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Remanufactured Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy Used: $45.00
You Save: $34.99 (44%)
New (1) from $169.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 20 x 12 x 5
MPN: DVP642
Model: DVP642
UPC: 037849953921
EAN: 0037849953921
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: DVD player only. No box, manuals, or video cables. Front pannel of the unit is broke off and missing. Unit has scratches and bruises. Front left pannel is broken from the dvd unit. Tested and works great.
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| Features:
| • | Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D); 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 | | • | PAL-to-NTSC format conversion--great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs | | • | Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals | | • | Remanufactured to like-new condition; includes 90 day warranty |
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Product Description
CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission's digital-television Web site at: htttp://www.dtv.gov.
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). 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. What's in the Box
DVD-Video player, remote control with batteries, a user's manual, and an analog audio/composite-video interconnect.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Good, capable machine, works well; Incredible price for astonishing feature set August 2, 2005
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
I originally ordered a refurbished Philips DVP642 from Overstock, and it was a comedy of errors (did not work at all -- could not read any discs -- came with a photocopy of the manual instead of a real manual, and came with the wrong remote such that even if the machine had worked, I would not have been able to use it [no "setup" button on the remote or on the front panel]). I am glad to say that I immediately returned it (and told Overstock [who I found out often/always ship the wrong remote! Bad!!!] I wanted a refund, not a replacement, and I'd go and order it from Amazon instead).
Amazon, you are wonderful! My refurbished/remanufactured Philips DVP642 arrived in great condition, perfect working order, had the real manual, and had the correct remote!
As for the player itself, it does what it claims. It happily plays regular DVDs (and even over composite and through a video switch, it outputs a really clear, sharp picture--far, far better than the Sampo player it is replacing). It happily played random avi/mpg files off a DVD-R. I have not actually tried playing non-region-1 discs in it yet, but that's purely due to my lack of time to play with it, not due to any difficulty. As I understand it, it's very easy to switch regions or put it into multi-region (region 0?) mode, which I'll do at some point.
Bravo Philips! Bravo Amazon.com!
Good unit for the price ... mileage may vary! June 2, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've enjoyed this unit and just bought my 2nd after the first one died ... lasted about 1 1/2 yrs. Other reviews indicate that these units seem to die after some time and I've read it's related to a power capacitor (probably an easy fix for someone skilled in electronics). Other problems are that some DVD-Rs won't load in this ... seems really arbitrary though, not any specific brand. I like it to play .avi files from the computer. If I were just playing store bought DVDs, I think I would choose something a little more reliable. I bought my second one from a retailer that offers a 4 year extended warranty for $20. I figure the extra money is worth it as 4 out of the 5 DVD players I've owned have died within 3 years. So my advice ... make sure you have a good warranty and expect to replace it, enjoy it while it works.
 Remanufactured DVP642 June 12, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great valued unit - but buy it new. Bought a remanufactured unit as a second DVD/DivX player - died on me just after the 90 day warranty ended (No Disc error for DVDs, plays CDs fine). Meanwhile, my original non-remanufactured unit is still working fine after a year and a half.
 Dead upon arrival. Amazon refused to take it bak. February 23, 2006
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
I ordered two Philips DVP642 DivX (refurbished) from Amazon. Both dvd player were pack in a generic brown box. There were no manufacture label or anything outside the box except UPS shipping label. The dvd player were wrap in buble wrap only. Because the boxes were just generic brown box, I threw away the box immediately. Couple days after I threw away the boxes, I start to install the dvd play and test it out. One of them was defected upon arrival. The player would play for about 1 minute, then I get a blue screen with "Disc Loading" forever. This happen no matter what I did. I try to unplug, try several other dvd disc. Nothing work. I called Amazon, they said they won't take it back without the box. All I can say is SUCK.
Remanufactured Phillips 642 May 5, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Worked well for 30 days and then started having problems turning on. Really a pain. Won't turn on normally and have to spend 10 min. or so pushing the stand-by button to get it go on. Don't be a remanufactured one.
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