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Came across this actual review for the Philips DVP 5990:

"Total lemon -- defective out of box"
by jabelar on September 7, 2008

Pros: Nothing -- didn't work enough to even try it

Cons: I got a total defective unit. It was able to start to play a movie, but then got stuck and then wouldn't open the drive tray. I tried two other commercially bought, scratch-free movies, and they wouldn't play at all -- just got stuck "loading".Summary: Just defective. Never even played one good disc long enough to try it out. Also, there was a huge spider in the box -- a real live hairy spider that came running out when I opened it. Hope it wasn't some exotic spider from China or something!"

http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-players/philips-dvp5990-37/4864-6473_7-33004022-5.html?tag=contentBody;userReviews

I like the last bit in particular.