Philips DVD Players – DVP 3166 & DVP 5490 | User comment & Review
Thanks to Pradeep for this comment posted in our earlier article “Philips DVD Players – DVP 3126,5986,3146,3166,5150 | Prices – India” on Jan 15 2008.
Over to Pradeep:
When I was in Kerala during the last week of December 2007, i decided to purchase a DVD player for my parents. We already have a Sony TV there and no other Hi-Fi component Deck / Music systems or home theater setup.
I was sampling the market there (Ernakulam / Kottayam). Please note that I did not go into any fancy showrooms. Just plain multi-brand dealers, ‘cos they seem to have better[more affordable 
] pricing !!
The most commonly displayed DVD players were from LG/Samsung/Philips/Sony among others.
I am not a fan of LG or Samsung. And was specifically looking for Sony or otherwise Philips. The DVD player that I was looking for need not have HDMI or in-built Amplifier, but i did want DivX Certified and an USB port.
Having a USB port is so useful. Just pop-in any USB storage device (mp3 players, flash drives, etc.) and you can browse through the folders to view photos, play mp3s and other audio(if supported) and mainly play Hi quality DivX-encoded content.
Sony does have a model (the model number escapes me now!), but is apparently not yet available in India.
Then I had to switch to a Philips make. There are 2 models here which provide USB (3166 and 5490). The 5490 also has HDMI and Ultra-DivX (Menus,Extra, etc.) and was available for INR 4,290. Since the DVD player was meant only for my parents and to use it along with the Sony TV(no HDMI), I decided to go in with the 3166 model. The price mentioned on the box is INR 4,490, the dealer (QRS -Kottayam) was giving it at INR 3,300. that seemed to be a reasonable price and so purchased it.
I then immediately tested it with all sorts of formats, and so far it has played everything I threw at it.
After coming back to Chennai, i was discussing this with my colleague and he informed me that he enquired on the same model, few weeks before me in either Viveks or S.S. Annamalai Enterprises (in Chennai), and they were selling it for around INR 2.800 !!!
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I need to know regarding tv dvd players , Any model with the potions of both USB Port & Fm radio
Pl.give the inmformation if any models available with that
Hi,
All the files in a folder is played. But it does not switch to other folder.
Can we use Playlist ???
What type of Playlist is supported ???
I have Philips 3166.
Please Advice
Advance Thanks,
Rengaraj.R
>> Can we use Playlist ???
NO IT CANT USE ANY PLAYLIST !
BLOOODY FOOL PHILIPS B&#@@#S CHEATING US
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I think this is a great product, price is attractive and it plays all .AVI movie formats, from all sorts of pen drives and hard drives. Yes, it’s not a PC, it’s a DVD player and for this price it offers a lot of functionality.
Region code hack
Method:
1) Open the Setup menu then go to the Preference page.
2) Press 1 3 8 9 3 1 on the keypad of the Remote Control.
3) Options will be available to be selected.
4) Press UP / DOWN key to select the desire Region Code.
5) Press OK.
That’s all……. Enjoy…..
I WAS VERY HAPPY BUYING ONE OF YOUR PRODUCT (DVD PLAYER). NOW I AM ONE OF THE MOST DIAPPOINTED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE NOT EVEN A YEAR IT HAS STOPPED PLAYING DVDs. SURE ONLY FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME PLEASE. THIS IS VEERY VERY SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought one philips DVD in OCt 2008. Now it says ‘no disc’ when I play any MP3 discs. What should I do? I need the DVD service centers in coimbatore
I have a DVP3166 for over a year and half now, and it going great,, But is the firmware upgradable to play Mp4’s..??
Dear Sam
Periodically Philips will issue software
upgrade to enhance your user
experience.
IMPORTANT!
– Power supply must not be
interrupted during upgrade!
To check the current software version of
this DVD player;
A Press OPEN/CLOSE on the DVD
player to open the disc tray.
The disc tray will open.
Press numeric keypad ‘55’ on the
remote control.
The file name of the software installed
in the DVD player appears on the TV
screen.
To download and install the latest
software to the DVD player;
A Visit the Philips website ‘www.philips.
com/welcome’ to check the availability of
the latest software upgrade.
B Download the software to a CD-R.
C Insert the CD-R to the disc slot.
The menu appears on the TV screen.
Upgrade File Detected
Upgrade?
Press Play to start
D Press PLAY/PAUSE u to download
the latest software in the DVD player.
The DVD player will re-start
automatically once the download
complete.
IF you have any problem call me at 09219885697 or mail at naveensingh@india.com
I have been using Philips DVP 3166 for the past 1 and half years.I bought it for Rs 3500 from Vellore.
It plays most of the commonly used media formats.
So far i have tested it with following formats and it works perfect for me
In Video
Divx-home theater profile, both avi as well as divx extension upto Divx 6.8.5 revision(i tried the bitrate upto 4000 kbits and maximum single file size 2.16 GB)without Q-Pel and GMC.
Xvid-Simple to Advanced Simple Profile in avi extension(better to use DX50 Fourcc code instead of Xvid)without Q-Pel and GMC(rest same as Divx)
MPEG-4 ASP(part 2 but not Divx/Xvid)with similar settings
Surprisingly all these 3 formats plays in .MP4 extension as well besides the traditional .Avi
MPEG-1/2 in .MPG or .MPEG extension
DVD Format .VOB
In Audio
MP3(CBR/VBR),AAC(HE/LE),WAV,AC3,WMA(upto WMA 9)
Through USB almost all the above but there is a limitation using USB in this player. I have tried with various Capacity Thumb drives and USB hard disks and file formats. This machine recognizes only Hard Disk under 40 GB in FAT/FAT32 file format.
But still a very good player for its affordable price.
(only bitter feeling is unavailability of updated firmware for this model,I would love to mod the user interface if i can get the Firmware)
dear sir,
iam a user of DVP 3166. i have purchased this player 09 months ago.it was in 06 months warranty period. and after 03 months created a problem of lense and i had given it service centre to repaire in warranty period.and it had repaired well. but once again create a problem in audio device. i have a lense cleaner also and i properly use lense cleaner in per 10 to 15 days. but this player`s service is not good. why create problen. i want to know about its lense.please reply me in my E-mail ID.
philips dvp 3256 upgrading
The DVP 3166 is a value for money
Dear Naveen,
I have a dvp 3166 – when i try to get the latest software the way you have described – I am not able to find the upgrade online. does the 3166 have a upgraded software ? my version is .94
@Ashwin – I too have the same DVP 3166 as you are. Unfortunately, Philips has never released a firmware update for this model. Even the Modded firmwares are not available for this model. Default interface in this model simply SUCKS(for both Video and audio files) and desperately needs an update.
@Bajaj – my problem is, the player abruptly stopped playing DVDs. It now displays a loooooong ‘Loading’ message and ends with a ‘No disk’ error. Any thoughts on this ?
@Ashwin – I am no expert in this but i guess it is something to do with your player’s Lens(or) the LASER. Have you tried any CDs(not DVDs)? If your player plays CDs without any hiccup then it could be related to LASER beam problem. If even CDs are failing to play then you might need to get your player to a nearest Philips service center or for that matter any electronic repair shop for checkup on Lens as well as rest of the circuit. Also make sure the DVDs/CDs you are trying are not coasted.
All the best
HI All,
i am planning to buy DVD player, i gone through all comments it looks like phliips 3166 is good. Can anybody suggest me which one to buy?
thanks in advance
I bought one philips DVD in 2005. Now it says ‘no disc’ when I play any dvd.But it plays cds. What should I do?
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