Philips DVP5100K/69 or DVP5106K/97 Divx DVD Player Info.

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Philips DVP5100K/69 or DVP5106K/97 DivX Karaoke DVD Player

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See, hear, play everything

Be impressed with this Philips DVD player. Step into another home entertainment arena as you immerse yourself with DivX® movies and Windows Media™ Audio in your own living room.

Cost:- Rs. 4,750[TechTree]
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The Philips Site Mentions this as "DVP5106K/97"
Are both these different players.
But this is the only new philips divx dvd player thats come to India
with a price range of 4750 to 4950.
Philips.co.in said:
Features of DVP5106K/97

Great audio and video performance
Progressive Scan for razor-sharp and flicker free images
12-bit/ 108Mhz video DAC for sharp image with natural colors
192kHz/24-bit audio DAC delivers high-quality audio

Plays it all
Movies: DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, (S)VCD, DivX 3.11/4/5/6.x
Music: CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW & Windows Mediaâ„¢ Audio
Picture CD (JPEG) with music (MP3) playback

Fits everywhere, goes anywhere
Ultra-slim design

Your personal karaoke show
Enjoy endless Karaoke entertainment and fun at home

Specs for DVP5106K/97

Picture/Display
Aspect ratio : 4:3, 16:9
D/A converter : 12 bit, 108 MHz
Picture enhancement : Progressive Scan, Smart Picture Setting

Sound
D/A converter : 192kHz/24-bit
Signal to noise ratio : 95 dB
Distortion and Noise (1kHz) : 80 dB
Crosstalk (1kHz) : 90 dB
Dynamic Range (1kHz) : 85 dB
Sound System : Dolby Digital, DTS
Sound Enhancement : 3D Virtual Surround, Night Mode, Smart Sound

Video Playback
Disc Playback Media : CD, CD-R/CD-RW, Video CD/SVCD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD-Video
Compression formats : MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, XviD
Video disc playback system : NTSC, PAL

Audio Playback
Disc Playback Media : CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD
Compression format : PCM, MP3, Windows Media (TM) Audio
MP3 bit rates : 32 - 256 kbps

Still Picture Playback
Disc Playback Media : Picture CD, DVD+R/+RW
Picture compression format : JPEG
Picture enhancement : Flip photos, Rotate, Zoom, Slideshow with MP3 playback

Connectivity
Front / Side connections : Microphone
Other connections : ComponentVideo out Progressive, Composite video (CVBS) out, Analog audio Multi-channel, Digital coaxial out

Convenience
Child Protection : Parental Control, Child Lock
On-Screen Display languages : English
Karaoke : MIC volume

Power
Power supply : 110-240V, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption : 10 W
Standby power consumption : < 0.8 W

Accessories
Batteries : 2 x AA
Cables : 1 x AV Cables
Remote control : 3141 017 90181
User Manual : English
Warranty Card : Yes

Dimensions
Set Width : 435 mm
Set Height : 37 mm
Set Depth : 265 mm
Set Weight : 2.17 kg
Packaging Depth : 352 mm
Packaging Height : 82 mm
Packaging Width : 490 mm
Weight incl. Packaging : 3.45 kg
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TechTree said:
The Philips DVP5100K/69 is a slot-loading player, just like the Mitashi 999. The only difference is that this one looks so much better, the Mitashi is actually an ugly duck in front of this. This is the player you have to look at if you're looking to add one to your existing setup of hi-end audio equipment. Everything else looks all shiny and sleek, and the Philips 5100K fits right in. The player puts out the disc putting the hole out of the center so its easier to take it out than it is on the 999. It takes a while for the player to recognize a disc, and it also takes a while for it to respond to the eject button. If you turn the player on, you have to wait for it to load the contents before you can eject it.

The Philips DVP5100K/69 plays DVDs, VCDs, SVCDs, audio CDs, MP3 or WMA, Kodak Photo CDs or JPEG picture discs and of course DivX. The player is also DivX Certified, which means you will never have any problems with video that's encoded with the official DivX codec. The certification aims to guarantee playback of all DivX video content reliably and consistently, ensure that the devices play back the content at a high level of overall quality and also make it easy to create DivX content that is guaranteed to play on other DivX Certified devices. The Mitashi players (both the 555 and the 999) are not DivX Certified, but they actually ended up playing more formats than the Philips 642 - I'm just saying that the logo doesn't mean a lot to me.

The 5100 also plays back XviD content. This model of the Philips also has official support for Quarter Pixel (QPEL) motion compensation and global motion compensation (GMC). We ran our regular set of movies with the player, and it played them all without giving any "unsupported" errors. We tried all the formats on all different kinds of media (DVD+R/-R, DVD+RW/-RW, CD-R/RW) and all the formats were supported. However, we noticed a lot of ghosting incidents at several positions within the movies. Even the non-QPEL/GMC encoded single-file movies showed this behaviour. We thought it could be because of the quality of the media we used to test it on, but we used the exact same set of discs on the earlier players that didn't give any problems. So we can say that the lens of the 5100K isn't as good as the earlier ones, at least in this piece. The player seemed to oddly play back some video very choppily, that we figured had something to do with packed bitstream video encoded at 23.976 fps.

