Philips DVD825

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DVD Player	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW	DVD+R DVD+RW	BD-R BD-RE	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	Price	Rating Info	Reports Comments
Philips DVD825	CDR CDRW	DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL	DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL	BD-R BD-RE BD-R DL	DivX JPG	MP3 WMA	$100	7.5 (7.6) 36 votes	View 45 reports (12939 views) Add report
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	daredevil from United States reported September 12, 2005: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? over 1 year No rating DivX XviD DVD-RAM Comments: I have loaded firmware version 9.28. Still I can't get it to read my DVD-R media. I have tried Maxell dvd-r as well as Philips dvd-r. Can anyone advise what to try next??? I may just toss this and get a new HD-upconverter player if I can't get it to play dvd-r.
	Jake from United States reported May 25, 2004: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? over 1 year 9 of 10 Comments: I have owned this dvd player for somthing like four years and it hasnt failed me to this day. I recently purchased a NEC ND2500A DVD burner and attempted a DVD backup using TDK DVD-R (purple bottom) Media and it booted up on the player with no problems, I myself was quite suprized because the dvd player (minus the region free hack) is 100% OEM with no firmware updates or anything. This dvd player was well worth the money that i spent so long ago and i predict it will be for a long time to come. The only thing about this dvd player that keeps it from getting a 10 is the habbit it has of pausing for a split second while changing layers on slightly worn out dvds. I hope this review helps whoever reads it.
	Dave from Other reported December 30, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 7 of 10 Comments: I have had great sucess with xsvcd at 704 x 480 resolution burned with nero 5.xx. Upgraded to bios 9.25 from 9.23 you can find 9.28 firmware updates at: http://www.ianc.net/philips/downloads.shtml
	Chris Raile from Other reported December 01, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR Few CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 5 of 10 Comments: For those having audio sync problems with standard SVCDs, I've noticed in trying to produce them (from DV sources) that the audio will "go too fast" for about a second when play is started (either from a stop, or after rewinding or fast forwarding, for example) which causes the audio to go out of sync. As mentioned by a couple of other people, the solution is to hit pause and then hit play again, after the audio has gone from "too fast" to the proper speed. However, the trick to producing SVCDs that don't require this annoying audio sync fix is to use audio encoded at 48 khz (instead of the SVCD standard 44.1 Khz). It works, but unfortunately now your SVCD is not compliant...
	John from Other reported July 28, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Would anyone tell me how to burn the firmwire step by step using nero. Thanks
	Mark from Other reported May 05, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW Few DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? Few DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $200 N/A 5 of 10 JPG/JPEG MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: I bought this DVD player in summer of 2000 I believe, so I guess it is a bit out dated. I gave it a 5 becasue this DVD player is great for just plain old DVDs and CDs, but you will have a struggle with VCDs, SVCDs and DVDr. What I dont like about it is, if you turn on the subtitles, you have to stop the disc and go into set up to turn them off, instead of just simply hitting the subtitle button again to turn it off.. Another complaint is its not versitle enough. Granted its a little bit old but aside from DVDs and CDs, it doesnt get the job done. VCDs played fairly well, but SVCDs eith didnt play at all, or had problems reading and resulted in lots of skipping and staling. The menues are hard to say. Some work but some do not. I think a few SVCDs I have, the menue was poorly put together so I dont want to base it primarily on that. Burned DVDs play some what ok, but kind of the same story as SVCD. Theres a lot of skipping and staling, but does play them a little better than SVCDs. Cant really tell you what brand of DVDr works best becasue I have had limited success with DVDr period, no matter what the brand. Bottom line, if you are looking for a player to just play DVD and/or CDs, then this works just fine. But if you are looking to play VCDs, SVCDs, or DVDr, then I would advise against this player. For more versatility, at a good price, I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recomend Sony DVP NS715P. Feel free to email me with any questions.
