Philips DVP5990/12

Philips DVP5990/12
Manufacturer: Philips | Product category: DVD players
Network support LAN / WLAN
Recorder No
DVD changer No
Portable No
VCR No
TV standard Universal
SCART S-Video, CVBS
PAL tuners 0
DVB-T tuners 0
DVB-C tuners 0
DVB-S tuners 0
NTSC tuners 0
ATSC tuners 0
CableCARD No
Supported video formats VCD / SVCD / WMV / DivX / XviD / MKV? / HD DVD / Blu-ray / AVC
JPEG Yes
DVDR playback Yes
Supported DVDR formats for playback DVD-R / DVD-R DL / DVD+R / DVD+R DL / DVD-RW / DVD+RW
Supported audio formats MP3 / AAC / DVD-Audio / SACD
Component Yes
Progressive Yes
Toslink Yes
DTS decoder No
HDMI Yes
Upscaling Yes
DVI No
UPC / EAN code(s) 8712581387372

 
  • MKV (Matroska (.mkv) playback)

    Matorska support means that the player is capable of playing .mkv video files directly from a disc or a memory card, without converting them first to another format.

  Rating: 5 / 5 Value for money: 5 / 5

This DVD player is impressively versatile...

See my test results:

Everything listed here was tested with 2GB and 4GB flash drives...
Will not play a .mov file, but it will play the file if it is renamed with a .avi or a .mp4 extension and both audio and video streams are supported.
Apparently it will not play an AAC audio file or audio stream within a video file if bitrate info is missing, or if it uses an ADTS muxing mode. One or both of these are true, could not isolate which.
Does not play MJPEG video [like from a Kodak digital camera], but it does play the 88.2 Kbps 11.025 KHz LPCM audio stream within a MJPEG .avi file.
Did not play the H.264 stream within an .avi or mp4 container, but it did play the AAC stream.
Played several AAC files created by iTunes, all encoded at various bitrates and sample rates [41 & 48 KHz, 96-192 KHz]
Does play WMV 9 with WMA 9.2 audio
Does play .MPG MPEG 1 video with MPEG audio
Does not play .MKV file with x264 codec
Plays WMA and MP3

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