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Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Philips EAN: 8712581408152 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Model: DVP3980/05 MPN: DVP3980/05 Publisher: Philips Release Date: June 23, 2008 Studio: Philips Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Discover everything that high definition videos have to offer with the DVP3980 from Philips. This DVD player comes with Full HD 1080p upscaling technology for unbeatable quality graphics, and video oversampling, which improves resolutions on your HD TV. Progressive Scan technology enhances your videos even further, while its DivX and DVD-RW compatibility allows you to watch pretty much anything you like. Also included is a digital HDMI output, which means that the DVP3980 from Philips will fit in perfectly with all modern homes! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Philips DVP3980/05 - DVD PlayerI had this dvd player for 3 weeks and I must say that I happy with the quality of picture. Its easy to set up and is definitely multi-region. Followed the instructions left by one of the previous reviewer and it worked straight away. Colours are rich and clear using hdmi connection. I am thinking of buying another one in the near future. Highly recommended. Rating: - Multi Region DVD Player with HDMII read the various reviews on Amazon before deciding to purchase this product. It arrived to day and I am amazed at the picture quality I am a video producer by profession and am delighted. One thing though, the Amazon description states region 2 player - it is infact multi region. Well done Phillips and well done Amazon for another great deal and service as usual. Paul Heritage Studios Dartmouth Rating:  - Yet another new buggy player from Philips.Whilst playback of AVI files encoded with either DivX or XviD is pretty good, as is DVD-Video, there is an issue with the TV type output (PAL/NTSC/Multi). As I have both PAL and NTSC DVD's, and AVI files, I set my players to Multi rather than PAL or NTSC. What this should do is send a signal to a compatible TV to change the refresh rate and line count - 625-line/50 Hz for PAL, 525-line/60 Hz for NTSC. However, if you play a PAL DVD/AVI file and then play an NTSC DVD/AVI file the output remains as PAL, which gives jerky playback. To correct this you have to go into the set up options and manually change it to NTSC. If you then change this back to Multi and put in a PAL DVD/AVI the output remains as NTSC, again producing jerky playback. This is something that will need fixing with a firmware update. It is yet another case of Philips rushing out yet another model which is no different to previous models in the same 'range', and offers nothing new, without making sure it works properly. It would be great if they were to fix the models they have out already before releasing yet another model with bugs. I have now gone off Philips so will look elsewhere. Rating:  - Does the JobBought this to go with my new Panasonic 32" LCD full 1080p TV. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on either a high spec Blu-ray or HD DVD player as yet, wanted to see where the market goes, so I plumped for this option based on the good reviews. A great buy so far! (only had it a week) Great upscaling, easy on the eye - basic remote control/display functions, but does the job it is asked. For such a bargain price I was very impressed with the quality! Next step is to figure out the region free element... Rating: - Total bargain!I know this player lacks a couple of bells and whistles, such as USB or memory card inputs, but let us look at what it does have. Picture quality is amazing from the HDMI port on a HD ready TV. Video is handled by a 12bit video DAC and it is truly very nice. Audio is handled by a 24bit Audio DAC and the sound is wonderful too. 1080p and 720p scaled DVD's honestly look very clean, clear and flow well...which is the sign of a very capable scaling chip. At first I fretted that the DTS logo was nowhere to be seen, and not mentioned in the manual either, but I was quickly relieved when I hooked it up via the coaxial digital output to my separate decoder to find that it passed through the 7.1 / 5.1 DTS bitstream without issue. So it seems that Philips merely cut a corner by not putting a DTS decoder inside...backed up by the fact that switching a disc's audio track to DTS results in muted TV speakers....but hey, DTS is a surround sound mode and if you crave it you will already have a DTS capable amp....so this is no big issue at all. As regards connections it has: 1x HDMI, 1x Component, 1 RGB SCART, 1 pair of analog audio out sockets (RCA/phono) and 1x coaxial digital out socket. No Toslink/optical I'm afraid....but most amps have coaxial inputs and, at the end of the day, digital audio is digital audio. Philips have also kept the price down by including no free AV cable of any kind, which is commendable, as most people would prefer to buy their own as opposed to using the cheap things that come in the box. So the only accessory in the box is the rather nice looking remote control and 2 AAA batteries. DivX playback was flawless....and the files were quickly loaded so I could tell that the 'engine' is pretty fast too. I should note that the first thing I did was to find the most beat up/scratched rewritable DVD-RW I could find for the DivX test....if a machine plays files off one of those you will know that it will not bother you in the future by being fussy over media. And I'm pleased to report that all the files played through fine. As did some old/scratched DVD-R and DVD+R discs authored as DVD-VIDEO. It seems this is one of those machines that never complains and spits out a disc over a few lousy marks (I should add that I look after my discs in general, I purposefully scratch a couple up for this test as it is a good way to spot laser over-sensitivity in a player). I should also add that this player is 'DivX Ultra©' certified... so it comes with extra menu, subtitle and audio features with its DivX playback, as opposed to standard DivX certified machines. This is a very nice feature. Overall Philips have cut all the right cost corners and not sacrificed the important things to place this model as their entry level 1080p DivX DVD player - and to be totally honest it seems more like a midrange machine. If you require USB inputs and extra AV outputs, then look elsewhere....perhaps even Philips models above this one, but if you don't need these extras but still want DivX and upscaled output....you will not go wrong here. I personally have to commend Philips on this machine, as it does all I wanted from it, does it well, and came in at a bargain price. For that I give it five shiny stars.  Try searching the Internet for "Philips DVP3980/05 - DVD Player with True High-Def HDMI 1080p" or Ebay for "Philips DVP3980/05 - DVD Player with True High-Def HDMI 1080p". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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