	Knurrli from Other reported April 17, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 5 of 10 Comments: My player is about 3 years old. Just recently I started to explore all the features besides CD and standard DVD. So far SVCD worked without any problems! What I really struggle with are the DVD-Rs. I use a Pioneer 105 DVD writter with Nero Express software. What I know so far is, that DVD-Rs do work on this player. At least the movies I burned with DVD Decryptor with 1x speed work flawlessly. Any other software failed to write DVD-Rs which the player can read. I updated to the latest Philips firmware but it did not help. At this point I know that DVDxCopy, InstantCopy and Nero have faild to write working DVD-Rs. I currently think it has to do with the file format UDF/ISO9660. I also observed that it is not related to the DVD-Rs I use. DVD Decryptor works even with very cheap disks.
	kazuo from Other reported April 04, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA CVD? $200 N/A 8 of 10 JPG/JPEG DVD-MP3 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG DivX Comments: Mine doesn't like SVCDs. Don't know why. This unit DOES play DVD-R. The main report is incorrect as others have already noted. No WMA/MP3/DiVX support; this DVD player came out way before all that stuff got huge. I bought this thing a long time ago, so my firmware version is very outdated... probably why it has problems with SVCD. VCDs work fine, I also hacked this for all-region, I haven't had any trouble with it, and I've thrown tons of R2/R3 discs at it. Doesn't play PAL VCDs. You need to covnert them to NTSC in order to view them (this is the "rolling picture" probelm many of you have). No progessive scan or component out, but who cares. It's still a solid player. Has digital coax/optical out as well as SVideo out. Good enough as a secondary player, and will play damn near anything and everything you throw it at. Recommended.
	jim from Other reported January 25, 2003: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 5 of 10 Comments: Doesn't play DVD+R or DVD+RW although I haven't tried a DVD+RW with a different bitsetting. It's the first DVD player that I've tested that doesn't play DVD+R.
	Bernie from Other reported December 07, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Burned a home movie using a Memorex DVD+R+RW writer. Even after firmward upgrade, the DVD825 will not play. Stays on "loading'''". ANy suggestions?
	Mitchell from Other reported November 24, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $? N/A 2 of 10 Comments: This was an awesome DVD player when I got it 3 years ago. However, when ranking it today, it sux! This plays almost no formats other than actual DVD's and music CD-Rs. The price of converting my 8mm home movies to DVD just increased by the price of a new DVD player.
	JC from Other reported November 01, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: I recently got an HP200i dvd burner an burnt a test dvd+rw using hp media and memorex. it works fine in mode 1 and 2. I used dvdws,dvdit,mydvd. no problems with +RW. I havent tested +R yet.
	Leviticus from Other reported October 12, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD $? N/A 8 of 10 Comments: No comments
	Will from Other reported September 29, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 4 of 10 Comments: I just made a DVD to DVD+R of Run Lola Run using an HP DVD Writer DVD200e and HP DVD+R Media. It worked great!. The Memorex DVD+R media did not work on this dvd or anyother dvd that I tried. I used Smartripper and Nero 5.5.9 to make the copy. It took me about 13 minutes to Rip the DVD and 23 minutes to burn it. The HP DVD200e that I'm using is connected to a Dell Inspiron 8100 Laptop via the 1394 cable (Firewire). My computer has 512 Mgs of Ram, 30gig harddrive, and a P3 1.2ghz M.
	Supercrew from Other reported September 18, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $125 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: Lately I have been using standard CompUSA 80min disks. Using VCDEASY 1.1.2 as author of bin/cue and burning with Nero 5.x... NOTE: Player did not play XVCD until I started re-multiplexing with TMPGENC and choosing the VideoCD standard headr. Also on the audio sync problem with SVCD'S if you just mute/unmute the audio using the Dvd Remote the audio will syny back up and stay in sync for the duration of the movie.
	Jason from Other reported July 20, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $125 N/A 7 of 10 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: OK I earlier posted a problem with playing vcd's and svcd's...the screen rolled in black and white...tried switching the DVD to PAL...screen rolled still! Upgraded the firmware...still nothing...Someone replied after reading my delemma and stated that I needed to convert all my vcd's and svcd's from ntsc to pal using TMPEG...did it and it worked...however this is a long and painful process...so I went out and spent $65.00 and bought an APEX 1200 (label that states VCD on it)...it plays everything PAL or NTSC...no conversions! no wasted time!! Keep the philips for DVDs buy a APEX for SVCD's and VCD's!
