Philips PET824 8.5-Inch Portable DVD / DivX Player by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips PET824 8.5-Inch Portable DVD / DivX Player
Digital camera Review: Philips Portable CD/DVD Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product after doing much research and am very happy that this is the one I chose. The quality of the picture is A+, the sound is good and my grandson loves watching his baby DVDs while grandma babysits.
My ONLY negative comment is if you have to call Philips with a question, they aren't very helpful. My question was regarding the battery. If you plug it in, will it bypass the battery, so the battery doesn't get drained? No one could ever give me an answer, so I am "assuming" it will and will work like a laptop computer.
Otherwise, A+ for this purchase!!
Digital camera Review: Picture Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I was blown away by the picture on the Phillips PET824 portable DVD player. The LCD screen is "liquid" crystal clear. You lose a little definition as you move side to side (as with most LCD type screens) which only comes into play if you're trying to share the screen in really close quarters (like if three of you are trying to watch in 3 side-by-side coach fare airline seats). But if the PET824 is primarily for personal use you'll love the picture.
The sound is fair without headphones, but I don't think that the idea was to use PET824 without them. Sound is fabulous with a good pair of headphones; your iPod headphones will do just fine (and if you don't have a good pair you'll need to buy one because the PET824 doesn't come with any).
The battery is a bit bulky. You'd think that with today's technology they'd be able to slim it down, but you can't complain about the 6 hours of life you get with it after a full charge. Some portable DVD players give you only 2 hours of life and that just barely gets you through a single movie. The PET824 is good for 2 full length features before charging and that's awesome for long trips where you can't use the DC adapter or car adapter.
The battery fully charges in apx 4 hours. And don't leave the battery attached after shutting down so as to preserve the charge.
The car adapter works great and has a nice long cord. So no need for the battery on car trips.
The PET824 fits in my small briefcase, and it's relatively light. Amazon sells cases for the PET824 that mount on the back of the driver or passenger seats. The one I got also mounts in between the driver and passenger seats. I'd highly recommend a case for your player. I went with the Case Logic Koskin DVD Player Case.
The biggest complaint I have about the PET824 is that the anti-slide pads on the bottom of the player are worthless. The player slides all over the place on a hard surface, and that won't do at all on an airline fold down tray. I put some good sticky anti-slide pads on my PET824 (available at any hardware store for less than a dollar).
Also the remote's a bit busy for kids, but my kids mastered it pretty quickly. For whatever reason the remote includes a bunch of useless number keys (0 - 9) that take up space that could have been used to make the primary function keys bigger. As is, the remote is useless in a dark car.
Finally, the DivX thing is a bit of a mystery to me. I've not tried it out yet, and I'm not clear as to whether or not you can burn DivX movies with just the DivX software or if you need a DVD burner on your home computer system in order to burn and be able to play downloaded DivX video on your Phillips PET824 portable (or DivX compatible home DVD player for that matter). I checked some DivX sites and they're all pretty (deliberately???) ambiguous on how exactly it works with burning a DivX DVD. And all the DivX movie sharing and downloading sites seem to want your email address before they'll even let you see what kind of movies are even available. So I'd welcome a review that is clear and concise on the matter.
All in all....The PET824 was a very satisfying purchase for me. I'm glad it's the one that I chose.
Digital camera Review: Pretty Good Little Unit
Summary: 4 Stars
Not a bad little unit. I read some reviews stating how it was sort of noisy but I kind of expected that anyway. If you're wearing headphones or have external speakers jacked in it's not an issue. All in all I'm happy with the picture and the performance.Digital camera Review: Read the reviews and purchase it - glad I did!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's everything advertised in the other reviews, I did notice that the cheaper DVD's are noisier than the "expensive" ones when playing. I bought this with an extra battery pack (can I name who here?) and the picture quality is awesome! The small speakers are usable but I recommend using this with head phones, if you want top quality sound! I'm glad I purchase this unit - no dead pixels either!Digital camera Review: Review of Philips portable DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall I am well satisfied with the product. It not only looks sleek and neat but the battery holds up for quite a bit longer than the last player I had. The only negative is that the mechanism is noisy, emitting a humming sound when running that is irritating.