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Philips PET1030/05 - 10.2inch Portable DVD Player

Philips PET1030/05 - 10.2inch Portable DVD Player


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Brand: Philips
Category: CE

Buy New: £219.00



New (3) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from £119.99

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5067

Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.9
Dimensions (in): 13.4 x 11.1 x 5.8

MPN: PET1030/05
Model: PET1030/05
EAN: 8712581334314
ASIN: B000QF1N5A

Release Date: May 8, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Enjoy DVD, DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW, (S)VCD, DivX, MPEG4 movies
  • Plays MP3/WMA-CD, CD and CD-RW music
  • Zero Bright Dot screen for optimal screen quality
  • 10.2" TFT colour LCD display for high quality viewing
  • Up to 3 hours of playback with a built-in battery

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Watch your favourite films on holiday or in the car with the PET1030 portable DVD player from Philips. This player has a 10.2" LCD screen and reads DivX and MP3 files. The screen rotates through 180, so you can turn the screen around and close the player. The PET1030 portable DVD player also has a USB port and an SD card slot to play other video and music files. For example, you can view your digital photos in slideshow mode while you're listening to your favourite music. The PET1030 portable DVD player from Philips will provide you with entertainment wherever you are!


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Reasonable quality product with a few foibles   May 8, 2008
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

This product looks great - Philips are still obsessed with Apple's design principles. The sound quality and screen quality are significantly better than my previous 7" toshiba portable. It plays like a proper DVD/TV combo - you'll find that the 10" screen is big enough to use as a kitchen or sideboard DVD player.
The build quality is OK - the lid snaps shut a little too sharply and you have to dig your fingernails under the lid to prize it open. The swivel screen is a nice idea, but I'm concerned that with use it'll be the first part of the product to fail. Since it only swivels 180 degrees, you might make the mistake of forcing it the wrong way or too far. At 180, it still represents great value, as long as you accept the minor imperfections. It would also benefit from being a slot-loading player, so you don't have to faff with the lid.



4 out of 5 stars Seems good   February 23, 2008
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I haven't really looked it over but just to say it DOESN'T come with a car kit.


3 out of 5 stars Amazing Player - just watch out for the few with quality issues   November 11, 2007
 20 out of 20 found this review helpful

This DVD is quite a nice unit. Its picture is absolutely fantastic and the sound is much better than the last Phillips portable DVD we owned. The really big downside is if your buying it for use with the kids this is not your player. Even the slightest amount of scratching stalls the disc player and it cant keep tracking. Play the same disc on a normal DVD or the other portable player and no similar problem. So if your kids tend to scratch your discs like mine then this is unfortunately not the one.

Too bad in every other department its fantastic. One last pointer - watch out for the Argos version, it doesn't come a car mount but with a carry bag, found that out the hard way and had to take it back.

(Late edit) after some net research I found a number of people complaining about quality issues with the players. So I took mine back - given the skipping problem I was experiencing - and the replacement is working normally i.e. playing reasonably scratched discs ... so the message here is check it thoroughly when you get it and be ready to return it if there are issues. Other than potential quality issues it really is an amazing player all round.



3 out of 5 stars Not very portable but better resolution   September 13, 2007
 33 out of 33 found this review helpful

This player has proper DVD resolution unlike the smaller Philips players so the screen is a lot clearer. Unfortunately it is also pretty large and heavy. Can be made multi region with the following instructions: open the tray door, press setup on the remote control, select audio, press right arrow, type 2,1,2,2,2,5, press the left arrow, down arrow, press 0 and the screen will display region code, press setup to save and exit.



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