 Took forever to find it, but it was worth it. |
| Review Date: January 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: cenobite, Hollywood, Ca |
I got this at Christmas from my girlfriend. When we started looking for Blu-ray players in L.A. there were none to be found anywhere with a few VERY over priced exceptions. I saw the Target ad for this one but none of the stores in So-Cal had anny in stock, so we settled for a Samsung. It worked ok, but didn't support DivX and while checking reviews for the player, I saw a lot of negative comments, mostly having to do with failure to play Blu-ray titles, and problems during or after firmware updates ranging from lock-ups to disk drawer problems.
We finally found this player on a fluke while in a Target and it was on sale. We decided to get it, and compare the 2 units. The Philips won out. Ease of set-up and use was one of the first things I noticed. The DVD and DivX up-conversion was great.
The Samsung went back a couple days later.
Highly recommended. Great price and all the features you would need.
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Philips has done well here, great picture, easy on budget
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| Review Date: February 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Debbie Zan, |
| I recently purchased a Philips 7200 blu ray player, and I am extremely pleased with the decision. The picture quality is absolutely awesome, and the player does a great job with upconverting regular DVDs. If you are cost conscious, and want a blu ray that does a great job with the basics (no internet interactivity), this is one to take a good look at. The player has lots of options for inputs, and it has an elegant looking exterior. I have read some reviews that complained about the load time, which I have not found to be a problem. It does take a few seconds longer that regular dvds, but you have to consider the fact that blu ray dvds have at least 5 times more data to retrieve than a regular dvd. I would unquestionably purchase this again, no regrets. This player is currently in the 200 dollar range. Thanks Philips. |
Great value, great A/V quality
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| Review Date: February 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: N. van Someren, |
I looked around on Consumer Reports and the only thing they didn't like about this model was the high price. Since I was in the market for a relatively budget player for the bedroom I sort of skipped over this one but when I found that the player can be had at under $200 I realised I'd found a bargain. Once I had tried it I came back and bought a second one for the living room instead of the much more expensive Sony I had planned on.
This player has all the features I want and then some. It supports Deep Color on the video and Dolby TrueHD on the audio. Setup is a breeze. It plays all sorts of formats including DivX. I personally find the styling very elegant, with a very plain front to the unit when switched off.
The video quality from BluRay is exemplary. Up-converted DVDs look as good as can be expected but if you sit too close to your 1080p display you can see that the source is not up to par.
Note that I've ONLY used this player with HDMI output so I can't comment on it's analogue quality. |
Good player but no AVCHD
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| Review Date: February 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Rudy, |
| Nice player and price but be aware it does not play home made blue ray discs including AVCHD discs. Since we have lots of home camcorder HD video in AVCHD (HD on regular DVD discs) we had to returned. I do not mind the lack of internet connection and BDLive of this player but I do want to be able to play my home HD video. Given that we also have a Panasonic that we got for about the same price but now it is out of stock, we will wait for the 2009 Panasonic model. |
My experience with the Philips BDP 7200
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| Review Date: April 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: DeeBee, Boise, ID |
| After using this machine for quite some time, I have to say it is an excellent player. It is so reliable and glitch free that it trumps most other blu-ray players in that sense. It has played EVERY disc I have thrown at it including Twilight, which has not played in several BD players recently. The audio and video are excellent. I bitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HDMA to my Onkyo audio receiver without any issues. Just make sure you choose "Primary Audio" in the setup in order to bitstream. I have had zero glitches after playing 100+ titles on this player. Highly recommended for those who want a good price on an entry level player. Yes, No BD-live or ethernet hookup as it is a 1.1 player. But I burned a CD-R off of the Philips site to install a firmware disc recently. You should be able to get a killer deal on this player these days. |
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