Customer Reviews:
 Great Buy! April 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read a lot of good reviews about this product before I purchased it, and I have to say that i agree fully! Its size makes it very easy to carry around, and I love that it plays DVDs from all regions (once configured), as I travel frequently between the US and the UK and have both kinds of DVDs.
Works well, rugged and battery life is good March 4, 2008
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I bought this from a walk in store the day before a long car trip with our daughter. I picked this unit over a Panasonic that was twice as expensive since the Panasonic's screen though bigger, had a much worse picture! (lots of jaggies on the Panasonic). This Philips screen is nice and clear.
The unit appears to be well constructed and even survived 2 falls from the rear seat of our PT Cruiser to the floor during a couple of hard stops. Though it fell and clunked hard (there was a DVD movie in it but the unit was turned off) the player worked flawlessly over the next 4 days.
I like that it has a volume knob and not just up/dn pushbuttons - this is much easier to adjust the volume on. Volume levels using the built in speaker are loud, but not likely loud enough in the environment of a driving car. Headphone volume is plenty loud if need be.
Over the 4 days we played store bought movies, but also some DVD's I burned onto -R discs (a video of a play my daughter was in). There was no skipping or cutouts during any of the videos, even in our bumpy PT Cruiser.
Battery life was better than 2 hours when we used it in the hotel room. In the car you can use the lighter adapter to power the unit which has the added benefit of giving you a brighter screen (the screen brightness is turned down a bit on battery power to save energy).
Overall I am quite impressed with this unit and glad I picked it over the Panasonic L80.
In regards to the other user stating the way the DVD is held damages the discs, I found no such problem or concern. The method of attachment is similar to all the portable DVD players I've had in the past, and laptop CD/DVD drives. You 'snap' the DVD onto the spindle but I saw no damage being done.
The only improvement I would like to see in this unit is that the laser pickup assembly should move to the innermost parked position when the DVD is stopped (when you press the stop button twice). Otherwise it can be near the outer edge of the DVD when you're going to remove it and be in the way of your fingers. What I do is turn the player off, then on long enough to hear the pickup assembly move towards the hub, then power it off and remove the DVD.
 Phillips portable DVD player February 6, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Item preformed very well. Took on trip with us to Vegas. If taking on a airplane very much suggest that you buy a headset so as not to disturb your fellow passengers.
 Design flaw will destroy discs in short order January 27, 2008
37 out of 42 found this review helpful
At first I was delighted with this unit. The screen is crisp and sharp, and the controls simple. However, the player's spindle design damages inserted discs irreparably. There are four spring-loaded hooks which recess on the spindle to hold the disc in place after it has been firmly pressed down. The design flaw which damages the disc comes upon removal. Although it is possible to place one's fingers close to the peg when inserting the disc, yielding little torsion or torque, prising the disc back off the peg after play requires grasping the edge of the disc and lifting firmly upward. The over-firm snap hooks then chip the inner edge of the spindle-hole and cracks form around it in the center of the disc. I only noticed this after playing my Snow White Platinum Edition film several times, when the plastic around the hole shattered into chips and sprayed everywhere, leaving the disc unplayable with a jagged, irregular mount point. Examination of other discs which have been in the player show similar cracks and chips (other players in the house are slot-loading). Testing with blanks (so as not to ruin any more DVDs) reveals that after one insertion, a disc will exhibit minor chipping, and after several more, the cracking will be severe, until the middle of the disc becomes jagged and is no longer round. I am now extremely unhappy with this purchase, and I cannot recommend this player to anyone who values their DVD media collection.
PET702 As advertised January 13, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Larger screen but much smaller and lighter than the DVD Player it replaces.
Worked like a charm on our first long car trip. Battery life 10% or 15% shorter than previous player but it's possible to buy a second battery if you need to watch more than one DVD at a time and still be way ahead on portability.
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