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(More customer reviews)Bought this as an alternate DVD player for playing DVDs & MPEG4 media files on USB devices (my primary player for which purposes is a Philips DVP5990).
A decent player overall, and I have no major complaints so far; but I have noticed a few things that could stand improvement, which I'll mention soley for the benefit of anyone who may be contemplating buying one for the same uses I did, and would have liked to have known, before purchasing this unit (over, say, the Philips DVP5990 for another $10 or so, which I can compare it to first-hand).
1) Case construction seems a bit delicate, as if it might be easily damaged in transit (don't know if it really *is* more susceptible to damage, it just feels much less solid than, say, a Philips DVP5990 case does).
2) Remote codes for this unit don't seem to be well-covered by aftermarket universal remotes; none of my remotes had a preset code that covered this unit, and many of its functions couldn't be "learned" by programmable remotes, either. If you prefer consolidating all your remotes into one for daily use, this might be an issue for you (the Philips DVP5990, conversely, is well-represented in most aftermarket remotes' presets, and all it's specialized button funtions are easily "learned").
3) Media file (music, pictures, video) playback, on either disc, USB, or SD Card is generally pretty good (basically, anything that would play on my Philips DVP5990 will also play on this unit), but some minor playback features are not present, such as "stop resume" (if you stop mid program, pressing "play" will begin from begining, not resume where you left off) and continuing play (play stops after each file ends, rather than automatically continuing to the beginning of the next file, meaning you'll be pressing "play" for every item on your media, instead of being able to just watch everything in sequence nonstop), features which you do see on the Philips DVP5990.
4) USB media port power output is too low to support external 2.5" portable drives. This means, if you want to play media on your USB devices, they'll have to be flash drives, or powered (wall-outlet) hard drives. Compare to a Philips DVP5990's USB port, which can power (most of the time) a 2.5" portable hard drive.
Overall, a functional and versatile player at a reasonable price, and I'm fairly satisfied with mine, but a few minor quality/feature niggles prevent it from being a "great" player at this price. For what I use these things for, this player works OK, but if you ever see Philips DVP5990's or comperable players on sale at similar prices to this, my advice is to go for those instead - the difference isn't great, but if you own both as I do, you will end up noticing them.
UPDATE: with a bit more daily use, I have discovered: 1) there *is* a "stop resume" feature, but for some reason, it only operates for media on disc, not on USB/flash, which is an odd omission; and 2) on some DVDs, video occasionally begins stuttering (while audio continues to play smoothly) - scanning backwards briefly restores normal play so it's not a huge problem, but it is annoying, as it can break your attention to what you're watching. Still a useful player, but with odd little quality gaps.
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