- Ultra slim design
- 4XVideo Upsampling decreases distortion to dramatically improve the picture quality
- Smart Picture provides the optimum picture settings for colour, brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness
- RGB on Scart easy connectivity for high quality video
- 12 bit/108Mhz video DAC
- 192kHz/24-bit audio DAC
- Plays DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, (S)VCD movie disc formats
- Plays CD, CD-R/RW and MP3-CD music disc formats
- Plays Picture CD (JPEG) photo format
- SCART cable not included
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Product Description
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Does size matter? Ever heard of less is more? Introducing the best value DVD-player. No complications! Just a simple set that plays practically any disc format, including your digital photos, with absolutely no compromise to picture quality.
With its ultra slim design, the attractive enclosure has a very low profile it fits everywhere and goes anywhere!
The DVP 520 provides easy connectivity for high quality video output, decreases distortion to dramatically improve picture quality, and preserves every detail of the authentic picture quality. It shows subtle shades and smoother graduation of colours, resulting in a more vibrant and natural picture.
As well as this, its multi format playability allows you to play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and viewing and listening pleasure, and to view images in the comfort of your living room and elsewhere!
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I was looking for a fairly inexpensive DVD player as a gift for my parents, one of the criteria being that it should be easy to use, the other being that I wanted to get them a multi-region player as my brother often goes to the US. This unit fulfils both my criteria.
It is very good value for money - once setup for "region free" it will play discs from different regions, provided that the TV set is capable of supporting the correct PAL format (note: this is PAL60 and all modern TVs should support this, but if in doubt check first - also note that this applies to the playing of any non-region 2 disk and is not unique to this player but to any multi-region DVD player).
The OSD menus are easy to follow, setup is straightforward (however the instructions for setting to region 0 are not quite correct, use the arrows buttons instead of pressing '0').
Playback is faultless, I've tested a few of the poorer-quality DVDs I have and it played them without problems, and given the price of the unit no complaints about the quality of the video.
The unit does not have a "Tuner-OUT" so you will need to use an AV cable such as a SCART, but this shouldn't be a problem provided your TV has a similar AV connection.
Overall a very good unit and certainly well worth the money. Thoroughly recommended!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Have to say, for the money this player is outstanding. Set up took no time at all. The player does not come Region Free out of the box (you need a code to change it - see other reviewers notes on that) but the picture quality is very good for such a cheap player. There are not too many fancy options and the screen menu set up menu looks a little dated but for sheer looks under your TV and playability you simply cannot go wrong at this price. Highly recommended.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
This player does everything it says on the tin (and more). Media compatibility is excellent and the picture quality is good. The sound quality, whilst generally good, lacks the authority of more expensive players but is nevertheless very good for the price. I found that I had to limit its dynamic range to prevent it overloading my amp with some disks; a procedure which, like all the others, is rather superficially described in the manual.
There is a "remote hack" for this machine which appears to work fine, although I have only tried it with a region 6 disc.
Whilst I've only given it 4 stars because of the sound quality, in all honesty, I doubt there is anything better out there for the price.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent
Delivery service was excellent. It was already set to use all regions and I had no problems using Region 1 and Region 2 DVD's. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2008 by madhatter
OUTSTANDING DVD PLAYER RECOMMENDED!!!
i bought this dvd player in the summer and was quite unsure of it.however it has been by far the best 1st time purchase ive made in a dvd player. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2005 by EBS_1983
Great Value for Money
Bought the DVP-520, super-fast delivery - next day. Great product, plays everything I've tried. One review said that on the zoom function the white x2 icon stays in the middle of... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2005 by "big-ste"
Excellent value for money
I am very pleased with the Philips DVP 520 that I've recently purchased. Delivery time was prompt - which is typical of Amazons excellent service. Read more
Published on 28 April 2005 by "blake5"
A MUST BUY DVD PLAYER!!
Anyone looking for a top-notch and cost effective DVD player. Look no further, you've found it!!: Its the PHILIPS DVP 520 Multi Region capable DVD Player. Read more
Published on 5 April 2005 by P. J. May
5 star player
Superb player. Plugged it in via SCART, changed the region to zero (multi-region) using the method described in a previous review and away I went. Very slimline and small. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2005 by Phil
Region free ? - Not out of the box.
I bought this DVD as a Christmas present for my parents. Although I have not tried several of its advertised fuctions, the ones I have tried operated faultlessly. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2004 by Ken
Cracking Little Player for the Money
I bought one of these for my girlfriend for Christmas, and couldn't resist a play.
This player is tiny, my Panasonic DVD S75EBS is supposed to be slim line, but this thing is... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2004
DVP520 little gem
Wow excellent product does everything it's says, plays any media no problem. & all for under £60
Published on 7 July 2004
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