I cannot speak for your individual Phillips CD player.
Much stuff these days has badges on which in no way reflects the inards.
Bottom line is, when the original demo was done, Phillips talked about how data loss could be catered for I.e. scratches on the media.
The chap doing the demo proceeded to take a pair of scissors to a CD, replacing it into the player and it still played perfectly.
That's for audio CDs - the equipment makes best guess at the blank bits. No way in the world it will work for data CDs.
I truly believe their system works. I am a bit of audiophile. I have several CDs which if I hold to the light I can see light through in pinpricks. Bung them in and I can't hear any jumps, blips or otherwise.
So that was my point.