Philips PET 821

Author's product rating:   

Picture Playback	Excellent
Sound Level	Excellent
Ease of Use	Very Easy
Durability	Excellent
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Good battery usage, upto 4 . 1/2 hours .
Disadvantages:	None

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Philips ins portable DVD Player
8ins LCD- TFT with 21cm visible screen.
Plays DVD, DVD+R, DVD RW, DVD-R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW. Mp3,CD,WMA, Picture CD playback compatibility.
Size
Height 3.3 cm
Width 22.3 cm
Depth 17.8cm.
Remote control, slim line, like a credit card.
Mine came with battery pack, AC/DC adapter and AV cable.

To start with it is stylish, it looks very updated, its grey with silver plates.
Its not hard to get use to, it is a very easy standard piece of electronics.
To place your dvd in the machine, just press open.
It has the play, pause and stop button on the actual player, and the remote has all the buttons a normal remote would have.
I would say it was almost slim line and doesn't weight a thing.
The colour can be changed on the screen but I haven't needed to so far, as the colour is vibrant.
Sound quality is good as well, it goes pretty high, the downfall is if you don't want to have headphones on, and you need to put the sound down low, its hard to hear.
Headphones don't come with this product, but if you go into a shop and pay cash, they normally throw something in, which is normally head phones.
If you need to buy headphones, make sure you buy good quality ones, the cheap ones do affect the sound quality.
It says battery life is 5 hours, I used it in one go and got 4 1/2 hours from the battery, which is pretty good on long journeys.
Attaching this to you car is easy too. You need a dvd shelf, which hooks onto the back on the seat, a cable extension for the cigarette compartment (only if playing in the back of a car).
The case is expensive, but is like a bag and easy to use while the case is still on the player.
A very good product, for the price, £169.99, was the cheapest we found, but can go up to £180.
One thing I found, because of the LCD screen you have to be careful with small children, poking at the screen, its has good ware and tear but if poked enough and hard enough could damage the screen.