your TV or you will only be able to watch  them on your computer. All that has now changed with the introduction of Philips DVP642 DVD/DivX DVD player. Not only does Philips
DVP 642 play DVDs but Divx 3, 4, and 5 files and VCD, SVCD and mp3s!

Philips Dvp642 Divx DVD Player Feature:

• Compression formats : Divx 3.11, Divx 4, Divx 5, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4
• Disc Playback Media : CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DivX, DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-Video, MP3-CD, MPEG4, Picture CD, SVCD, Video CD
• Movies: DVD, DVD+R/RW, (S)VCD, DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x, MPEG4
• Music: CD, CD-R/RW and MP3-CD
• Picture CD (JPEG) with music (MP3) playback
• Progressive Scan (PAL & NTSC) gives razor-sharp images
• 4x video upsampling for improved image quality
• 192kHz/24-bit audio DAC delivers high-quality audio
• Built-in Dolby Digital & DTS decoders
• Product depth : 235 mm
• Product height : 43 mm
• Product width : 435 mm
• Product weight : 2 kg (6.6 pounds)
• Picture selection:
• Zoom  Rotate, Flip pictures  Album and track selection
• Connections:  Video output:
  -Component video (Y, Pb, Pr)
  -S-Video
  -CVBS (Yellow cinch)
• Audio output:
  -Analog (L+R) : cinch (white/red)
  -Digital : 1x coaxial, 1x optical
  -EC60958 for CDDA/LPCM
  -IEC61937 for MPEG-1/2
  -Dolby Digital
• Video performance:
  Progressive Scan
  Video decoding : MPEG-4/MPEG-2/MPEG-1
  Video format : 4:3/16:9
  Video  System: PAL/NTSC
• Audio performance:
  Audio DAC: 24 bit, 192 kHz
  Signal to Noise ratio: 105 dB
  Dynamic range : 100 dB
  Crosstalk: 105 dB
  Distortion/noise : 90 dB

• Quality: 9.0
• Ease of use: 8.0
• Overall Rating: 8.0