Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player
Best of the current DVD players
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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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!<br /><br />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.D player. Buy this player - it is a quality product.