Philips Philips PET830

...passengers occupied during long trips. Philips claims that this will fit any make of car except a Volvo. Apart from standard DVD playback, the PET830 also supports DivX, MPEG 4, MP3, and WMA formats. You can play compressed video files from a DVD or even a USB stick(either DiVX or mobile phone clips). Unlike many DVD players, the Philips has a wider viewing angle and has a sharp 8.5in screen. The screen does seem to be of a good quality and the image ...
...was also no problem with reflections on the screen. The speakers meanwhile are basic as you might imagine but probably above average for this kind of entertainment device. A major drawback for me though is the rather short battery life. You will only squeeze up to three hours of playback out of the built-in battery. This means that you’re not going to get very far into your Dr Who DVD collection before it conks out. To this extent I regard it much ...

Zmugzy 24.04.2009 · Read full review
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...screens. This resulted in two Philips PET830 portable DVD players being bought from an online store for £169.99 each. Justifying such expenditure was easy for reasons I will explain in detail. The players are very light (just shy of 1kg) and can be carried around by children with confidence. They won't cause them to start moaning about their arms aching after a few minutes and thanks to a great design feature the screen hooks onto the back of car ...
...a bump, even at some speed they do not become detached. The PET is 25.5cm in width, 17cm high and 3.1cm deep. If you can picture it, the entire unit is around two thirds of the width of the rear of a car front seat. The visible screen is a 8.5 inch (measured diagonally) TFT active matrix that projects images in perfect colour without any sort of glitches or problems at a resolution of 16:9. Cartoons, fast paced movies and music all come out on the ...

CaptainColonic 09.07.2007 · Read full review
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This is a good quality product that offers good value for money in the short term. Although as with most electronic products, the value will deteriorate over time and should be anle to get a cheaper version next year. It incorporates most of the latest features and technology that is currently available on the market. After using this product for a few months I have not so far come up against any reliability issues but only time will tell. I therefore ...

Nazuku 11.07.2007 (24.07.2007) · Read full review
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