Philips DVP3608 DVD Player

DO NOT BUY THIS DVD PLAYER. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT ALL THE VDO FORMATS. IT ONLY SUPPORTS MPEG AND AVI. EVEN IN AVI FORMAT IT DOES NOT SUPPORT ALL THE CODECS. IN THE USB DRIVE IT DOES NOT DETECT ALL THE FOLDERS. I HAD MOVIES IN ONE FOLDER AND IT RESISTED TO DETECT THAT FOLDER. I PURCHASED THIS DVD SO THAT I COULD WATCH MOVIES THRU MY USB BUT ALL IN VAIN. ON THE BOX THEY DO NOT EVEN MENTION WHAT FORMATS OF VDOS ARE SUPPORTED.

The delivery schedule is very good, it's comes within 24 hour, DVD player performance is good but it's not play all the format like MP4 & 3gp. it's only play mpeg format file & MP3 JMPEG.I think it should be upgrade it's format to better perforemance. But in this price its good.

I would rate my experience in 2 parts:-
1> Flipkart
Excellent - absolutely satisfactory & fast - quite satisfied - no second thought
2> Product
I had been using Philips DVP3140 (US bought - Dec 2007) & frankly I was quite happy with it until it started showing deterioration in terms of reading disks - At times it would, other times it wont read the disks - Unsuccessful reads increased a lot & hence I thought to replace it.

We use DVD player nearly everyday for around 2 hours.

Considering the price, quality & service provided by this product I thought of going to Philips again. So I chose DVP3608 - as it was the most economical at the time of my purchase (Sony was around 500 bucks costlier).

I found DVP3608 low in quality (remote was quite low in standards - I literally need to push it hard). At times it wont even take ur command altogether!!

It would at times take 10 to 15 seconds to initialize (ie. once u put in the disc in the drive til it shows the menu) - especially for DVDs

Within 3 months of purchase it started showing disc read errors (At times it wont read the disc that it used to every other day).

It would at times take time to start the DVD MP3 - Press the play button & wait for 5 seconds before you do anything else (Yes! 5 literal seconds).
Though I never experienced interrupted playback (ie. once the disc starts playing, it would play well) from this device till date - good part :)
I never tried rough/pirated/low-quality DVD/CD/VCD so cant comment about the stress evaluation of the product...

I am not sure which all formats are accepted by the pen-drive - I tried few AVIs, MPEGs, MP4s - none got recognized & then I really didnt pay attention to try out more...

Overall Verdict : Would strongly suggest to invest few more bucks & try higher versions or may be go for a different brand

-Rajat

1. original product at a great price
2. plug n play (USB)
3. quick delivery by flipkart. good packaging.
4. plays .avi,.mp3 & .jpg format. not sure about other formats.
5. relatively small in size, not cumbersome.
6. sturdy product. don't have to worry much about cleaning. although do keep a blank CD in the tray if not in use. I mostly use the USB so don't have to worry about keeping the CD tray clean and scratches etc. on my DVDs.

I bought this as i wanted an inexpensive DVD player with USB as my TV doesn't have one. A Phillips product for Rs. 1870 is definitely a good buy.

Wonderful device.. quite compact and light weight. Runs well with our old CRT TV. Supports MPEG and AVI formats so if you want to watch other formats like FLV, MP4 etc you need to convert it into supported formats using a Video conversion software. Also in most cases you need to convert the video to aspect ratio 860x480 (incase you have an old TV) for better picture.
Cons are: does not have HDMI output, does not support latest video formats like mp4, flv etc.. so conversion is a must in these cases, no HD quality output..
But still very good bargain for the price...