Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Dead (blinking red power light) after year in service
This player worked o.k. for a year.  It played most (but not all) DivX files I fed it -- say, about 90% of them.  Occasionally audio would unsynchronize from video;  or video would freeze;  some files wouldn't play at all.  I think the player's codek / firmware is pretty old; and/or the chip is too slow to decode fast video stream. <br /> <br />After a year of this o.k. service the player suddenly decides to stop working.  I, like many others, am left staring at a blinking red power light that doesn't go away unless you unplug it. The machine is dead.  I searched the Internet for the string \\"philips dvp642 blinking\\" and found way too many hits.  Sorry, Philips, I will shop for a different brand for the replacement.