The player supports DivX/XviD subtitles in the .srt, .smi, .sub, .ssa and .ass formats. The files have to be named in the same way as the movie files. The manual mentions that the subtitle button on the remote can switch the language for DivX movies that offer multi-language subs, just like the DVDs.
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Read Complete Review @ TechTree

Blade & TechHead , i know u will reply here. ;)
- Ne idea which chipst does this have
- Also can this be made region free

After seeing this player , I just remembered the Philips DVP642K Review i had
written , so this is the max info i could find about this player as i am sharing it with you.

For Rs 4750 looks a gr8 offer as a Divx DVD Player , much better than Mitashi 999
 
Nothing new the dvp5100 is named 5106 for the Asian countries. I suggested Ragin_Ice to go ahead and get this. There is another player on the block the Videocon DVD77S4 which does everything that this player does and cost just around 3k. :)
 
Yesterday morning I left home for Lamington road with 5k in my pocket with the idea that I would buy the Philips 5106 DVD player but on the way I stopped at APEX and looking at the Vantec USB case I liked it so much that I bought that instead :D
 
Quad Master said:
Videocon too has a divx dvd player didnt knew.

Ne idea abt the chipset and if this can be made region free.
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Mostly the mtk 1389 chipset, ff or fe. Region free shudn't be much of a problem, most dvd players on shelf are region free now-a-days.

lol @ eazy.
 
Its the DVP5106K/97 which is available here in India rightly mentioned on the philips website, the MRP is 4990/- and sells for about 4800 or 4700 , i got it for 4700 locally here in vashi .

Its a great player, the "/97" gives out the firmware number , suggesting that its the latest . When i checked the box , it was imported from china in the month of september ( its made in china ) and i had purchased it in october.

Its very sleek looking , the slot loading system works great , its got a velvet kinda slot protection which swipes off the dust from the CD/DVD .

About format compatibility , it plays everything u throw at it . It lags a lil while playin a movie encoded in packed bitstream but its easily remedied by using the mpeg4modifier , it hardly takes 5 mins , just unpack the movie and burn it .The size doesnt change , and the divx movie previously fitting the 700 MB mark still fits on the CD ( therez no noticable change in size after unpacking ) .

I use the component out and trust me the image quality is phenomenal ! .
THe remote is good , buttons well laid out . No qualms as of now .

This is one b**ch which looks killer and plays about everything u throw at it .
After i got it , i have never watched a movie again on the comp , they look so much better and different on the philips .
 
Eazy said:
Yesterday morning I left home for Lamington road with 5k in my pocket with the idea that I would buy the Philips 5106 DVD player but on the way I stopped at APEX and looking at the Vantec USB case I liked it so much that I bought that instead :D
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Lolz eazy , donno what do u do with so many hdd casings.

@blade - Thanks for the info.

@ice - Thanks for the info , looks like this is the player to get for any person
looking for a Divx DVD Player.

Can u post some close pics of the front and back panel where whatever is
written on the player is visible , esp. the back panel.
 
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i bought this exact same player few days ago.

Its sure is a great player. I think this is region coded for region 5. So will need unlocking i guess. Havent tried Region 1 disks on it yet. Will check later.
 
funkymonkey said:
I think this is region coded for region 5. So will need unlocking i guess.
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I knew about this players Region 5 lock and that was the only reason I let it slip thru ... I know its possible to flash Region free firmwares for these type of DVD players but I said WTF will I do if Mr Murphy knocks at my door and tells me that this is the only DVD Plaver which has a PUCCA region locking mecanism - so I thouhgt wait and see what the guys at TE say about region freeing this player before buying it. Man - I dont watch Bollywood movies at all. Region 5 makes it a very expensive paper weight for me.
 
QuadMaster said:
Can u post some close pics of the front and back panel where whatever is
written on the player is visible , esp. the back panel
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Sure , quaddy , gimme some time , my digicam's out for an outing , someone's borrowed it .

though therez nuthing much to read behind , tell me what do u wanna know ? ....

P.S --> guys use the component out , the image quality gets a real good boost , I bought the component cable for 350 bucks and its worth every penny .
 
Ragin_Ice said:
Sure , quaddy , gimme some time , my digicam's out for an outing , someone's borrowed it .

though therez nuthing much to read behind , tell me what do u wanna know ? ....

P.S --> guys use the component out , the image quality gets a real good boost , I bought the component cable for 350 bucks and its worth every penny .
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just wanted a clear pic only of the back panel and the front panel
all the pics that are available online are taken from an angel i wanted
straight focus only on the front and back part of the dvd player.

take ur own time for the pic.

