• Phillips DVP5996K DVD Player

    Phillips DVP5996K DVD Player

    Roydon Cerejo, Nov 21, 2008 1910 hrs IST

    The latest DVD player from Philips has stunning looks and offers a whole lot of features.

    Plays DivX Ultra, Sleek design and light weight, Reads portable HDD's.

    Does not play QPEL, Xvid, WMV.

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Features and Performance

USB 2.0 Link



This feature is fast becoming a norm; it saves you a whole lot time in burning CD's/DVD's. Just plug in any USB pen drive and the player detects it, giving you a prompt to go into USB mode (There is a shortcut on the remote). If there is no disc loaded then it automatically takes you to the USB root menu.

At the time of testing we didn't have a 16GB drive with us so I'm not sure if it will work. All files (audio, video and photo) work fine with a 1GB drive, so even larger capacity drives should not be a problem. The best part is that portable hard drives also work fine provided it is formatted in FAT32 format.

The WD Passport 250GB drive we used worked flawlessly after formatting it with SwissKnife in FAT32 format. This is the most convenient way to watch your entire movie collection quickly without bothering with DVD's.

Rip MP3's

This feature was there in the last Phillips player we tested and makes a comeback here as well.



You can select the Speed (Normal or Fast), Bitrate(up to 192kbps in Normal mode and 320kbps in Fast mode), keep the ID3 tag or not. In Normal mode with the Bitrate set to 192kbps it took roughly 4 minutes to convert a 3 minute song and in Fast mode with the Bitrate set to 320kbps it took 2 minutes and 10 seconds for the same song.
The sound quality is not bad and for a quick conversion it certainly comes in handy. However, if you need some more tweaking options then it's best you do it on your computer.

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(22) Comments
Madhu
,Coimbatore, on Nov 07, 2009 02:05 PM
Iv got the same problem as Caesar. Any solutions
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Caesar
,Bangalore, on Jan 29, 2010 11:12 PM
Sorry i hadn't checked this post for a long time.... The only solution i have found is that, i downloaded a xvid to divx converter and use it before playing any xvid file.... Its not really a solution.....
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Marc
,Mumbai , on Nov 13, 2009 05:37 PM
I've just bought the player and am having problems playing back some Mp4 movie files on the 5996 anyone knows why? or what i need to do? I have a pioneer DV 220 but the problem is that it doesn't display the tracks it just gives you the track duration, lapsed time and the disc duration and lapsed time. HELP! ANYONE!
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nikunj
,Pune, on Aug 24, 2009 02:18 PM
Caesar- did you get ur player hang problem solved? I have exactly the same problem. I always thought this payer supported Xvid, but in the above description says it doesn't. This player sucks big time.
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Krishna
,Bangalore, on May 10, 2009 10:45 AM
The cons says : "Does not play QPEL, Xvid, WMV." I dont think this is completely true. Check out page 20 of the user guide which says, The unit plays: – WMV i les on CD-R(W)/ DVD+R(W) – The i le extension has to be ‘.wmv’. – DivX® i les on CD-R(W)/ DVD+R(W) – The i le extensions has to be ‘.AVI’, ‘.MPG’ or ‘.MP4’. – DivX® Certii ed, DivX® Ultra Certii ed – Q-pel accurate motion compensation – Global Motion Compensation (GMC) playback Even xvid files play fine, I have played so many.
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Caesar
,Bangalore, on Aug 16, 2009 06:43 PM
I purchased this model a few days back. It does play both WMV and Xvid. Although none of the Xvid rips i tried used Qpel or GMC. But I am facing a queer problem with Xvid files' playback. Initially the playback is perfect. But after an some time (random), video pauses and the player hangs. There's nothing i can do after that except pull the plug and restart. If i replay the movie, it might hang at a different part of the movie. This happens more often when i try to fast-forward through a movie. This is quite irritating. Has anyone ever faced this problem?
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andy
,chennai, on Feb 04, 2009 10:40 AM
any one know how to makie this region free....i have a lot of region 1 dvd's that do not play on this...
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Krishna
,Bangalore, on May 10, 2009 10:39 AM
Try this: Go to Setup -> Preference Page Enter 138931 using the numeric keypad The current region is displayed on the screen. Use the up/down keys to change this to to 0, press OK.
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Ketan
,BLR, on Jun 01, 2009 05:42 PM
Krishna's solution worked! I've got DVDs from all regions to play!
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sandeep
,hyd, on May 26, 2009 12:24 PM
is 3996 model ok? the only diff between 5996 and 3996 is the karoke option... lemme know plz
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dennis
,mumbai, on Apr 02, 2009 04:00 PM
Does 5996 plays xvid format?...i really doubt please clear
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Anonymous
,qwafd, on Dec 09, 2008 06:15 PM
Id DOES play Xvid.
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Sid
,indore, on Jan 04, 2009 10:31 AM
hi i want to purchase this player where did you get this player from ??
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dennis
,mumbai, on Apr 02, 2009 03:57 PM
Does it plays xvid format...i doubt...
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Tushar
,Pune, on Jan 12, 2009 01:49 PM
I went to purchase this player and took along with me my WD 120 GB USB Hard drive. I had .avi movie files which i tested and i observed a judder in moving scenes, observed more judder in HDMI connection. Compared the same with LG 388 and there was np juddering in it for the same movie files. But LG 388 took 15 minutes time to scan my Hard drive. Otherwise the picture quality was amazing. At present i am holding my decision to buy this player because of juddering.
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Tushar
,Pune, on Jan 12, 2009 01:52 PM
Correction - I went to purchase this player and took along with me my WD 120 GB USB Hard drive. I had .avi movie files which i tested and i observed a judder in moving scenes, observed more judder in HDMI connection. Compared the same with LG 388 and there was no juddering in it for the same movie files. But LG 388 took 15 minutes time to scan my Hard drive. Otherwise the picture quality for phillips 5996 is amazing. At present i am holding my decision to buy this player because of juddering.
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sidds83
,Pune, on Jan 13, 2009 12:52 PM
You should go with Philips. It will turn out to be a value for money. What is juddering?
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Tushar
,Pune, on Jan 28, 2009 07:12 PM
Juddering, I can simplify and say there were jerks in moving scenes.
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Ravi
,bangalore, on Feb 18, 2009 04:35 PM
Does this machine support hard disk too (NTFS or FAT 32)?
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sugik
,indonesia, on Feb 17, 2009 09:02 AM
ah no... no HDMI cable in the box... i think it depends to the region do you all get hdmi cable?
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AMBAR GAIKWAD
,PUNE, on Nov 23, 2008 05:12 PM
GOOD DVD PLAYAR
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Anonymous
,ktym, on Nov 22, 2008 05:26 PM
Y doesn't philips give a quality coaxial cable with there players??.i hav ended buyin cables worth around 550rs which r not true coax.
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