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Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct
Product Description DVD, HDMI (1080i Upsampling), DivX Ultra 6 (Mpeg 4 Video), Ultra Slim design, Progressive Scan, Plays CD, MP3, DVD, DVD+/-R/RW, CD-RW, JEPG Pictures,USB Connect to play all your favorite music or digital pictures, Windows Media Product Description Philips HDMI DVD Player - This home DVD player is a great way to get the most out of your current DVD movies. It features video upscaling, which boosts the video quality of your movies for high-definition displays. This higher definition signalcan be passed digitally to your HDTV via the HDMI port. HDMI also offers you audio transmission via the same cable, giving you an easy one-cable connection to your TV or receiver. Picture CD Playback - with JPEG pictures Picture Enhancement - flip photos, rotate, zoom, slideshow with MP3 playback NTSC&PAL Playback (PAL playback requires a TV that also supports the PAL format) Aspect Ratio - 4 - 3, 16 - 9 Dolby Digital USB Port Ports - RCA Composite Out, HDMI Out, Digital Coaxial Out, Component Video Out Parental Control&Child Lock Reader Reviews The rumor that the new Philips DVP5960 has corrected the bugs that plagued the Philips DVP5900 upscaling DVD player appears to be true! Also, the DVP5960 produces a much better picture than the DVP5900. The DVP5960 is "DivX Ultra" certified. I've tried upscaling DVD players from Sony, Samsung, and Toshiba. Only the more expensive Sony could match the DVP5960 picture quality. However, Sony DVD players are notoriously finicky about which discs they will play, while Philips is known for its "plays it all" DVD players. The DVP5960 uses a 12 bit/108 MHz video system instead of the 10 bit/54 MHz system used in the DVP5900. The 12 bit/108 MHz video system produces visibly sharper images and natural colors. The quality of the picture on my 42 inch Plasma HDTV is very impressive. When using the HDMI digital interface, I have found 480p to be the best selection. Anything other than 480p causes distortion of the picture for a disc with non-widescreen content. Selecting 480p turns off the DVD players upscaling feature and allows my HDTV scalers to format the picture correctly for my display. Also, selecting 480p restores functionality to the "format" button on my HDTV remote control, thus allowing me to select a format that produces the best picture. Use of the HDMI digital interface as opposed to the Component Video connection produces no visible difference in image quality on my 42 inch Plasma HDTV. The HDMI interface (cable must be purchased separately) can carry both video and audio, which cuts down on cables. HDMI transmits video and audio digitally; therefore, any cable that meets the minimum standard will work correctly. The DVP5960 has a USB port on the front panel that can accommodate a USB device or a flash card reader for playback of JPEG, MP3 or WMA files. You can display JPEG files with SD or HD resolution. The SD JPEG image quality is very good. The HD JPEG image quality is excellent but image display is very slow. One major complaint with DVD players concerns their inability to play damaged discs. The DVP5960 has successfully played imperfect discs that other players couldn't handle. Using the "display" button on the remote, you can view the bit rate and other interesting information about the disc being played. If the selected soundtrack on the disc you are playing is DTS (Digital Theater Sound), the analog audio output will be muted; consequently, you may need to use the "audio" button on the remote control to select a different soundtrack. DTS soundtracks are not very common in DVDs. The DVP5960 shows a noticeable pause at the layer change point when playing dual layer DVDs; however, this is not unusual for DVD players. The DVP5960 does not have an optical digital audio out or S-Video out connector. The DVP5960 seems to have replaced the DVP5900 which is no longer listed on the official Philips website. The DVP5960 chipset is MediaTek MT1389. The DVP5900 chipset is Zoran Vaddis 778. The DVP5960 provides video scaling up to 1080i. The resulting video output signal can be fed to an HD display through the HDMI digital interface. The objective in scaling is to make something out of nothing. Nearly all projectors, flat screen LCDs, plasmas and projection TVs have upscaling video processors. The issue here is quality. Scalers built into HDTVs should perform better than or equal to those in most upscaling DVD players. Scalers built into HDTVs are designed to work with that equipment's native display resolution. HDMI is about DRM (digital rights management), a euphemism for copy protection. HDMI = DVI + HDCP. HDCP is the copy protection component of the HDMI standard. HDCP encrypts the outputed DVD content to prevent unauthorized copies from being made. It is possible that with certain copy protected PCM audio qualities, the digital audio output (coaxial and optical) from HDMI compliant devices is muted. Furthermore, HD video signals may be downsampled to non-HD for non-HDCP DVI connections. HDCP compliant products are prohibited from sending HDCP protected content to analog outputs at HD resolution. The other component of HDMI is the digital interface. Although manufacturers claim otherwise, many experts say there's very little difference in image quality using a digital interface as opposed to an analog connection. For nearly a decade, manufacturers have been selling televisions advertised as HDTV, HD-Ready, HD-Capable, HD-Compatible, etc. Most of those televisions do not have DVI or HDMI digital interfaces. The FCC approved HDCP as a "Digital Output Protection Technology" on August 4th, 2004. Consequently, most HDTVs manufactured before 2004, and many manufactured before 2005 may become useless for watching true HDTV. Both the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD organizations have stated that the first movies to be released will not implement the HDCP protection flag. These may be the only DVDs that many HDTV owners will be able to view at HD resolution. Proper working with HDMI is only guaranteed with HDMI/HDCP compliant consumer products. Digital devices from different manufacturers have the possibility of differing standards which may cause problems. Vagueness in the HDMI/HDCP specification or inadequate testing may cause further problems. *** Addendum DTS (Digital Theater Sound) soundtracks are most often found in Superbit DVDs. Superbit and DTS technologies are especially beneficial with high end audio equipment and large screen high definition displays. The availability of DTS encoded DVD movies is limited. DTS encoded DVDs often cost more than their Dolby Digital (AC-3) counterpart. Discernible differences in audio quality between DTS and Dolby Digital (AC-3) are highly dependent on the encoding technique and equipment as well as your decoding equipment. The soundtrack for a DVD movie can contain Dolby Digital (AC-3), DTS, MP2, or PCM audio data. NTSC DVD players must support Dolby Digital (AC-3) and PCM soundtracks; consequently, all 525/60 (NTSC) discs must contain, at a minimum, Dolby Digital (AC-3) or PCM audio data. All other formats are optional. A DTS soundtrack is almost 4 times as large as a comparable Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtrack. This is because DTS audio is not compressed to the same degree as Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio. Both DTS and PCM together don't usually leave enough room for quality video encoding of a full length movie. Consequently, a disc with a DTS soundtrack will usually carry a Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtrack. This means that all DTS discs will work in all DVD players, but a DTS compatible player and a DTS decoder are required to play the DTS soundtrack. Most DVDs are encoded to optimize space for the feature plus added value and audio streams. Superbit utilizes the physical space devoted to added value to produce a disc with a higher bit rate video and both DTS and Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtracks. Superbit titles have a Dolby Digital (AC-3) soundtrack (at the highest rate of 448 Kbps) and a DTS soundtrack (at the half rate of 768 Kbps). Superbit titles are recorded on dual layer discs (8.5GB storage capacity). There is usually a noticeable pause during the layer change as the player's laser adjusts to read the second layer. The length of the pause varies from disc to disc and player to player. Comments (8) | Permalink | (Report this)
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