Rating: - Great things can come in small packages
I bought this DVD player because being a student living on my own I couldn't afford an expensive one. I am so glad I didn't save up to buy an expensive one as this one plays copied DVDs (thanks to region code "0" supplied by another reviewer) and discs from Canada, which is where my partner comes from, so we can play his DVD collection too! And all my original DVDs play perfectly with great sound and great picture. It's slimline and it looks great. Other reviewers have given it 4 because they couldn't give it 5, but I'm giving it the 5 it deserves because this DVD player is amazing for the price it is. *****

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Rating: - Philips DVD Player
Bought this DVD player for a friend. It is small and stylish. Simple to set up and easy to use. A bargain at this price.

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Rating: - Slowest Response, Skips and Freezes Constantly and basically Rubbish
When you press the play button or the open button for instance, it takes like 10 seconds for the DVD player to respond! I've had problems with it from day 1. Basically it's rubbish.
For my work, I need to watch Region 1 and 2 DVD's so I bought this for home so I could watch reels and do work from home but it's pretty much useless. It skips and freezes constantly. It's horrible. Now I'm online looking for another one to buy.

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Rating: - Very helpful device
If you like a wide choice of viewing that means you can watch DVD's from the USA featuring shows & movies not availible on region 2 format then this DVD player is for you . It is an excellent price and if left on pause too long it will switch off thus keeping ones carbon foot print smaller . It was easy to set up and activating the multi-regional capacity was dead simple . Just read the other reviews where some clever people will tell you how to do that ! I found that very helpful indeed . So Amazon.co.uk score very well by making it possible to find out how to make this DVD player multi-regional via the reviews and offering it for sale at such a fair price . I recommend this as a wise buy !

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Rating: - one burned out less than 1 year
I bought this because of its compatibility with my own Philips DVD recorder and with multiple formats. From the start it has had trouble playing lightly scratched disks, and after less than 1 year it has stopped working altogether, showing no disk in drive.

I have bought another player for the same reason as before - to share home recorded disks. Unfortunately immediately it also was skipping bits of such disks that my own Philips recorder plays. Here is hoping this player lasts longer than the first one...

Also - there is a hack to play multi region. It is about time manufacturers stopped disabling their players in this way.