|
| 
| Brand: Philips
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 21337
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 10.1 x 3.5
MPN: DCP850/05
Model: DCP850/05
EAN: 8712581357139
ASIN: B000QF1NTQ
Release Date: May 8, 2007
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 14
 Philips DCP850/05 8.5inch portable DVD Player. May 28, 2008
joe bloggs
Looked at reviews for several different DVD Players - but this one stood out above all others, so I bought it. br /A great machine, smart in appearance-I also bought the 'case logic' case to go with it for protection. br /Easy to use with crystal clear picture. br /My only negative comment is that it won't charge internal battery whilst you watch a disc on mains - but this is only a minor point. br /If you're looking for a bigger screen than most that gives you a quality picture and decent volume then look no further. br /
 Not as good as the Shinco April 25, 2008
Eleanor Hamilton (England, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very disappointing. Had I paid full price I would have felt cheated. The picture quality is poor, the remote control is inaccessible and worst of all it has no memory so when you restart you have to go through the laborious process of selecting the relevant scene. I had the Shinco (10") which had an infinitely better quality picture but very few functions and an awkward shape. This is the second Philips portable DVD i have owned and they seemed to have failed to evolve. The battery life is lamentable and far shorter than advertised.
Brilliant March 13, 2008
Natasha Loder (UK)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I very very very nearly bought the Shinco. It was in my basket and then I got cold feet. I wanted the Shinco because it said it was multiregion and this one didn't, and I'm fed up of ending up with DVDs I can't play or come out in black and white. br / br /What changed my mind at the last minute was that there seemed to be a hack to make it multiregion. That being so, who wouldn't prefer a Philips to a Shinco? Although many people are happy with their Shincos, all of them will say that they can only get customer service from Amazon and they can't get a response from the UK distributor. In which case, if the machine goes wrong after two years, or you need parts, then you'll just have to throw it away. br / br /Plus, frankly, the fact that some people say their Shinco has a lovely aluminium body, while others swear it is plastic, makes me suspect something rather odd is going on with whomever builds and supplies these things. br / br /So I've just received the player, and am happy to report that it converted straight to multiregion, just as described in the forum below. Phew. br / br /That done with, I'm now delighted to have such a high quality machine for such a reasonable price. It is white on the outside, and black on the insside and although the cover is plastic, it has a nice chunky solid feel to the whole thing. br / br /I was surprised that ther really is no noise really when the disc is running or when it starts up, the buttons seem solid and the sound quality was suprisingly good for such tiny speakers. (You can't really expect too much from small speakers). And the unit was strong and well built. It feels like a quality piece of kit. The screen is good looking and I'm really glad of the extra inch and a half. I think 7 inches is just a bit too small. br / br /The swivel screen is an added bonus, and I was surprised to find it could be swivelled right round and goes flat on top of the DVD unit. br / br /The two headphone sockets are a great idea, the SDD slot will be very useful on holiday for photos and videos from the camera. Although I don't yet own an 80gb ipod video, for me having the ability to use one means that this machine will last longer than the DVD format, and means the unit can become much more like a personal media player in the long term, playing videos from an ipod instead of a DVD when nobody makes anything on DVD any more. In five years time, when DVD is almost extinct, an iPod video 80gb second hand will cost next to nothing and give this thing a new lease of life. br / br /Having not ordered the Shinco, I can't really compare it. But the reason I had a slight innate preference for Philips is that one of its other models came out as a Which best buy in a recent review, and they looked at quite a few DVD players. br / br /The only slight niggles are: the volume control is only on the unit, not the remote, and there is a slight lag between pressing buttons on the remote and something actually happening, oh and the remote is slightly cheap looking. br / br /But these are really minor quibbles. For just over 100 quid, you can have a multiregion, 8.5 inch swivel screen DVD, with ipod video connectivity, and SSD slot and two headphone sockets...and it plays nearly anything you'd care to throw at it, plus has ability to change screen format for letterbox films. If you are willing to spend 100 quid on a DVD player, I can't see that there is better value at the moment.
Brilliant - and what a price!! February 13, 2008
Martin Gladwin (Liverpool, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this player in January 2008 and it has performed brilliantly, both on battery or mains power. Although the white outer case does look cheap it does it's job of protecting the vital bits inside perfectly well. br / br /My 80gb 5th Gen video ipod works without problem and the screen quality is great. I've also hooked it up to my tv and again the picture quality is still very good indeed. br / br /For the price, it is an amazing good peice of kit - I'm sure you could spend three times as much and get something that's 1% better, but why would you?? br /
Phillips personal DVD player, Some thing to show off with. February 3, 2008
A. Moore (Hertfordshire, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought the the Phillps DCP850/05 for one main reason and that was that it had the iPod docking station (It charges up your iPod without having to connect it to your computer), it will take all sizes of ipod 30GB to 80GB (as long as they are the video ones 5th generation) the dvd player looks like a small laptop when closed up, with a white exterior, it has 2 headphone slots on the out side and a SD memory card slot as well, you can play you music videos from your iPod onto the screen, if you dont have an ipod the slot is filled with the really cool looking remote, that will control all of the features on the bit of kit, i would suggest that you buy a bag for it, i purchase a Phillips bag from Amazon and it comes with all of the straps to mount it in the car if so wanted, br /One thing make sure you get the DCP850 and not the DCP750, as the 750 has a smaller screen and the screen does not swivel, overall a really good product and well worth the money...
|
|
|
| |
