I brought this philiphs DVP -642 dvd player , before one year back.I analysed a lot of wesite to buy this dvd player.Before one year , I think this player has all the advanced features like playing MPEG4, DIVX.But I like to say one thing , we cannot get a divx video as easily as DVD and VCD, So I personally feel the DIVX playback does not make any sense.Al though the DIVX reduces space , the empty DVD costs only 10 rs in market right now , why to do a lot of conversion to make the DIVX movies.It will take areound 2 hours to convert a movie from dvd or vcd to a divx format.The only advantage with the divx movie is , the file size can be redued to half, no other use.
The player does not have a volume controller, we cannot increase or decrease the volume, no volume button in the remote , this is the biggest drawback of the player.I also dont see an outlet to emit heat from the player.
Rightnow we can see many dvd players in the market which plays divx, dvd ram at a affordable cost then the philiphs dvd player.
Apparentely the philphs dvp -642 is an outdated one.
Currently many players are supporting the WMA , WMV format, but these player does not support it.
even an ordinary low cost player has the automatic playback , i.e we can playback the movie at the same scene we switched off the dvd player.This player does not have the automatic memory playback.This is a very big draw back to this player.Better to try out samsung DVD players where the cost is affordable and the feaures are also rich.
The software is also buggy, some times the LCD Display shows some invalid characters.
The player does not play , even the dvd has some small scratches, The same dvd played fine in my BENQ dvd player attached to my computer , but it is not playing in my PHILIPHS player.
Dont look for the features such has DIVX play back, it is toally waste, since DIVX conversion requires more than 2 hours and quality of the movie is also not good, instead you can buy a cheap DVD for 40rs or copy the dvd with some softwares , since an empty dvd cost only 10 rs.why do go for DIVX?useless technology.
Cons:
1)No volume control
2)no automatic playback memory.
3)does not support wma, wmv files
4)buggy software.
5)Does not play DVD if it has scratches.
6)No inbuilt amplifier.
7)Totally outdated player right now.