When playing Divx files, if there's significant movement on the screen, the video starts to jerk (badly!) and the audio starts to crack and drop out.

I have verified this with a number of high-quality, high-speed USB flash drives and USB hard drives.

I can only speculate that Philips must have skimped on the decoder to keep the price down!


Buying this player is a recipe for many ruined nights in, hoping to watch a film and being sorely disappointed part-way through when it starts to jerk and crack!

Avoid at all costs!