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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. Kudos to Philips.
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). To me that is unfair.I am a guy who has a decent Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system. Almost could not believe it when I saw the average review of only three stars as I write this. Another selling point to me is the fact that it plays all DVD formats.
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. I am like another reviewer who feels like I have to defend this product. 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. 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.
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. 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. Not just the minus only, some others in this price range. The 5.1 sounds excellent via the optical input.
I have a feeling that Philips knows who they are building these things for.As for Picture quality, I could not be happier. If you have any family stuff, home movies, etc recorded on Plus format dvds, watch out. 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.
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.
Got it, hooked it up, and it played the first movie for about an hour then locked up. This unit has been working fine for the past 3 weeks. This is good priced blue ray player. Very short wait on the phone (especially for a Saturday). If I had to make another purchase I would purchase another brand. Took me a while to get my disk out but I finally did. It took about a week and a half and a new unit arrived.
They replaced my New unit with a refurbished unit. I did my research and this unit was rated one of the best buys by Consumer Reports. Now here comes the Disappointing part. I called Philips and they had great customer service. They told me they would replace the unit. And the refurbushed unit only has a 90 day Warrantee not the 1 year of the new unit. Shame on you Philips.
only drawback so far is not being able to unlock all regions. picked it up for $179 delivered from different site. plays most formats including divx. blu ray playback is gorgeous, upconversion isn't that bad either. very happy with it.
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