Philips DVP5160

usability, price, reliability, design, size

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Good general performance/features representing good value for money.

Player response time from the remote is slow. Seperate tray open/close button is missing from the remote control Enclosure is larger than might seem necessary

Excellent Image USB connection DivX

Plays almost any type of video including standard DVD's with excellent quality. Simple to make player region free. Quick and easy operation. Software is easily updated via the USB connector with updates available from Phillips/third party programmers...

No HDMI connector (Scart only), does not upscale DVD and cannot play High Def Divx/Xvids. USB connector only version 1.1. Poorly encoded Divx/Xvid video can sometimes stutter on playback.

inexpensive, plays divx, simple menue

only manual drawer opening

Plays DivX well. Reads most types of media. USB port on the front for memory sticks. Looks nice.

Slow to startup. Auto-standbys after approx. 5 mins if a movie is paused - not a big problem for watching DVD's, but for DivX files, it means you have to manually FF to continue from where you left off. Doesn't show long filenames.

Looks great and performs so well. The USB port is why I bought it and it is brilliant - no more burning DVDs - download to a memory stick and pop it in the port and the quality is as good as a disc. The price!!

For the money - None.

The ability to use a USB stick to play AVI / DIVx files is absolutely brilliant and the price is unbeatable.

Not being able to find the remote is a bit of an issue because the buttons on the player are very limited.

Easy to use, good quaility value for money.

slim, cheap, looks good, accepts usb-drives

could have a more up-to-date codec