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Date: 2009-06-05 Simply awesome with one draw back - the stand I went back and forth on this because of the reviews about the picture quality and build. I am glad I bought it. My son is 3 and burned through the last "video player" option, a V55 that had the iPod dock. All of my video is iPod formatted so a "video dock" was a necessity. I could not be happier with this Philips except for one draw back. It has a "flip out" stand on the back, this is useless to me as the primary viewing is done in the car. I was hoping for some sort of attachment point, but there was not one. Short story, went to Lowe's, bought some "velcro" fastners with sticky back and a piece of bungee. I then made a loop to hang around the headrest and the player attaches with the "velcro" and is perfect. Since it is "velcro", I can detach and take with. As for viewing, I can see it at about 145deg, the speakers are just right (he can hear and I can still have the radio on). I will look for another one of these next year when they release a new model and buy one for back-up instead of spending 6 months trying to search out a replacement. Date: 2009-05-21 Nicer than expected I purchased this Portable DVD for my 11 year old son, and we all, especially him, thought the product was nicer than expected. Worth the 100 bucks. Date: 2009-05-20 Shipped used one / Proudct reasonable Amazon carried this product so I had ordered. When I got this prodcut, there were scratches on the side and battery was almost fully recharged. This obviously tells me that the product had been opened and used. I purchased this new and yet they sent a used one. My confidence in amazon.com is slowly starting to deteriorate. This is the second time I've been disappointed... As for the proudct, the price is reasonable for the features it offers. Video quality is poor but what do you expect out of portable DVD player. Other DVD player within this price range have poor video quality as well. You'll need to spend over $300 to get a good quality video. As for DivX format, it wasn't able to play any .avi formats from SD card. I was hoping it would but didn't expect it to. It said on the proudct that it will only play DivX VOD which you have to download from DivX site. I think this product will do if you intend to use it while traveling. My main purpose was to use it in my minivan. I bought the bag that will mount unit but it was just a pain getting in on and off so I had to find other creative ways to mount it. In the end, I will probably use it on long travels only, for day to day use is too tidious. Date: 2009-05-19 Well thought out device Day 1: Okay, first, out of the box it contains: the unit, 12v car charger, Wall plug, AV cable, and a Neoprene cover (still glad I got the XDS-9 Neoprene DVD Player Case (Blue) anyway) Unit: Controls are just fine. I don't know what everyone is complaining about. The kickstand is right next to the dvd player and holds the unit just fine. The screen does go funny when you look at it from below. But left, right and above, it's fully visible at all angles. Front controls: menu, play/pause, directional arrows with ok in center, fwd and rev. These all do different things depending on the mode your in. They let you navigate the screen when in ipod and SD mode, and they are the DVD controls in disk mode. The right side is the iPod dock, the top has source, monitor, and power buttons as well as the DVD release. The DVD door opens in back, the spindle holds the disc firm. Left side: dual earphone jacks, AV in, AV out, volume wheel and SD card slot; plus power. iPod: Okay, the dock allows you to slide your ipod inside the unit and control everything (except photos) from the main screen: movies, playlists, podcasts, etc. It defaults to widescreen so you have to hit the monitor button to see them right. But it seems to function completely in all modes. It comes with cradle adaptors for different ipods and the remote fits in the iPod Touch cradle as though it were made for it. DVD: plays nice, use either the front controls or the remote. Seems fully functional. Played my home burned DVD nicely. Add the AV cable and it outputs to a larger screen perfectly. SD: I recorded a movie clip with my still camera and tried to play it. No sound. Oh well, I didn't really need sound anyway for my purposes, but clearly there are some file compatibility issues that will frustrate some folks. Overall, yes, it feels light and cheesy, but it's well thought out, and works pretty much as advertised. Plus being able to present DVDs, iPod movies, even photo slideshows makes this a steal. It's the perfect sidekick to my Pod for on-the-fly presentations. Date: 2009-05-19 Excelent cost & benefit The Philips DVD player it's an excelent cost & benefit since it's a ipod external player. But: 1- The volume level is manual. It's cannot be controled by the remote control 2- There's no way to fix it at the back seat of the car. Since it's a portable DVD player, there should be a way to do that... * Price is subject to change. |
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