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Philips DVD782CH 5-Disc DVD Player | 
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| Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $229.99
Buy Refurbished: $59.99
You Save: $170.00 (74%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.8
Dimensions (in): 17.1 x 11.6 x 3.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DVD782CH
Model: DVD782CH
UPC: 037849910559
EAN: 0037849910559
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 5-disc DVD/CD changer with DVD-Video, DVD+RW, and audio CD playback | | • | Component-, composite-, and S-video outputs accommodate a range of standard and advanced televisions | | • | Motion zoom, repeat play, track programming, and resume play | | • | Coaxial and optical outputs pass Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround signals to compatible AV receivers and speaker systems | | • | Measures 17.1 x 4.1 x 14.4 inches (W x H x D) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Philips DVDs have great picture and sound quality. Dual Focus lasers read audio and video information separately, ensuring optimum performance. Sometimes, it's the details that make Philips stand apart from the rest.The DVD782CH makes your movies come alive with digitally sharp display and component, composite, and S-Video outputs. It has playback capability of DVD/Video CD/Audio CD playback. The DVD782CH features 96kHz/24 bit Audio DAC for high audio quality output, Digital Audio Output (PCM/MPEG 2 Dolby Digital/DTS), TruSurround 3D Sound for stereo analog out, Dual analog audio output. Only Philips can bring such a number of features in one versatile device!
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
Better late than never ... August 12, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We needed to know if this unit (Philips DVD 782C) was compatible with DVD+RW disks so I Googled it and found this Amazon listing.
We were totally amazed to find the reviews we found ... and wish we had done this years ago INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL THIS TIME STRUGGLING WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A DVD PLAYER. We have spent countless hours MR. Clean'ing and SkipDr'ing disks just to get them to play (and sometimes even that didn't work).
Just in case anyone else comes along, take the excellent advice given several times in this collection of reviews ... RUN THE OTHER DIRECTION WITHOUT QUESTION IF SOMEONE OFFERS YOU THIS DVD PLAYER.
Now, we do NOT believe this is a fundamental problem with Philips. We have, and have had, many fine products sold by Philips. We are guessing this particular DVD player was the result of some very poor product planning that went very badly before, during and after the fact. Hopefully the person(s) responsible has (have), per usual corporate practice, been promoted farther up the ladder where they can no longer inflict this kind of pain on Customers.
P.S. We tried to give this product "0" stars but Amazon requires at least "1" star. Probably a quid pro quo agreement of some sort we imagine.
This is a terrible DVD player June 16, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is very difficult to get the player to play many of my DVD titles that work just fine elsewhere. It also takes an abnormally long time for the unit to recognize and play a DVD. It responds sluggishly to commands and it frequently just freezes and will not respond to any commands. I would stay away from this thing.
This is a terrible machine,that has been showing up new and used,,for the last 3 years.It is very poor in quality. January 13, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I owned this this player.It could never play a dvd,without skipping...I exchanged,the unit 3x,with no luck.Finally,it only played cd discs...I sold this set for 5 bucks,at a flea market!!If you see this model,run the other way...Check out the feedback,from my fellow,reviewers...I hope this helped you..Thank you Stewart L.
Phillips ought to be ASHAMED of themselves! October 3, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This DVD player isn't worth the space it takes up in your entertainment system. I've had exactly the same problem as everyone else - skipping really badly; didn't matter which position I selected in the carousel. I think I was able to watch 3 movies without disruptive skipping over the last 1-1/2 years. Though I did purchase another one once I realized this was a problem, I kept trying to see if I could figure out what was wrong with the Phillips. I initially thought the DVD was dirty or defective, only to find it played fine in my portable DVD player. I finally disconnected the Phillips and am ready to toss it. I won't even donate it to a thrift store for fear that some family may look forward to using it only to be at least as disappointed and frustrated as I was. Do NOT purchase this DVD player unless you're a glutton for punishment.
Late Review But In Full Agreement May 25, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Unfortunately my wife and I purchased this "product" without reading the posted reviews here. ALL are entirely accurate! I cannot calculate how many hours I have spent trying to figure out what is wrong. No loading, skipping, freezing, not OPENING when it freezes, all down the line, combined with 100 trips to and from the video stores to exchange their "defective" DVDs. My wife was firmly of the belief the DVDs were just "dirty" but I finally decided (this agrees with one of the reviewers) there is a balance problem in the drawer. When there is a no-load, jiggling/adjusting the drawer sometimes (not always) fixes it, but only until the next time, and will not stop the freezing problems. If my wife had a dime for every time I said "this thing is a piece of @&*!" she would be a millionaire. This is very late but if this product is still on the market in ANY form stay many miles away. And Philips' arrogant lack of response (as reported; I have no personal experience here) is virtually criminal in this day and age.
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