Also if ne one know about how to region free this player plz post it here.
 
well the dvp642k id prefer over thi s and getting it 2 be region free is easy jus google around a bit,ive done it for a few friends, have 2 have the tray out and then punch 2-3 no.s on the remote and ) wil show up on the screen which means its region free ;)
the tray loading one should be cheaper,tehy play subtitles too so a good buy,as for the videocon and the mitashi, i wouldnt backup the build quality so it may start givin u problems after sometime,only disadvantage is it doesent play qpel and gmc
which the vvideocon does play but then again not many go around enconding so and the videocon doesent play teh old divx 3.11 encoded files so if u have a fairly old collection get the philips

Conclusion:id backup on going for philips since many yrs my friends have been using it abroad and not a single problem,gr8 player
 
SoulFire said:
well the dvp642k id prefer over thi s and getting it 2 be region free is easy jus google around a bit,ive done it for a few friends, have 2 have the tray out and then punch 2-3 no.s on the remote and ) wil show up on the screen which means its region free ;)

the tray loading one should be cheaper,tehy play subtitles too so a good buy,as for the videocon and the mitashi, i wouldnt backup the build quality so it may start givin u problems after sometime,only disadvantage is it doesent play qpel and gmc

which the vvideocon does play but then again not many go around enconding so and the videocon doesent play teh old divx 3.11 encoded files so if u have a fairly old collection get the philips

Conclusion:id backup on going for philips since many yrs my friends have been using it abroad and not a single problem,gr8 player
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Err why would would you choose to go for a dvp 642 over the 5100 :huh:

The 642 is equipped with ess vibratto chipset which is actually half assed when it come to playing playing media with different encoding patterns and settings such as qpel and gmc. The 5100 as well the videocon player on the other hand are equipped with the mediatek chipset which are compatible with all different method and patterns of media except packed bitrate ones which can unpacked in 2 seconds. About the divx 3.11 playback a small modification of the firmware or flashin the videocon with the newest mtk firmware should do the trick.

Well even though videocon is an Indian company i have qualms about the build quality of the products. It's a myth probably that the build quality is substandard on videocon products. That said the warranty is a bit less on the videocon player but then so is the price. There is a price difference of almost 2k.

You can refer to my divx okayer guide http://www.techenclave.com/forums/mini-guide-divx-players-6425.html
 
I bought this player (DVP5106K) from TMC Hyderabad (4.8 K).

This ofcourse plays almost all formats from Divx to even Xvids.
But I have a strange problem with such kind of files. It plays upto around 35 minutes or so and then freezes. I figured it must be the file size and split the Avi file into smaller segments using VirtualDub and thats the only way i can watch the movies.

Has anyone else had this problem?
 
t_anand1 said:
I bought this player (DVP5106K) from TMC Hyderabad (4.8 K).

This ofcourse plays almost all formats from Divx to even Xvids.
But I have a strange problem with such kind of files. It plays upto around 35 minutes or so and then freezes. I figured it must be the file size and split the Avi file into smaller segments using VirtualDub and thats the only way i can watch the movies.

Has anyone else had this problem?
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I havent had this problem ....... have watched at least 20-25 movies on the player . Check the media your using , i have only used the moserbaer re-writable CD till now .
 
I have tried it with different Media till now.
Moser Baer CD-R, Sony CD-R , Imation CD-RW , Sony CD-RW, Optimum CD-R.

Initially thought may be there is a problem with the CD Writer.
So tested it with another Extenal CD Writer as well.
But faced exactly the same problem. It plays till about 34-35 minutes only of any movie. These CD's play perfectly on my friends DVP642K.

And the CD Plays without any problem on the comp also fully. I am facing the problem only on this player. (5106K)

Anyways, haven't had any problems with the quality of the player and by splitting the files, I am able to jump to a scene more easily in Divx Movies also. So I am able to live with it. But just wanted to know if others are also facing the same problem.
 
Blade_Runner said:
Err why would would you choose to go for a dvp 642 over the 5100 :huh:
The 642 is equipped with ess vibratto chipset which is actually half assed when it come to playing playing media with different encoding patterns and settings such as qpel and gmc. The 5100 as well the videocon player on the other hand are equipped with the mediatek chipset which are compatible with all different method and patterns of media except packed bitrate ones which can unpacked in 2 seconds. About the divx 3.11 playback a small modification of the firmware or flashin the videocon with the newest mtk firmware should do the trick.
Well even though videocon is an Indian company i have qualms about the build quality of the products. It's a myth probably that the build quality is substandard on videocon products. That said the warranty is a bit less on the videocon player but then so is the price. There is a price difference of almost 2k.

You can refer to my divx okayer guide http://www.techenclave.com/forums/mini-guide-divx-players-6425.html
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Well videocon products are as good as anything else out there. I haven't had a single bad experience with their products. I have had a bazooka 25" TV that was bought over 10 years back still running fine and dandy. Have had a videocon VCR (rebadged toshiba... the manual is toshiba as well LOL. bought in the late eighties) thats running fine as well. Of late i got a 29" cheap videocon TV. I was surprised to find an RCA picture tube inside when most others have el cheapo chinese ones. Lets see how that stays alive ;).
 
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