Philips DVD782CH

Plays CDs very well

Freezes and shuts itself off.

No problems playing CD's

Numerous problems encountered playing DVD's

None

It freezes mid-way through movies. Do not buy it.

Looks good in the entertainment center.

Won't play ANYTHING except commercially recorded media

We needed to know if this unit (Philips DVD 782C) was compatible with DVD+RW disks so I Googled it and found this Amazon listing. We were totally amazed to find the reviews we found ... and wish we had done this years ago INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL THIS...

It is very difficult to get the player to play many of my DVD titles that work just fine elsewhere. It also takes an abnormally long time for the unit to recognize and play a DVD. It responds sluggishly to commands and it frequently just freezes and...

I owned this this player.It could never play a dvd,without skipping...I exchanged,the unit 3x,with no luck.Finally,it only played cd discs...I sold this set for 5 bucks,at a flea market!!If you see this model,run the other way...Check out the...