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Date: 2009-07-15 Good, but with some exceptions. I bought this item when it was an Amazon Deal of the Day, because it seemed like an excellent buy. I was sort of surprised that after a few weeks, the deal price ended up being the permanent price, but that's not that big a deal. I love the iPod connectivity, which is the main reason I bought the item. It works like a charm. After spending the better part of two days trying to get various movie formats to play using the DVD player, I gave up. The unit plays wonderfully using the iPod or store purchased DVDs, but I would not rely on it to play other file formats. Several other reviewers remarked on not being able to see the screen from the side, but this wasn't an issue for me. I don't find it any more difficult to view the screen on this unit than I do on any other portable DVD player or my laptop. I have another, older portable DVD player and this unit runs faster and has a superior image quality. PROS: Excellent iPod integration, loads quickly, nice display CONS: Can't find a file format that works on homemade DVDs, screen is exposed and requires a sleeve to keep it from scratching when not in use. Date: 2009-07-06 Decent enough with a disk-less option. The screen is bright and watchable in a minivan during the day. The pixel count is odd, something like 640 x 220 and the screen definitely has a "screen door" effect and lots of jaggies. I found the screen to be good enough, with the larger screen particular less of an eye strain than the smaller 7" screens on most portable players. FYI, the iPod dock does not work with an iPhone. I'm not sure why, because an iPhone will fit in the dock. The capability of plugging in a 120GB iPod Classic loaded with all manner of video is a super cool feature that puts all other portable DVD players to shame. The player makes up for its iPhone incompatibility with its ability to play video from SD card slot. I found the format support to be lacking, with the player only playing DIVX encoded videos or original DVD files from an SD card. For reference, I used the free program FFMPEGX on the Mac to convert to the format DIVX (mencoder). The video comes out as a compressed .avi file. I also used DVDRemaster to lower the bitrate of a DVD so it would fit on an SD card. The video looked fine on the low-res screen but the menu did not work at all. If you want to play video from the iPod dock and the SD card slot, you have to encode it twice, because iPod videos use different encoding. Not cool Philips! Some folks knock the design but fail to appreciate its utility. On a desk, the player sits upright with a little stand and looks like a very thick digital photo frame. Sitting in a vehicle, the player is easy to hold in your lap. We could actually wedge it between the front seats of our minivan for viewing by our children in the back seats. We would prefer the player come with an over the seat strap to prevent it from becoming flying weapon. Keep in mind that this players is going for about $100 now. You can get better specs out of more expensive players, but at what cost? For about $300, you could buy a netbook instead, and have even better options for portable video. In this market, the Philips is the right device for the price. Date: 2009-07-05 Satisfaction Review/ thomas Puthiyadom Philips Portable DVD player with Ipod Docking. I am so happy with this product with its three fold function of Digitasl photo frame ,ipod player and dvd player. I would recommend this to everybody. Date: 2009-07-05 great for the price. great features I'm very happy with this product. You can't beat the price and it's a good little player. The only downsides are that it is made of fairly cheap (and probably easily broken) materials, and some of the menus and buttons are not super fast or well thought out. Other than that it's great. It was easy to program to allow international DVD's, it works with iPods, has a good picture etc. Date: 2009-07-04 Nice player I bought this as a present for my daughter, who had a VS55 before, but got a new iPod (Classic) that doesn't work with the VS55 (thanks, Apple :-( ). So far, it's been a bit better than I expected. It is built a little more solidly than I expected from the photos. It does indeed work with both iPod Classics and Touches. * Price is subject to change. |
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