Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking
Digital camera Review: AWESOME DVD PLAYER
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been shopping for a DVD player and then I saw it had a dock for my Ipod touch, remote, and all the plugins plus the 9 in screen. I wanted a little bit bigger screen. It even comes with a sleeve to put the player in to protect the screen. It does not close so keep that in mind. I am a OTR truck driver and like to watch movies at night. I am out of work due to an injury and I make jewelry as a hobby. This allows me to watch my instructional videos at my work bench so I can create while I learn. I can put my Ipod in the dock or tuck the remote in the dock to keep track of it easier. My husband even likes to watch this player in bed as opposed to the TV/DVD player because it is easier to get comfortable to fall asleepDigital camera Review: Better than spending all your $$ on i-anything
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a classic 80GB Ipod and wanted to use it to its full potential. There are soo many Iproducts out there and besides how much music/videos you buy, you could spend thousands of dollars to enhance one device. I was in and out of the hospital for awhile and wanted to not only watch my DVD's, but everything in my Ipod. Well I did the research and this is one of the only ones that supported my type. I have had it in ER's, my hospital room and I love it. I have never had any problem with it and eventhough I bought mine at a store, it is white and pretty damn cool. I highly recomend this to everyone. Even my mom takes it with her on trips. Hope this helps and one last cool thing is when I can afford an Iphone, it has every adaptor for every Ipod you can buy, which is a pretty cool deal. To the dude who says that the sound sucks, you are a liar!! It has Dolby Digital. Check what audio channel you are on numnuts.Digital camera Review: DVD player doesn't play DVDs
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this device primarily for the DVD function, the ipod connectivity was just an added bonus. I never even got to try out the ipod functionality because this device couldn't even play my store-bought DVDs. Admittedly, I did read the negative reviews on here before making the decision to purchase this item, and I figured I could deal with the bad viewing angle and volume...as well as the cheap plastic ipod drawer. For the price, I was willing to overlook these "extras" for the luxury of having a 9" screen.
After receiving the player I popped in a DVD and I was thoroughly enjoying the show until about 20 minutes into the movie when the screen just froze. Immediately restarting the device didn't help matters and it refused to recognize any DVDs. The next day I tried again and I got the same end-result....everything works fine but then about 20-30 minutes into a movie the player overheats and doesn't play DVDs. This happenned about 5 times, and now I'm about to return the device. I think it may be an engineering problem...and perhaps this is the reason why this Philips player is one of the only to have the DVD drive and the screen back-to-back....these 2 elements are prone to overheating and the small device doesn't have any way of cooling down.
I'm glad that some people received functional Players, but I think in this case the bad reviews are well-merited due to some serious design flaws.
Digital camera Review: Decent enough with a disk-less option.
Summary: 3 Stars
The screen is bright and watchable in a minivan during the day. The pixel count is odd, something like 640 x 220 and the screen definitely has a "screen door" effect and lots of jaggies. I found the screen to be good enough, with the larger screen particular less of an eye strain than the smaller 7" screens on most portable players.
FYI, the iPod dock does not work with an iPhone. I'm not sure why, because an iPhone will fit in the dock. The capability of plugging in a 120GB iPod Classic loaded with all manner of video is a super cool feature that puts all other portable DVD players to shame.
The player makes up for its iPhone incompatibility with its ability to play video from SD card slot. I found the format support to be lacking, with the player only playing DIVX encoded videos or original DVD files from an SD card. For reference, I used the free program FFMPEGX on the Mac to convert to the format DIVX (mencoder). The video comes out as a compressed .avi file. I also used DVDRemaster to lower the bitrate of a DVD so it would fit on an SD card. The video looked fine on the low-res screen but the menu did not work at all. If you want to play video from the iPod dock and the SD card slot, you have to encode it twice, because iPod videos use different encoding. Not cool Philips!
Some folks knock the design but fail to appreciate its utility. On a desk, the player sits upright with a little stand and looks like a very thick digital photo frame. Sitting in a vehicle, the player is easy to hold in your lap. We could actually wedge it between the front seats of our minivan for viewing by our children in the back seats. We would prefer the player come with an over the seat strap to prevent it from becoming flying weapon.
Keep in mind that this players is going for about $100 now. You can get better specs out of more expensive players, but at what cost? For about $300, you could buy a netbook instead, and have even better options for portable video. In this market, the Philips is the right device for the price.
Digital camera Review: Depends
Summary: 2 Stars
I expected more, especially at this price point. My chief complaints are with the stand and the picture. The stand works great on a flat surface, but if you are not at a table or something sturdy (like in the car) it has to be held or propped. The picture is not so defined. Not good for sharing, you have to have just the right angle to get the most from the picture which is less than desirable at any angle. Would not have bought this one had I been able to test it first.