Philips PET710

Philips PET710 Review

Keep yourself or your kids entertained on long flights or road trips with the Philips PET710/37 portable DVD player with a widescreen 7-inch screen, enabling you to enjoy DVD movies in their original 16:9 aspect ratio format.

This compact unit weighs less than 2 pounds (excluding battery) and is powered by a rechargeable NiMH battery, AC adapter, and car power adapter (all included).

The PET710/37's LCD screen has a 480 x 234-pixel resolution, 30 ms (millisecond) response time, a brightness rating of 400 cd/m2 (candela per square meter), and 250:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a screen's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.)

It's compatible with a wide variety of disc and file formats, including DVD movie, CD audio, DVD+R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3, and JPEG (Picture CD). It features anti-skip buffers for different formats, including 2 seconds for DVDs, 5 seconds for VCD, and 10 seconds for standard audio CDs and CDs burned with MP3 files.

Disc playback modes include A-B repeat, multi-angle selection, disc menu, fast backward/forward, repeat, shuffle play, slow backward/forward, and zoom. Other features include PAL/NTSC video output, parental controls, and aspect ratio conversion. The rechargeable battery has a battery life of up to 2.5 hours and a recharge time of 3 hours. It offers the following connections: headphone, line-out, composite video, and digital coaxial audio for Dolby DTS surround sound.

What's in the Box?

Portable DVD player, battery, AC adapter, car power adapter, video cable, audio cable (RCA to mini), remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions

So what features does the Philips PET710 Have?

• Disc capacity: 1

• Portable: Yes

• Screen size: 7 inches

• Progressive scan: Yes

• Recording capability: No

• Playback formats: DVD movie, CD audio, DVD+R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3, and JPEG (Picture CD)

• Aspect ratio control: Yes

• Dialog enhancer: No

• Integrated amplifier/receiver: No

• Front-panel operation: Yes

• Multi-angle viewing: Yes

• Chapter preview: Information unavailable

• Custom bookmarks: No

• Karaoke: No

• Multilingual support: Yes

• Parental controls: Yes

• Picture zoom: Yes

• Play exchange: No

• Random play: Yes

• Repeat play: Yes

• Resume play: Yes

• Slow motion: Yes

• Frame advance: Yes

• Still/freeze frame: Yes

• Text display: Yes

• Video inputs: None

• Video outputs: Composite video (RCA)

• Audio outputs: Line-out audio (mini to RCA), digital coaxial

• Surround-sound output or Virtual surround sound: Information unavailable

• Headphone jack: Yes

• Item width: 7.5 inches

• Item height: 1.2 inches

• Item depth: 6.1 inches

• Item weight: 2 pounds

• Warranty: 1 year

Conclusion

16:9 widescreen format DVD, DVD+R and DVD+RW video playback MP3-CD, CD and CD-RW music playback Share JPEG image files with picture CD 2 1/2 hours playing time on a single charge Includes DC adapter, remote, dual headphone jacks and rechargeable battery

Best DVD Recorder Reviews Rating

8.5/10

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