Philips PET941D/37 Portable DVD Player with 9-Inch LCD, White

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 9.4 x 1.5 inches ; 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0027FFR9A
• Item model number: PET941D/37
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,606 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Enjoy your movies, music, and photos anytime, anyplace! Philips PET941D Portable DVD player features a 9" 16:9 wide-screen TFT LCD swivel display and built-in stereo speakers. You can enjoy up to 5 hours of DVD/DivX/MPEG movies, MP3-CD/CD music, and JPEG photos on the go. Also includes AC adaptor, car adaptor, and AV cable.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meets all of my needs, December 17, 2009

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Susan Tunis (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips PET941D/37 Portable DVD Player with 9-Inch LCD, White (Electronics)

I received this portable DVD player as a surprise birthday gift recently. I have to say that so far I'm delighted with the machine. The first pleasant surprise is that it was charged up and ready to go, right out of the box. I haven't taken so much as a look at the instructions yet, but have found every aspect of the player's function to be user-friendly and easily intuitive (which coming from me is saying something).

Another reviewer complained about the picture quality. I find it to be perfectly fine. My one tip would be to make sure you've got the screen angled properly for best viewing. Additionally, the sound quality, in particular the volume level, was far superior to an Insignia portable player I was using a few weeks ago. The included remote control was also significantly better than the other brand, as it had more features available such as on-screen display, angle, and zoom.

I've spent hours at a stretch watching DVDs on my player, and I've yet to see a low battery indicator. The long battery life is fantastic! Again, the 5+ hour battery life was about twice that of the other DVD player I tested. In addition to the typical charging and connecting cables, the Philips player comes with a protective neoprene sleeve for when you're traveling with your DVD player. It's very basic, but serves a purpose. The machine is certainly small and light enough to slip into a carry-on or even large purse without too much fuss. This isn't a top of the line portable player, but seems like a reasonable value for the price. The construction feels sturdy. The design is sleek. And this small luxury item meets all of my needs.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great player, superb battery stamina, lightweight, January 6, 2010

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Rustam (Bratcho) Haydarov (Manhattan, KS) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips PET941D/37 Portable DVD Player with 9-Inch LCD, White (Electronics)

This is a great product. We used to have an old 7" Initial brand player and jumping to 9" brand new device seemed like a miracle. We have ordered the item few days before our road trip so actually had to pay an extra 20$ or so for overnight delivery. Despite that quite satisfied with the product and do not regret for a second.

I liked the design of the player and it being white and glossy recalls some associations with stylish Apple brands. It is somewhat thick body but extremely lightweight for the size. The compartment for DVD is covered by 2/3 size of the body top that opens up. The top looks a bit weak and you naturally would want to be somewhat careful when inserting the DVD. May be a smaller opening for DVD would be more reliable, however would mess up the design.

I guess the biggest surprise for me was the life of the battery. We drove from KS to TX for 8 hours and our little one was watching it almost all the way through. No, the battery would not hold for 8 hours, but no less than 5, for sure. We heard "are we there yet?" only for two times that made the drive much more pleasant... ))

The battery is located inside the player and you can not remove it like with laptop, or other players without unscrewing it. It puzzled me because to extend the battery life one would want to have control over their power, i.e. to remove it one the device works from DC. But I realized this is not a problem as there is built in controller that charges the battery only when the device is in a switched off mode, unlike your laptop, that can be charged while operating from DC. It may be inconvenient, if you don't have time to charge it overnight and need to charge it while watching, but we didn't have problems with it. The player come with a car adapter and AV out cord. Well, again here Phillips tried to economize or what and actually made it short, so to connect to your TV you would need you regular AV cord that, arguably, is available in every household. However, it would've been nice to have the full cord in the set.

Picture quality is okay. I would rate it 7.5 out of 10. Before purchasing I read some comments that resolution is somewhat low. I guess I would've not brought that up if I didn't read the comments before. I scrutinized the screen to a greater detail. If you look at the screen very close, indeed you may be able to see pixel lines. Certainly, you computer monitor have a better resolution. But this is a bigger than 7" screen and one doesn't have to keep it very close. It is big enough to watch together.

Sound quality is extremely good and loud. If you are heading for the trip make sure you get some headphones. If you would like to connect a pair of headphones you would need to get a splitter (not included). I think Phillips could've make two sound exits.

Okay, it seems I wrote too many "could've been" words despite of my good rating. I think this is a great player for the price. No, it is not cheap piece and doesn't look cheap either. I recommended this player to my sister when she wanted to get one for her son. The best thing about Phillips players that they don't give you head ache with reading DVDs from various regions. This one reads also DVX files that was of utmost importance for us as we have quite a few disk in video formats. Look at some competitors and you'll come back to this product, unless you want to invest 60-90$ more for the same feature but top brand. Good luck!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent features for the price, March 14, 2010

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intruder1 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips PET941D/37 Portable DVD Player with 9-Inch LCD, White (Electronics)

Overall, this is a competent replacement for my three old Mintek player. See below for pro's and con's. The battery recharge takes 5 hours and device will play for about 4.3 hours. I think thats pretty decent. This review is for the similar model 941A.

Pro's

Decent 9" screen. Quite sharp for retail movie DVD's. If you were expecting HDTV, look elsewhere.
Sound quality was fair.
Many remote buttons are duplicated on the player.
Plays MP3 CD's. Can view jpg picture files on a CD.
Compact remote.
Includes a tight fitting sleeve, AV cable, car power adapter, and AC power adapter.
Use AV cable to play back to a TV. (Additional component/composite cable may be needed).
Not as heavy as my previous 7" Mintek player.

Con's

Player has motor noise noticeable at low volume levels.
Body of the player is plastic, feels cheap.
Maximum volume is a little short.
On/Off slider is marked reversed.