Phillips UHD Blu-ray player - BDP7501

[applemac]

Small nitpick, but Philips only has one L, not two - its even pretty bold in the pic in the OP.

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by applemac

Small nitpick, but Philips only has one L, not two - its even pretty bold in the pic in the OP.

That's because the founders of the company all had the name Philips with just one "L", not 2"L"s. These people, I believe, originated in the Netherlands/Dutch regions of Europe more than a century ago (I think close to 150 years, in fact). Philips has a long history, indeed.

Oh, there will be a pop quiz on this. hee hee!

[JustThatPenguin]

If the price is fair, Id def consider getting this until one of the bigger companies release 2nd and 3rd Gen players.

[Optimus-Prime-Rox]

Definitely won't be spending big money on a Phillips UHD Bluray player. I've had a few of their regular Bluray players that were cheaply made at high prices which lasted only a few months at a time & wouldn't play most of my bluray collection after firmware updates. I eventually switched to all Sony bluray players which have all lasted quite a while but eventually all lasers go bad but for now my Sony players are still going strong so hopefully Sony will eventually release a reasonably priced UHD Bluray player.

[Jeff R 1]

Originally Posted by Optimus-Prime-Rox

Definitely won't be spending big money on a Phillips UHD Bluray player. I've had a few of their regular Bluray players that were cheaply made at high prices which lasted only a few months at a time & wouldn't play most of my bluray collection after firmware updates. I eventually switched to all Sony bluray players which have all lasted quite a while but eventually all lasers go bad but for now my Sony players are still going strong so hopefully Sony will eventually release a reasonably priced UHD Bluray player.

That's too bad to hear, I still have my CD 101 Philips player and it's more the 20 years old now.
I did buy something not that long ago with a remote, but the Philips CD player was working perfectly at the time I stopped using it.
It would be nice if Philips put that kind of quality and reliability in their first generation UHD Blu-ray player.

[applemac]

Originally Posted by Jeff R 1

That's too bad to hear, I still have my CD 101 Philips player and it's more the 20 years old now.
I did buy something not that long ago with a remote, but the Philips CD player was working perfectly at the time I stopped using it.
It would be nice if Philips put that kind of quality and reliability in their first generation UHD Blu-ray player.

I think philips US consumer electronics got sold off to another company that are using the name now, but that could have just been their TVs.

[cybergrimes]

Originally Posted by applemac

I think philips US consumer electronics got sold off to another company that are using the name now, but that could have just been their TVs.

Philips Consumer Electronics is now Philips Consumer Lifestyle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip...umer_Lifestyle

I think the TV/panel business is now a joint venture TPV Technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPV_Technology