Philips DVP5140 Multiformat DVD Player with DivX, MP3, Windows Media Support

Just received this DVD player. My old KLH DVD player is almost 3 times as thick as the Philips 5140. The remote IR window on the front of the player is very sensitive. The remote must be pointed directly at it. That may be one reason some people have had a hard time programming the player to be region free. It took me two tries to get the region code screen to display. Connecting and setting up the player was a breeze. Video is crisp and bright and audio is clear. Such a treat to be able to watch my UK DVD's now! Thanks H. A. Emet.

Update 9/28/08: From page 22 of the User's Manual - If you hold down the stop button on the remote, the disc tray will open. If you hold down the stop button again, the tray will close.

Update 9/30/08: From page 24 of the User's Manual - If you press Play/Pause while a disc is loading, the disc will resume play from last stopped point. The manual says you can resume playback of the last 5 discs. I have only tried it with 2, but it works.

This DVD player has a lot of functions, but you really need to go through the User's Manual carefully....

I bought this unit because my older model Toshiba player had problems playing DVD-R's and even some DVD's. This little guy plays everything! Not a fancy player and I agree that the remote is rudimentary, but I am still very pleased with my purchase. Good value for the money.

After reading other reveiws, I purchased this unit early last year. The multi region function works flawlessly, the picture is very good for those of us who haven't upgraded to HDTV/Blu-Ray, etc.

I'm back to order 2 more today to replace the other models (stay away from Toshiba) im my home that have recently started giving me lots of problems with reading discs.

This product plugged in and worked. I was surprised to find the remote does not provide a fast forward feature, only a scene advance option. Don't worry, any old universal remote provides this feature without a problem.

The item is very good. Everything plays like a charm and I mean everything, CD's, mp3, DVD, DivX etc. I have never seen something that complete for such a low price. Some features are missing like memory when the video is stopped and other little things but the unit do what it promises. Other thing... the resolution for the DivX is a bit low... it is good quality for TV shows that I download and watch aftwerwards but not so good for movies... but again, at such a low price I cannot not complain at all...