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All in all great player. It's quiet when it runs so no distractions or, "what's that loud humming noise" coming from it. The player takes it loner to load the movies than I'd like but I'm totally aware that there is alot of info on these blur ray discs to process and the clarity is worth the wait. I'm very happy with this purchase and understand that their are mishaps like this and thankfully they make firmware updates to address issues like this and the changes to certain formats in blu ray discs. It gets though the previews but when it starts to load the main feature it sets back to the white screen with PHILIPS in blue screen and repeats the previews. Bedtime Stories (Plus Standard DVD + Digital Copy + BD Live) [Blu-ray]I've owned this unit for a few months now and it works like it should however I contacted Philips to make aware that the newer release from Disney "Bedtime Stories" will not play the main feature. I have the latest firmware update so I'll just have to wait.Other than that it plays the rest of my collection just fine. It seems to load longer when you have company over and your both staring at the screen waiting for the movie to begin but really not a big deal.
Kudos to Philips. It bitstreams Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HDMA to my Onkyo audio reciever. This has been a great machine after 11 months of use. It has been reliable and has played all of my titles without glitches. I was and am still very pleasantly surprised by this machine.
I have it hooked up via HDMI (with the audio off so I can send that via Optical) to a Panasonic 42" Viera plasma (which accepts 1080P24 signal). I think they got it wrong when they gave this one an average rating.I really like mine a lot, and I can't imagine that most people would not feel the same way if they picked one up. I have a feeling that Philips knows who they are building these things for.As for Picture quality, I could not be happier. Not just the minus only, some others in this price range.
Blurays look absolutely stunning if you have a TV that can accept 1080P24, and I have not had any of the freeze issues that some others talk about after viewing approximately a dozen bluray titles so far. If you have any family stuff, home movies, etc recorded on Plus format dvds, watch out. Did a lot of homework before buying this and when I saw it on sale for just under $200.00 at a competitor of Amazon.com, I had to pull the trigger. You might end up not being able to watch them on your new player.Lastly, If you look at some "big time" reviewers like CNET for example, you may be wrongly swayed against buying something that is not at the absolute top of their list. I don't care if this does not have the latest Dolby TruHD or DTS HD decoders built in, because I am not going to take the plunge into a new AV Reciever thank you. Almost could not believe it when I saw the average review of only three stars as I write this.
I am very glad I did, because the very minor flaws I have encountered thus far (after three weeks of ownership) seem insignificant to me.Don't compare a player in this price range to one that has double the retail price. The 5.1 sounds excellent via the optical input. DVD's look excellent as well (maybe not as good as Oppo), but MUCH better than my previous Samsung DVD player ever produced. That would be a shame. I am like another reviewer who feels like I have to defend this product. To me that is unfair.I am a guy who has a decent Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system.
Another selling point to me is the fact that it plays all DVD formats.
having read the negative reviews i felt i had to defend the philips bdp7200 ive had this player for 5 months and have not endured any problems so far. maybe i lucked up on getting one that actual does work but this player plays beautiful blurays, is very quiet, and has played every bluray i have put in it over 50 so far including the new releases without stopping or having to go through the hazzle of upgrading firmware like i have had to do downstairs with the samsung1500 i highly recommend this player.
Shame on you Philips. If I had to make another purchase I would purchase another brand. It took about a week and a half and a new unit arrived. I did my research and this unit was rated one of the best buys by Consumer Reports. They told me they would replace the unit. They replaced my New unit with a refurbished unit.
And the refurbushed unit only has a 90 day Warrantee not the 1 year of the new unit. Got it, hooked it up, and it played the first movie for about an hour then locked up. Very short wait on the phone (especially for a Saturday). This unit has been working fine for the past 3 weeks. Took me a while to get my disk out but I finally did. This is good priced blue ray player.
I called Philips and they had great customer service. Now here comes the Disappointing part.
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