Both players feature built-in HEVC and VP9 decoders, meaning that you’ll be able to watch Dolby Vision content from the built-in Netflix app in addition to UHD Blu-ray.

DVDs and Blu-rays are built practically the same, but given that Blu-ray players can play DVDs just fine, it seems strange that Blu-Rays themselves are unable to work on DVD players in the same way.

Philips' CES showing was geared towards next generation AV, with a Blu-ray player and a new version of of its Ambilight TV technology, but it also showed a brand new Skype/MSN/Yahoo phone ...

Philips SACD 1000 SACD/DVD Player. A friend of mine came up to me a few weeks ago and made the following announcement. " Dan, do you want to borrow my SACD 1000 player with a bunch of SACD hybrid ...

LAS VEGAS — Philips, a pioneer in high-definition (HD) technology, delivers the ultimate HD experience to consumers with its Blu-ray Disc player (BDP9000). Shown today at the 2007 Consumer Electronics ...

The drive has 3 discrete lasers: red for DVD, Infrared for CD and blue for the Blu-ray disc. It will read and write pretty much all formats: Dual Layer Blu-ray disc (50GB) Dual-layer DVD+/-R 16x DVD+/ ...

Now that Funai owns the Philips brand name in the U.S., it isn't hesitating to roll out a host of Blu-ray players featuring Netflix Watch Instantly streaming under that banner. The BDP5110 and ...

Specifically the company has added two Philips Blu-ray players, the 5320 and 7320 (both of which scored Netflix back in January), to its short list of supported streaming hardware.

Instead, the company will move entirely to producing Blu-Ray products. Just a tip, Pioneer: you might want to invest in another basket. Last we checked, HD DVD wasn’t dead yet.

At the IFA 2009 show on Thursday, Philips has introduced four new Blu-ray players, including the flagship BDP9500. It has a number of video processing technologies Philips collectively calls Qdeo ...

With consumers realising the High Definition format war is over and driven by an ever increasing adoption of HD capable Flat TVs, Blu-ray is assumed to grow significantly in 2009. Building on its ...

A new license will be established by mid-2009 as a "one-stop shop" for device makers. The license will include all necessary Blu-ray, DVD, and CD patents for selling Blu-ray players.