Philips DVP3680 1080p DVD Player with HDMI - Black

What I Like: - Plays DVD+RW disc without skipping - Simple menu - The High Speed USB: Reads wma files and burn CD's to mp3's, I can use my IOGEAR 12-In-One Pocket Flash Memory Card Reader/Writer, GFR209A (White) . I put a memory card in the IOGEAR and plug the IOGEAR into the USB on the DVD player. - Can fast forward or rewind 2x to 32x fast, also has slow motion (don't remember how slow) What I Don't Like: - When I put the HDMI setup to upscale to 1080p it messes up and my TV ( Samsung UN22D5003 22-Inch 1080p 60Hz LED HDTV (Black) [2011 MODEL ]) said the mode was not supported. Then I had to unplug the HDMI cable, plug in the RCA cables to view the menu, and it only upscales to 1080i not 1080p. - The manual said it reads avi video files but it doesn't play my videos. I hear the sound with no picture only the message "Video codec not supported". - Also you can't select songs to make a playlist. It just plays all the song in that folder. - When I first got it the disc tray wouldn't come out and when it did open it wouldn't go back in. It finally did and it working without any problems now Overall: Does just about everything it said it would and I want it to do. I bought this from Amazon during the Black Friday deals for 39.99. I am very happy with it.

I bought this because it is the same model as an organization I help out by putting together videos for them. There were issues with the videos I made, so I bought to test the DVDs before I delivered them. The player works perfectly, no flaws or gotchas. It remembers where it was playing a disk when that disk is reinserted, but I don't know how many disks it can remember (it probably stores the "ID" of the disk and the location where it was playing, and has a fixed size block of memory set aside for this). So far, I would give this player 5 stars. One nice thing about this player, and also the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, and I am willing to up it to 5 stars, is the USB port. Apparently, you can put videos, etc. on a thumb-drive/ memory-stick/ USB-drive (whatever name you use), plug your device into the USB port, and play those videos. I was hoping to deliver my videos on a thumb-drive instead of burning to a DVD-RW every week - the DVD is about 4 gig v. a 32 or 64 gig thumb-drive - I would be able to deliver a month's worth of videos each month instead of weekly videos. BUT! I cannot figure out what video format the player accepts from a USB device. I thought it would accept the device in the same format as a DVD - it did not. I tried several formats, none of those worked. I looked for documentation, could not find any (yet). Summary - if you want a player to play DVDs reliably - I can recommend this one - it has been in use in the organization for a long time and has worked without any problems, so I can assume the same for the one I bought, which will be put into use in my living room. If you were buying it for the USB port, good luck - let me know if you figure out the formats, I'm hoping its something that I just overlooked.

This little machine takes up very little space, Works very well, looks good. instructions were easy to read and understand. It has played every disk we have put in it so far, even home made family movie videos and photo slideshows made on our computer. just what we needed. thank you.

I recently purchased this player From Amazon.com after going through a lot of the pro's and cons of its quality. The Dvp3680 could have a few more perks to make it better but for the price it does everything I want. I was mainly needing a player that would play back DVD's stored as data dvds. I only wanted a player that would play the avi & xvid files. The booklet with the DVP3680 says it will only playback from the USB port drives with FAT16 & FAT32 file system. I tried one of my external 1TB HDD and it works great. Then I tried a Internal HDD that I had in a drive enclosure and it also works great. The only difficulty I see here is it will continue to play files in order from the HDD. If you want to play one file and then skip to some other file leave the DVD out of the player. Then when the file plays out move the selector over to the DVD icon and click on it and then go back to the USB and it will reload the HDD and you can make a new selection.

I purchased this, received it within 48 hours, used it four times for my morning exercise video, and then I had some problems. I referred to the User's Manual, which suggested I Reset it to Factory Default/original settings. I did this, and then I couldn't get it to respond to any of the remote's commands. I called for customer assistance and after spending a half hour trying to communicate with the person at the other end of the line, we both agreed that he couldn't help me. I contacted amazon.com, and they sent me a Return Shipping Label immediately. Yesterday I received a Samsung DVD player, which I order to replaced the Philips. Tried it out this morning, and it's seems perfect. It cost almost twice as much as the Philips, but I guess you get what you pay for (with a few exceptions.)

The DVD player is a little louder than you'd expect a DVD player to be, but other than that it works great! I really like the USB feature which accepts way more than the claimed divx codec. I've played AVI and MP4 files too, all from an external hard drive! The GUI is pretty simplistic, but it works!

If I could give this machine no stars, I would. When will I learn! Pay attention to the negative reviews! I purchased this DVD player based on a glowing review from another user who just happened to have the same kind of older TV that I have, and was using the player for exactly the same purpose; replacing television service. It was described as a real "workhorse." My TV is on nonstop in the morning and evenings, and all day on the weekends (other than occasional shopping trips), so I needed a unit that would stand up to heavy use. After three weeks, it began making a clicking sound. I contacted the vendor, who told me to contact Amazon. I tried to return the machine, but unfortunately, it was several days beyond Amazon's return window. This machine comes with only a scant 90-day warranty. That should have been a clue! It is now 9 days out of warranty and this morning the machine stopped playing. When I took the disk out I found that it had been completely destroyed. I don't dare put another disk in. Now, I've not only wasted money on the machine, but I've also lost the cost of my DVDs. I felt this unit was a bit overpriced when I purchased it, but players that will work with perfectly good older televisions are difficult to find. Seriously, don't waste your money. This piece of junk is built to fail after 3 months.

Purchased this because I am in Germany and want to play some DVDs from here that will not play on my PS3. I Googled how to set the player to region 0 (meaning play DVD from all regions) and was able to make this change very easily. CHANGES TO CONVERT THIS DVD PLAYER TO REGION 0: 1 Push the "setup" button on the remote. 2 With right arrow move cursor to highlight "Preferences" (Do not press "OK" button) 3 Key in code 138931 Region code comes up. Change region code to 0 (zero). (if this does not work, do it again but enter the number sequence quicker) 4 Push 'setup" button again. Your DVD player is now region free. *NOTE: If for any reason a DVD disk does not work, I would change the player's region to the disk's specific region, although I never had an issue. PROS: -I DO NOT have to set the region to "0" every time I power it on, unlike other I have owned. -Must cheaper than DVD players listed on amazon as "region free", if you are willing to take a minute to google the instructions and make quick changes. -Support dual voltage, 110v and 220v CONS: -The only con that knocks off one star is it's noise. This DVD player can be a bit noisy at times compared to others. The sound can be noticed if sitting close to it and the TV volume is a bit low. Overall, I'm happy with this purchase. Suits my needs at a bargain price.