	TEN from Other reported July 02, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: WTF is up with the no FF/RW ? Ihave also had problems with burned movies using NERO. After about 10 minutes, larger files freeze up in the dvd player.
	Neosurfer from Other reported June 29, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $100 N/A 8 of 10 Comments: I have recently upgraded firmware to 9.28. I havent't seen any changes in my vcd playing experience from version 9.25 to 9.28. Sometimes I had scrolling problems with my vcd on a CD-R, but discovered that the fps and size were not correct for burning vcds. My procedure now for burning vcds is as follows: 1.Use TMPGEnc to check video size and fps. 2.Also check audio frequency and kbps. 3.If mpeg is not 350x240 @ 29.97fps, and 44.1 @ 224kbps, then I use TMPGEnc to encode the mpeg properly. 4.Use DuraBrand CD-R 700MB 80 min. 5.Burn VCD using Prassi Primo CD Plus 2.0 on a Sony 24x10x40 CDRW. After several firmware versions, software packages, and CD-R brands, I have found this procedure to work for me each and every time. Hope this is some useful info. I have had my Philips DVD825 for 3 years now, and will not buy another until this breaks.
	Miguel from Other reported June 26, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $150 N/A No rating Comments: No comments
	J-Bird from Other reported June 23, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Bought it a while ago and it works great! Had problems at first with a rolling screen, but later found out that it wasn't the DVD player, it was the Region. Found a hack for region with my 5-in-1 remote control. Still didn't work. Later, I realized I have an American made television that won't suport PAL. Converted all my movies to NTSC with Tmpeg, burned with Nero, now EVERYTHING works great. NICE picture. You can't tell the difference between DVD and SVCD. AWESOME. Haven't rented a movie in a year.
	Nick Funk from Other reported June 04, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A No rating Comments: Played VCD and SVCD video clips and individual jpg pictures. Burn with Nero 5.5 DVD bios 9.23 Great player for the price. Bought several years ago, plays everything I can put into it. Paid $179 which included 5 free DVD movies and 11 free DVD rentals from Blockbuster.
	jason from Other reported June 03, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $125 N/A 6 of 10 Comments: Bought this a little while ago. Downloaded firmware 9.25. It loaded however it still wont play an svcd. The screen scrolls when an svcd is inserted. I give up! Any suggestions email me.
	Red Baran from Other reported June 02, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR? CDRW? DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $? N/A 9 of 10 Comments: ok this is a relly relly good DvD player the only problem i have it that whin i go to play a svcd or vcd it seems it load fine but then the screen starts to roll mabe it is just me if any one can help red_baran_360@hotmail.com
	RPM from Other reported May 29, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R? DVD-RW? DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3 WMA? CVD? $150 N/A 9 of 10 MP3 long filename MP3 ID3 TAG Comments: No comments
	Atari from Other reported May 12, 2002: Read features: Price: Time used: Rating: CDR CDRW DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R DL? DVD+R? DVD+RW? DVD+R DL? BD-R? BD-RE? BD-R DL? MP3? WMA? CVD? $175 N/A 9 of 10 Comments: Only does not get a 10 because it does not support MP3. This player came out before the first wave of CD-based MP3 players anyhow. DVD-R works! I saw a *lot* of posts here that said this drive was not DVD-R compatible, and I saw a compatability chart somewhere which "confirmed" this limitation. So I bought my brand-new DVR-104 drive from ESBuy knowing a 100% likelihood of incompatability -- I would have to buy a new DVD movie player. Was I pleasantly surprised!! :-D I just backed up a DVD to my hard drive, then to the DVD-R and it worked the very first time. This movie doesn't have fancy features so it easily fits in the 4.7GB DVD-R disks. All the menus worked fine. I know from my CD days that problems people had are due to TOLERANCES in players and media. Take my post as proof -- if a player does not work with DVD-R, try OTHER types of DVD-R media. These DVD blanks I got came free with my DVD-R, and and a "lilac purple" color on the media side. If you have a DVD-825, try another batch of disks from ESBuy. I have no idea if other blank disks will work in my video player.
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