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Philips DVP3140/37 DVD Player

Philips DVP3140/37 DVD Player

Philips - DVP314037Release Date: May 2007

Your dream player with flawless, true-to-life picture quality and the ability to play virtually any disc! The Philips DVD player delivers your movies and music entertainment experience.

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Number of Reviews: 21
Positive Reviews: 76%
Negative Reviews: 24%
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Positive Review

Reviewed by: vivianzhang08 on 17-Feb-08

Strengths: compact, inexpensive,multi region code free, remote control

Weaknesses: the quality may not be good to last long

Summary: This is the second Philips DVD player we had so far. It is smaller and lighter than our first one. The slim-design makes it very easy to fit into any small space.We used it on the TV in our kitchen. It played every DVDs and MP3 discs we put in smoothly and flawlessly. We have used it for more than a month. So far we have not seen any quality defect on this player. It came from a famous brand---philips. At the current price, it is a great buy. I would like to recommend it to anyone who wants a small,simple,easy and reliable DVD play.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: dcpurvis on 07-Jan-08

Strengths: Easy to operate, great value

Weaknesses: Single disc; no fancy bells and whistles

Summary: Our expensive surround sound 5-disc DVD system stopped working and we needed a quick inexpensive substitute while we figured out how to get the other one operating again. We did a little research and chose this nice little Philips model. If you are looking for something super simple, compact, and inexpensive this is a great choice.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: lanboy10 on 17-Dec-07

Strengths: Plays Divx, small slim compact, lightweight.

Weaknesses: No USB support like the higher model Philips DVD Player which cost more.

Summary: For the price its not bad, because it plays dvd and popular divx format. Its better than getting the outdated dvp642 which is few years old. Great all around and very nice player.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: Hu Family on 13-Dec-07

Strengths: easy to use.good compatibility with many formats

Weaknesses: One DVD I made sometimes the music in the title running not very smoothly.

Summary: This is a good one I purchase with very low price. One of the features I liked most is that it can play most of the DVD and VCDs I have, even including those I made by myself.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: ningy on 05-Dec-07

Strengths: Plays dvd discs in a wide range of format; slim design; light weight; excellent vedeo quality.

Weaknesses: None

Summary: I just bought this dvd player about a week ago and I like it pretty much. I chose this model other than other dvd player largely because it plays VCDs. Also the price is very reasonable.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: lape42 on 02-Dec-07

Strengths: Ultra slip design and plays all formats

Weaknesses: None Yet

Summary: This DVD player has been easy to set up and seems to work perfectly. I like the ultra slim design. It was priced right and proves to be a great value. I'm completely satisified the this purchase.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: hamedreza on 29-Nov-07

Strengths: 1-Plays a variety of formats and CD. Those that I have tested are (MP3,WMA,Audio CD,CD R/W,DivX,DVD-/+R/W,SVCD,VCD).2- It's slick and slim3- In expensive

Weaknesses: 1- Produces loud noise when skipping a track2- FForward is slow and noisy

Summary: I bought the DVP3140 from circutcity.com for $31.49 after S/H/T. I wanted a DVD player capable of playing DivX movies. I watch DivX Files very much, so playing such files was important for me. So far it has done a good job on playing these movies. On the picture quality side, it is sort of comparable to my HD channels on Comcast. It has a coaxial digital audio out for connecting to Home Theaters. Don't ask more for this price. It really Worth it. Go for it.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: imteddy on 27-Nov-07

Strengths: Sleek design, slim, Divx, Philips brand

Weaknesses: Remote is not great

Summary: This is a nice DVD player for those who are not interested in to many frills in the player and want an inexpensive player to play the DVDs burnt on home computers. The low price, Divx support, and Philips brand have been the deciding factors for the purchase. I have used Philips products earlier as well and overall I am very happy with their products.This player has a thin design and easily fits in my compact TV stand. The remote is not the best that I have seen, but a universal remote can always be used to avoid the problem and to avoid using multiple remotes. Picture quality is good. For $30 you cannot expect a lot. Not for those looking for high profile HD performance.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: hisbride01 on 26-Nov-07

Strengths: 1)Its price. 2)Simple to handle and play. 3)slim body.

