Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player

by Philips

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AM7I30
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,532 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Box Includes: DVD Player, remote, A/V cable and car adapter
The Philips PET1000 10.2" Portable DVD Player lets you enjoy a truly cinematic experience - no matter where you are. Thsi sleek widescreen display offer a great 10.2" screen that brings the colors and sharp images of your favorite films to life, on a slightly smaller scale. Its multiple connections let you connect to any PC or home entertainment system. Component and S-Video outputs for connection to home theater systems Rechargeable long-life battery (Lasts up to 2.5 hours)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall beautiful player with a few dissapointing flaws, December 26, 2005

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toolguy1967 (anytown, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I researched and tested portable DVD players for quite some time, wanted no less than a 9" screen and couldn't justify the expense of a quality laptop PC w/a DVD drive. It came down to the Panasonic DVDLS90 9" or the Phillips PET1000 10.2". I decided on & purchased the Phillips based on multiple online reviews and hands-on experience with both at the local electronics superstore. My comments:

The Pros:

1) EXCELLENT picture in all respects, best in the portable DVD world. Resolution/sharpness, response time, color accuracy, etc. is the best I've seen. The Panasonic had a TERRIBLE picture (non-progressive) that artifacted badly especially with animated material and was considerably less sharp and color accurate.

2) Handy slimline remote that does everything except load the disc and order the pizza.

3) All the cables you'll need (AV-RCA, Component vid, S-vid, Cig lightr cord, ac/dc cord). The Panasonic only came with AC & Cig lightr cords.

4) Overall sexy & high-end looking slimline player 10.2"W x 1.2H x 7.1"D (w/batt: 10.2W x 2"H at back x 8.5"D) The Panasonic unit is only slightly smaller (9.3"W x 2.06"H x 7.31"D) and has a smaller screen.

5) Plays multiple formats as listed in specs, but interestingly enough WILL also play a CDr filled with JPEG images despite reviews on other sites to the contrary (CNET.com). In fact, the unit has an image viewing menu that allows you to display thumbnails and view slide shows. The only drawback is that it will only display filenames up to 10 characters in the old Windows-style file reader, not a really big deal. NOTE: does not recognize avi, bmp, pcx, wav, wma, & wmv files.

The Cons:

1) DISSAPOINTING BATTERY: a) 3 flimsy plastic clips in a row that hold batt pack to player will take NO punishment before snapping off. b) When attached, batt sticks out 2" beyond back of player & 1" below. c) Batt life is rated 2.5hrs, I've averaged about 3hrs with brightness/volume set to mid levels. You'd expect a higher capacity batt with such a nice player. d) long recharge time.

2) Personal Pet Peeve: when playing any recorded disc that has multiple viewing angles (ex: The Vandals - Live at the House of Blues), there is a small but distracting angle icon that appears at the upper rt side of the screen. After some frustration & a useless conversation with a useless Phillips CS rep somewhere in India? who advised me to return the unit for repair (wrong), I found the answer on Phillips website: the icon cannot be turned off when playing a multi-angle disc, so be warned.

3) Some functions (slo-mo) are only accessible by remote so don't lose it. Also hard to read the remote buttons in average/poor light.

4) No included carry case, no handle on the unit.

5) You must press on the disc door near the "open" button in order to latch it, otherwise it won't stay shut.

6) Somewhat noisy drive mechanism during startup & when accessing chapters, but only a slight hum when it counts like when watching a movie. A minor con.

Other reviews have knocked the sound quality. I'm somewhat of an audiophile and have no problem with the quality from this unit. You won't either if your expectations are realistic about the sound that should come out of portable DVD players. Although the Phillips has some annoying design flaws mainly with the battery, it wins in my book because of the unequalled quality of its 10.2" picture, ease of use, cool remote & styling. An extra aftermarket or higher capacity Phillips (when available) batt pack should solve any playing time issues with you international travellers. Get a high-quality padded case and carry it around with the battery detached. I recommend this player for anyone that takes good care of their stuff, values an extremely high quality picture, decent sound and mutiple connectivity choices. This player is not for the kids in the back seat of the soccer mom SUV. Get them a 7" Mintek or Coby. You'll be less angry when they spill their Coke on it.

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the current DVD players, January 23, 2006

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Ultimate Realist (Sugar Land, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I purchased this DVD player from Circuit City abour 3 months ago. My intention was to watch DVD movies in my hotel room during my endless trips abroad on business.

The other reviewers have nicely summarized the detailed features on this player. I would like to affirm that I did an exhaustive review of all the current players and found that this one offered the best picture quality, progressive scan output and component video. It can therefore double as a DVD player with the output connected to a good hotel room TV.

Unfortunately most hotel room TV's do not have component video inputs and that is the main reason why I returned this player back to Circuit City and got a Sony Vaio laptop instead. The laptop has a larger screen and I just watch movies on it (no connection to hotel TV's).

I might add that the Vaio laptop blows away any portable DVD player on the market including this one when it comes to picture quality. However, I must emphasize that this is not a fair comparison as the laptop costs $1500 versus $335 for this player.

I still regret not having this little player with me any more. It is much more easily transported than the laptop and I would not have worried about having it stolen as much. It has a beautiful form factor and the battery seemed liked it would last 2-3 hours easily.

I took one star away because the speakers are really weak. You will need to use headphones or buy a pair of portable speakers. I have some active portable speakers from Sony that offer quite good bass sound that you need for action movies.

By the way, I still have a portable Sony FX-700 that I reviewed here 3 years ago. The Sony is going strong despite some considerable abuse from my eight-year old. I have also owned 2 Mintek's and they conked out in less than 6 months - not nearly as kid resistant!

All in all, this Phillips unit is a really good buy if you are in the market for a portable DVD player. Buy this player - it is a quality product.

52 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend, August 30, 2005

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E. Jill Lovejoy (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I purchased this about 3 weeks ago after doing a great deal of reseach on portable DVD players. So far, so good. The picture is great and the sound (a problem with a lot of portables) works well without earphones (surround sound) and great with earphones (I use the same Apple sound reduction ear phones that I use with my IPOD). I primarily use it while on a plane and have been very pleased with the ease of operation. They say the battery lasts 2-1/2 hours at low monitor light but I have not used it that long (it takes about 2 1/2 hours to recharge). It's so new (mine was manufactured in June 2005) that Philips is not selling extra batteries yet, which would be required for long trips. Also, I did get an extended warranty from Circuit City because the Philips warranty is only 90 days. My cable/internet went out the other day, so we just watched a movie on the DVD - another good reason to have one!