Philips DVD-622 Review

Overall Rating

plays all cd formats - cd-r, cd-rw vcd 32x fast forward review

started freezing on vcd's

has been a great player for home produced vcd's and plays dvd's beautifully. However, 12 and a half months after purchase it has stated freezing and rejecting vcd's as well as some dvd's which is incredibly frustrating. Almost as if a software time bomb was built into the firmware! Before my experience of freezing vcd's I would have given this player a 9 or 10 for overall, but experience is what this is all about - so sorry Philips this gets a 3.

Members' Comments onr.a2.'s Review

• r.a2. on 16th Nov 2002

  Update : Tried updating firmware via Philips who happily supplied latest firmware despite being just outside guarantee - but no difference. The repair technician says the most likey cause of 'freezing' is a sticking servo motor whereby the DVD player 'sticks' on a particular frame. In today's times of sub-£100 players this is an economic write-off.

• Stu. on 30th Apr 2003

  Wow , finally someone else who's had the same experience. A little longer for us but the same thing has started happening. We thought it was just the way we were making vcds but they seem to play fine on every other dvd player we own (ahem). So please , anyone else?????

• JY. on 25th May 2003

  Since I turned off PBC, my DVD622 plays VCD OK. Sometimes it freezes for 2-5 seconds (which is rather annoying) but the stream comes back (which did not whith PBC on). Rarely, it doesn't but going into slow motion for a few frames and then resume playing normaly has worked fine so far.

• dvd user. on 12th Jun 2003

  We bouhgt this player last year november. It worked fine for a month and than it started freezing or at time goes slow and continues there after. Very annoying when you use the DVD as a presentation help. My audience of more than 30 will not be buying a Philips DVD player!
  After that the DVD has been sitting idle for at least 2 month, I have today put it to the test again. I clocked up 24 hours (repeat showing) without any problems yet.

• Simplemind on 12th Apr 2004

  I've had the same experience. After 28 months it started frezing up on music CD's. When I switch the player on there is a little noise and the player is still dead. Seems to me a servo control that's trying to position something but never reach their destination. Sometimes it plays a 15 minutes and than it stops for some days. I am a fan of Philips but after this not anymore. I throw this player in the thrunk and buy a new one. You may guess which brand: NOT PHILIPS!!

• vj123 on 25th Apr 2005

  Hmmmm...Philips DVD622. Well , I checked it recently at a shop. I compared its frequency response with my "Goodmans CDMP352"'s freq. response (........I played a ".CDA" CD in both the models and compared the two outputs amplified in a PHILIPS TV). I discovered that the Philips is way behind the Goodmans CDMP352 model of mine in clarity !! In PHILIPS the voice -clarity is good , but bass and treble are not upto the mark! So I dropped the idea of buying the DVD622 model.
  Philips DVD622 may be the "King of Playability", but really lacks in proper sound output. .Philips has to improve it....I hope (Philips and) all the customers note this feedback of mine. All the best PHILIPS!

• Simplemind on 3rd May 2005

  I dropped the Philips CD and bought a Marantz CD5400 and I'm satisfied.