Weaknesses: 1)Remote control looks cheap and hard to handle. Also, there is no eject button in the remote control. 2)It doesn't read WMV files.

Summary: I recomment this dvd player, if you cheap and more or less good player. This player is easy to handle and so slim. However, its remote control is not particularly good, but you sould think of its price!

Positive Review

Reviewed by: hotblade on 26-Nov-07

Strengths: 1. Does what it's supposed to do and does it well.2. thin3. great price!

Weaknesses: 1. noticeable noise (in a quiet room) when starting up and reading the disc, (but completely quiet during movie)2. using the skip chapter forward/back button to fwd/rewind takes getting used to

Summary: It's a good player that simply put, plays dvds. Using the skip chapter buttons to move forward/rewind through the chapter takes a little bit of finger skill (release the button too fast and it skips the chapter; hold down the button too long and it goes to 32x fwd/rwd). This just takes getting used to, nothing too difficult unless finger dexterity is a problem for you.I previously used my xbox360 to watch my dvds but I thought I'd extend the life of my xbox360 by investing in a dedicated dvd player. For $25, this is player works well and I have no complains.Note: The player is made to only read dvd from U.S. and Canada, but there is a very simple (takes 10secs) procedure to unlock it to read dvds from anywhere.borrowed from post in amazon (by Tepavicharov):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.) The screen will display a massage 5. Hit OK on the remote.

Negative Review

Reviewed by: robinncsu228 on 24-Nov-07

Strengths: Easy to operate

Weaknesses: Always complains "no disc" at the second day while it workedwell with the same disc at the first day

Summary: Last year I bought the another philip DVD player which got broken month after I bought it from Circuitcity. This BF I got this one while it fails just at the second day. Lost confidence on it. Will go for others.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: spkoester on 24-Nov-07

Strengths: Intuitive menu, compact size, large range of supported media.

Weaknesses: Thin tray, no S-video, a little noisy when switching between titles.

Summary: This product completely fulfilled my desire for a streamlined progressive DVD player for use with my LCD TV. Other than a slight misunderstanding when it came to using the subtitles button on the remote (my fault--a proper description is in the manual), setup and viewing of my first DVD was a snap. The only major criticism I can offer is there was a little bit of noise from the player when jumping to the bonus material on the DVD, but considering how quietly the player ran during the movie, I'd hardly say that was a problem. For anyone who doesn't require HD upconversion and is looking for an inexpensive, yet powerful DVD player, this is a great buy.

Positive Review

Reviewed by: GTEvo8 on 22-Nov-07

Strengths: Philips name, plays multiple formats, tiny design

Weaknesses: None so far

Summary: Philips invented the DVD make this wonderfully small, well designed player with those of us in mind, who do not use traditional multi-media channels; it will play all manner of formats, and do it well.I would recommend this little player to anyone, because it is small, reliable and will play most anything you put in it.I am very happy with this purchase!

Negative Review

Reviewed by: dvenkat on 21-Nov-07

Strengths: Cheap, Sleek looks and lightweight. Home made DVDs played fine.

Weaknesses: Makes sound while playing the DVD. The remote does not have the eject/close button. The LCD display looks cheap. The file names gets trukated. No S-Video output.

Summary: This DVD player that I bought from CC for $30 does just what I wanted it to do. Playback DVD's. Easy to set up, load a DVD, and press 'PLAY'. If you are not into fancy features, this is the one for you

Negative Review

Reviewed by: srvailaya on 08-Nov-07

Strengths: Inexpensive player that plays DivX, MP3/WMA, JPG files alongwith VCDs and DVDs.

Weaknesses: Remote is not intuitive, especially using it to Open/Close disc.

Summary: This is a quite inexpensive DVD player, I got mine for less than $40. It supports a variety of formats. Plays DivX files very well. The only drawback is the remote, which takes time to get used to. There is no Open/Close button on the remote, but holding down the Start button seems to do the trick. Also, it is quite slim and looks sleek. On the whole, a pretty good DVD player that is inexpensive as well.

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