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Enjoy the thrill of full high definition pictures with the BDP5010 Blu-ray Disc Player from Philips. This player has the capacity to carry high definition images in 1080p resolution at 24 frames per second that lets you view them in full HD cinema-like glory. The Blu-ray media also delivers uncompressed surround sound making your audio experience unbelievably real. Additionally, the beautiful images are complemented by pure, accurate audio sound along with BD Live, 7.1 channel analog audio output and enhanced internal audio components. Moreover, its Deep Color functionality recreates the natural world on your TV screen, bringing you millions of colors that occur in reality and heightening your viewing experience. Lastly, it gifts you with a SD Card slot for media playback and external memory. With all these features and more, get ready to feast your eyes with the BDP5010 Blu-ray Disc Player. EasyLink for easy control of connected devices Digital audio out feature for superb multi-channel connections more info
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Excellent & affordable blu ray
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Very nice and affordable blu ray player. Easy to setup from the quick start documentation. More complete details regarding features, remote control, internet connections, Secure Digital (SD) port, and firmware updates are detailed in an English instruction manual. Separate quick start and instruction manuals are included for French and Spanish. Also in the box are batteries for the remote control and a warranty registration card.
Note:
The best way to connect to your flat screen hdtv is with a high quality, high bandwidth hdmi cable, rated for 1.3 and category 2. Don’t be conned by the $100 to $200 cables for sale at the electronics stores. The hdmi cables Amazon offers for under $10 from makers like Mediabridge and others exhibit wonderful quality and performance, and are identically rated to the more expensive store cables.
Overall impression:
Excellent. Performance is all you would expect from any blu ray player. Beautiful picture with magnificent color saturation and detail. Audio, channeled through the speakers of the hdtv and my seperate amplifier is as good as it gets. Standard DVDs are upconverted, and while audio and video can’t approach blu ray quality, it’s better than your old DVD player. Remember that the GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) rule applies — if your disk content is junk to begin with or is damaged from bad handling and/or storage, no player can make the output wonderful. Basic setup is quite efficient and easy from the Quick setup card. It took 10 minutes to set up, connect and begin testing this player with Blu ray and standard DVDs. The remote control arrangement of buttons for features is decent, and most will find it at least marginally better than remotes from prior generations of players.
Features:
The unit is low profile and pleasing to the eye. The front of the player has basic manual controls for on/off, stop/playback/fast forward/reverse, and disk access. A small window exhibits the current procedure the player is performing. The SD/MMC slot is easily accessible from the front of the player, so audio/video content from still and video cameras can be quickly viewed. If your video camera doesn’t support SD, you can also edit sound and video on a computer that does support SD and transfer the output to SD. This extra burden is inconvenient to some, but remember, this is primarily a blu ray player.
The rear of the unit houses both cutting edge and legacy connectors. Input to the player from the internet permits updating firmware for future compatibility and blu ray live downloads if that interests you. Outputs include HDMI to your flat screen HDTV, fiber optic coaxial audio output to your digital amplifier if you have one, and the usual legacy RCA connectors for composite tv and audio, and analog audio output if you have an analog amplifier. This is nice if economics doesn’t permit upgrading all your components to digital at the same time. You can gradually upgrade as individual circumstance permits.
It’s amazing to see so much value in this Phillips player. Its size, features and options rival and outperform machines in the $500 to $1000 range from previous generations of Blu Ray players. After a week of enthusiastic use, it is a rock solid performer and no DVD, neither Blu Ray nor standard, exhibits any problems.
Highly recommended!
Good Product at a good price.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Unlike some other Blue-Ray players on the market this one seems to work well. I didn’t have any problems playing any discs I tried, including recordable discs. Please note, however, the machine isn’t region free, so it won’t play foreign discs. As a bonus, it does play DivX files, but it does not play H264 files. Neither file type is a big deal to me, but some people might be curious about this.
Great BR at great price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Incredible image. Fast, really HiRes… i also played with a samsung lcd 52″ and sincronized each other. Looks better than other BR i used in the past. The only issue is that only play DVD’s and CD’s… do not accept CD-R.
Great, but
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Excellent with newer discs. Discs created with Apple systems pre-Leopard aren’t read. Other non DVD formats are variable. So, need to check formats from old systems.
Great product low versatility
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I bought this player because I wanted to replace my Philips DVP5100. I selected Philips expecting the same quality and versatility in a newer player.
I was dissapointed to find out the BDP5010 is a Funai and although it has enough quality for the price I payed it is no bargain.
I have not found a way to make it region free and have had to keep my dvp 5100 to play my region 4 DVDs
Phillips Quality for a Great Price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this BluRay player this morning at a local retail store. The price was reasonable and it had the Phillips name. At first I thought it may have been a Funai with Phillips branding, but after a little net research I have found it is an authentic Phillips manufactured BluRay player.
The player itself is smaller than the cheaper boxes by about 25%, which is nice as it fits snugly on my dresser with my flat screen HDTV. Out of box setup was a piece of cake, startup and BluRay setup was simple. Speaking of startup, it’s quite sprightly, taking about 5 seconds to go from power on to BluRay ready mode. In other words, I can hit the power, take a BluRay disc from the case (in this instance it’s “Wall-E”), and it’s ready to go right in the tray. After that it’s 2, maybe 3 seconds and we’re off! I was impressed by it’s response time right off the bat.
Now, as to the quality. Wow. BluRay really opens up the world of high definition and takes it to a totally different level. Before this player I had a DVD upconverter, and it looked fairly good on my HDTV. It of course plays at 1080p, but is perfect for any HDTV whether it be 720 or 1080. So back to the movie I used as an example: “Wall-E” on BluRay and in this player, was enough to take my breath away. Gorgeous colors, clear, crisp image and sharp, precision audio. To say I was impressed is an understatement.Everything just flowed together beautifully.
I removed Wall-E from the player and grabbed my “Finding Nemo” DVD. I wanted to see what it could do for regular DVDs. I put the disc in the drive and waited a few moments, and when the menu popped up, I was surprised. The quality was excellent. Obviously not BluRay quality, but far superior to my old DVD upconverter. Richer colors, great looking picture.
So, to sum it up:
* Smaller design than cheaper models
* Easy Setup
* Quick Startup and Load times
* Incredible picture quality
* Plays DVDs with far superior quality to DVD Upconverter
I give it 5 out of 5 stars, with a wholehearted recommendation.
This Phillips BluRay player gives you the most bang for your buck.
~J.W.