Philips PD9016/37 9-inch Portable LCD Dual DVD player

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 16.5 x 13.4 inches ; 4.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B004PEIAD6
• Item model number: PD9016/37
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #615 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #12 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Portable DVD Players
  • #25 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD Players & Recorders

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Play your movies and music in the car! The Philips PD9016 features two 9 and 34, DVD players to let passengers indulge in enjoying their own DVD movies, music and photos on the road. The mounting kits make installation faster and easily.

Product Description

Play your movies and music in the car! The Philips PD9016 features two 9" DVD players to let passengers indulge in enjoying their own DVD movies, music and photos on the road. The mounting kits make installation faster and easily.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice product, but with one key improvement, they would be GREAT, August 1, 2011

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Gregory J Miller - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips PD9016/37 9-inch Portable LCD Dual DVD player (Electronics)

First off, I really like these units and they play and look great just as long as you use the DVD player for each screen individually. The real disappointment comes into play when connecting the two units together to play the same video. The fact that the product uses analog connectivity and only comes with a 3 foot long AV cable is its downfall. Now, don't get me wrong, this may work out fine for you if you plan on attaching the screens on side by side headrests in the same row. But if you have a vehicle (such as a van), where there is the possiblity of someone tripping on this cable or, as in my particular install, you would like to have one screen in the middle row and the other in the rear row, then this is not even possible with this cable. The second and even more disppointing aspect of connecting the units is a result of this product relying on an analog connection. Because it is analog (and not digital), you will also need to accept picture degradation from the unit playing the DVD and second unit. While the picture quality isn't horrible, the picture quality difference between the player unit and receiver unit IS noticible (even with the 3 foot cable). And as you would imagine (with any analog connection), the longer the distance you send an analog signal the more the quality degrades. With this said, the solution which would make this product GREAT and more desireable would be if Philips redesigned this product to use HDMI connectivity between the screens.

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised- unexpected bonus!, July 11, 2011

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King Bee "John D." (Chattanooga, TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips PD9016/37 9-inch Portable LCD Dual DVD player (Electronics)

We were expecting a decent picture from these based on previous reviews, but I wasn't expecting the single 12V plug that powers both units, leaving me a spare outlet for GPS/cell phone use. Of course, if you're planning to use one player in vehicle A and the other in vehicle B, then this might be an unpleasant surprise. As reviewers on other sites have mentioned, the sound quality produced by the built-in speakers is not spectacular, but since the whole point of owning these units is to preserve mom and/or dad's sanity then you'll surely be adding two pairs of headphones/earbuds. We ordered two pairs of Panasonic RP-HT21 Lightweight Headphones with XBS Port to avoid the yuck factor of sharing earbuds and are well pleased with the combination. We can't provide any insight into the long term durability of this set, but we are very pleased so far.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome for the son and daughter that fight over what to watch, June 21, 2011

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pimpmg - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips PD9016/37 9-inch Portable LCD Dual DVD player (Electronics)

Hooking up these units was very easy if not intuitive. The kids both enjoyed being able to watch the same thing on both screens. Then when the argument over what to watch occurred they could simply pop in their own movie and watch what they each wanted to see separately by just unhooking the video cable connecting the units. The only reason I did not give them five stars was the lack of IR headphone support, but I guess the reason for them not having this functionality is that their might be sound signal bleed if the kids are watching two different movies. All in all great picture quality and would recommend buying over the single dvd units with just a separate monitor for the other viewer.