Philips PET1000 10.2-Inch Portable DVD Player
Kinda Chincy ...
Hi ... just got the DVD player today and here's my 2 cents: <br /> <br />1) It plays the movies OK ... pretty much what you'd expect from a small LCD screen. It's not as good as high end laptop screens.   <br /> <br />2) The sound is tinny and as you would expect from tiny little speakers.   <br /> <br />3) The part that bums me out about this player is the build quality.   There's nothing solid about this thing.  I'm comparing it too a laptop and not another portable DVD player and I'm saying the hinge connecting the screen isn't very robust, the DVD lid (covers the DVD bay) as a flimsy piece of plastic, and the Battery pack is secured by the tiniest little plastic hangers that I don't think will make it through a cross atlantic flight with 2 kids !! <br /> <br />I bought this in Europe as a codefree player (CHF700 = $550) and don't see this thing being worth that kind of money - maybe for the $350 US price I would be kinder!   <br /> <br />Maybe at some point the music industry would stop jacking around the tourists and business travellers of the wold with their stupid region codes and give us players at normal prices!! <br />(sorry for the rant ... hope it helps)