Philips DVP5960-queries if you have one!!!

[Chach007]

Hey all just got myself one of these for £33.49 from Sainsburys and have a couple of questions.

I play alot of divx movies burnt to dvd's and so far they all seem to play really well on this player. The current firmware I have is 12.06.36.24. Now I've read that more up to date firmware has caused all sorts of playback problems with divx and xvid so should I stay with the .24 firmware? Is this the best?

I'm also gona buy a Sony Bravia KDL40W2000 LCD tv soon and never having owned a HD tv before was wondering what kind of picture I'd get playing commercial dvd's through a hdmi cable with this player and tv? I know it upscales the picture (Sony tv is 1080p) so would it be noticibly different to a scart connection?

Finally would divx movies look better being played through an hdmi connection with this tv and dvd player?

Any comments greatfully received thanks

[aniki]

Originally Posted by Chach007

Hey all just got myself one of these for £33.49 from Sainsburys and have a couple of questions.

I play alot of divx movies burnt to dvd's and so far they all seem to play really well on this player. The current firmware I have is 12.06.36.24. Now I've read that more up to date firmware has caused all sorts of playback problems with divx and xvid so should I stay with the .24 firmware? Is this the best?

I'm also gona buy a Sony Bravia KDL40W2000 LCD tv soon and never having owned a HD tv before was wondering what kind of picture I'd get playing commercial dvd's through a hdmi cable with this player and tv? I know it upscales the picture (Sony tv is 1080p) so would it be noticibly different to a scart connection?

Finally would divx movies look better being played through an hdmi connection with this tv and dvd player?

Any comments greatfully received thanks

Hi,

The latest firmware ends with .40 so quite a few changes since.
The only drawback you may encounter is if the divx's are packed bitstream as this introduces slightly jerky playback.
However you can convert them to unpacked with Mpeg4modifier (free!).
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You will notice a big improvement using the HDMI over Scart.
I find DVDs best played at standard res whereas divxs benefits from the players upscaling, moreso on an LCD.
Good luck HTH

[chris57]

Have a read here for different firmwares etc:-
http://www.phunkyfish.com/article/4/philips-dvp-596012

[jediuk]

Hi,

I recently bought this player. however, i cant see the upscale button on the remote. Do i need to walk over to the player and press upscale or is there a button i am missing on the remote?

Jed

[gmp]

Use set up button on remote and leave it set at res you want.

[erli]

hello boys
could anybody tell from which store you got the philips dvp5960, cos they didn't have on my local store , i live in kingston surrey,
cheers

[jediuk]

I got mine from Currys on a pricematch, personally i would wait for the 5980 as it has 1080P. I'm planning on selling mine now.

[batman1056]

Originally Posted by jediuk

I got mine from Currys on a pricematch, personally i would wait for the 5980 as it has 1080P. I'm planning on selling mine now.

just got one from amazon - and sending it back - does not allow Harddrive USB conections - USB sticks but not USB Harddrive

[erli]

hello jediuk
any idea when 5980 is coming out?
cheers

[fossman]

Just bought one of these for £39.99 (last one they had in my local Sainsburys).

Wheres the cheapest place to get a HDMI cable from?

[jediuk]

Originally Posted by erli

hello jediuk
any idea when 5980 is coming out?
cheers

I hope this helps

http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/product/.../41395678.html

[jediuk]

Originally Posted by batman1056

just got one from amazon - and sending it back - does not allow Harddrive USB conections - USB sticks but not USB Harddrive

Did you see an improvement in picture?

I'm sure someone will come out with a hack to allow usb harddrives. MIght be worth hanging on to it.

[50p]

Originally Posted by fossman

Just bought one of these for £39.99 (last one they had in my local Sainsburys).

Wheres the cheapest place to get a HDMI cable from?

Originally Sainsburys had HDMI cables for £1.99 but these seem to be all sold out.

ALDI & LIDI had them in for £4.99 but I'm unsure of stock now.

Play had them for either £7.99 or £9.99 they are sold out too!

If you near a local Boyes store (North east) they have some in for £9.99.

A quick search on Amazon shows a marketplace seller, selling a 1.8m cable for £0.99 (I don't know what the delivery cost is)

Hope that helps

[dowzer]

I got a 2m cable in my local Lidl yesterday for £4.99. In Northern Ireland though so doubt you will just pop in lol. Wont know how decent it is until next week when my pj arrives.

Also ordered a 5m one from here - again cant say how good it is but the feedback looks ok.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/K1Connectiv...Q3amesstQQtZkm

[chris57]

Originally Posted by jediuk

Did you see an improvement in picture?

I'm sure someone will come out with a hack to allow usb harddrives. MIght be worth hanging on to it.

Its Freecom HD's that are having problems with both the 5960 and 5980 by the looks of it. Drives that work with the 5960 should be fine with the 5980 provided they are primary partitioned as FAT32.