Philips PET1010 Portable DVD Player
Great Portable DivX/Xvid Player!
Pros: It plays DivX, Xvid, DVD+R(W), DVD-R(W), SVCD, VCD, MP3s plus great screen!  Battery life is a little over 3 hours. <br /> <br />Cons: If you have a CD full of MP3s, it becomes rather slow in selecting the song you want.  No SD/MMC cardslot.  Audio output as a standalone player is rather low but hooked up to an audio system, PC speakers, or headphones sounds great! <br /> <br />I have been holding out on a portable DVD player since I really wanted a portable DVD player with DivX & Xvid support.  Finally these players have arrived! <br /> <br />Since I have a whole bunch of DivX & Xvid CDs, I immediately booted up the DVD player and started throwing random CD movies.  It played them all excellently.  Since the specs don't mention Xvid support, I was even surprised when it played my Xvid CDs as well.  The movie files need to be encoded in DivX/Xvid with MP3, AC3, or PCM for audio.  It also played my SVCDs and VCDs without any trouble.  If that's not enough, I also tried playing a DVD recorded in DVD-R media since the specs only mention DVD+R(W) media.  Well, it played the DVD-R media without any problems. <br /> <br />I believe that the original design of this player intended to have SD/MMC card support.  Too bad it doesn't because it would have been great to play my videos/jpegs pictures off a SD card.  But that's a minor quibble. <br /> <br />Battery life is better than the specs mentioned.  After I fully charged the battery, I tested it by playing a DivX movie that was 2 hours and 14 minutes long.  It not only played it but it actually lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes after I selected to play the movie again!  Better than expected! <br /> <br />For those of you who have considered buying a portable DivX/Xvid player like Archos AV420 (which I almost bought until I saw this DVD player), the screen is much larger and the price is much cheaper (even if it is less portable than the Archos AV420). <br /> <br />In short, I'm very delighted with my Pet1000 and is exactlywhat I have been waiting for.  Great job Philips!