Nov 25, 2012 09:04 PM
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I had been using Philips DVP3140 (US bought - Dec 2007) & frankly I was quite happy with it until it started showing deterioration in terms of reading disks - At times it would, other times it wont read the disks - Unsuccessful reads increased a lot & hence I thought to replace it.
We use DVD player nearly everyday for around 2 hours.Considering the price, quality & service provided by this product I thought of going to Philips again. So I chose DVP3608 - as it was the most economical at the time of my purchase (Sony was around 500 bucks costlier).
I found DVP3608 low in quality (remote was quite low in standards - I literally need to push it hard). At times it wont even take ur command altogether!!
It would at times take 10 to 15 seconds to initialize (ie. once u put in the disc in the drive til it shows the menu) - especially for DVDs
Within 3 months of purchase it started showing disc read errors (At times it wont read the disc that it used to every other day).
It would at times take time to start the DVD MP3 - Press the play button & wait for 5 seconds before you do anything else (Yes! 5 literal seconds).
Though I never experienced interrupted playback (ie. once the disc starts playing, it would play well) from this device till date - good part :)
I never tried rough/pirated/low-quality DVD/CD/VCD so cant comment about the stress evaluation of the product...
I am not sure which all formats are accepted by the pen-drive - I tried few AVIs, MPEGs, MP4s - none got recognized & then I really didnt pay attention to try out more...
Overall Verdict : Would strongly suggest to invest few more bucks & try higher versions or may be go for a different brand
-Rajat
