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Philips PET830

First seen: 25 april 2007

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  • User Score (22)
    8.0 8.0 from 22 reviewers
  • Expert Score (2)
    7.5 7.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Features (2)
    7.3 7.3 from 2 reviewers
  • Ease of use (3)
    6.1 6.1 from 3 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • big screen, all round good performance, highly portable viewing device
  • average battery life, and no resume function

The magic of movies and music comes to life on the tablet-style Philips PET830 Portable DVD Player with 8.5” LCD display. Plus Zero Bright Dot™ ensures optimal screen quality. Comes with Smart Car Mount and USB connector.

  • Play DVD/DivX® & MPEG4
  • Play MP3/WMA-CD, CD and CD…
  • Share picture CD (JPEG)

Philips PET830

Tablet-style portable DVD player is what Philips PET830 about. It comes with built-in speaker and features an 8.5-inch diagonal sized screen with LCD TFT display type. Its resolution that comes in 16:9 widescreen format sets at 480(w) x 234(H) x 3(RGB). The brightness of the image produced is at 200 cd/m² and has the effective viewing area of 187.2 x 105.3. Its pixel pitch is at 0.13(W) x 0.45(H). The weight of the portable DVD player is 0.97kg with the dimension of 31mm x 170mm x 255…

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Philips PET830

Tablet-style portable DVD player is what Philips PET830 about. It comes with built-in speaker and features an 8.5-inch diagonal sized screen with LCD TFT display type. Its resolution that comes in 16:9 widescreen format sets at 480(w) x 234(H) x 3(RGB). The brightness of the image produced is at 200 cd/m² and has the effective viewing area of 187.2 x 105.3. Its pixel pitch is at 0.13(W) x 0.45(H). The weight of the portable DVD player is 0.97kg with the dimension of 31mm x 170mm x 255mm. The playback media on its video aspect that the player supports include DVD, Picture CD, SVCD, VCD, DVD-R/-RW, MP3-CD, CD-R/-RW, WMA and DVD+R/+RW. It uses PAL and NTSC video disc playback system. On its audio properties, its output power of the built-in speaker sets at 250mW RMS whereas its earphone is at 10mW RMS. Dolby Digital, WMA and MP3 are among the compression format of the player. The supported file systems of the machine are ISO-9660 and Jolliet. USB connectivity is offered with the player besides two 3.5mm stereo headphone jacks.

Features

One of the features that the Philips PET830 packed with is Zero Bright Dot. It works on the quality and clarity of the image displayed. Bright dot is referred to imperfection on the LCD display which commonly occurs. With such technology, images are said to be free from blank spots on the screen. As the player provides USB connection, users are able to plug their USB devices that contain images and music to the player’s USB connector so that it can be viewed and shared by others. The PET830 package comes together with Smart Car Mount which targets on the users who are always on the go where player is usable in the car with safety ensured. As DivX is supported, users get to enjoy movies that are encoded in such format that at their comfort.

Additional Features

  • Shock proof
  • Battery charging indication
  • Up to 3 hours playback with built-in battery
  • On-screen display

Accessories

  • Protective Pouch
  • Smart Car Mount
  • AC/DC adapter
  • AV cables
  • AY5507 slim remote control
  • User manual
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Reviews of Philips PET830

  1. Philips PET830 portable DVD player

    Reviewer: Pocket Lint
    4 June 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    The Philips PET830 Portable DVD player can handle a wide variety of formats, either from disc of USB memory stick and while the battery life isn't as good as we'd like, it's more than usable, making this an enjoyable device to use. Read more

  2. Reviewer: What Hi-Fi?
    13 December 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Impressive large-screen picture and good sound. Read more

  1. Reviewer: Amazon Reviewer, CompareStorePrices
    9 December 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This is an amazing portable DVD player. I dont have any problems with the screen resolution as its been fine with most of my DivX avi files that i have played on it. I was looking for more information on PET 830 and PET 831 and both of them are of the exact specification except that PET830 has a USB port and the PET831 has an SD/MMC slot. If you want both of them, go for the PET1030 or the PET1031 models. Read more

  2. OK for the price

    Reviewer: Amazon
    28 February 2009
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    This review is from: PHILIPS PET830/05 - 8.5inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics) This relatively cheap player will suit those who want to keep the kids quiet in the back of the car. The USB port also gives you the option of inputting your own recordings etc. However, picture quality is not the greatest, despite the anti-reflection screen for in-car use. Sound is average, and as with most items in this price range, is much better through earphones than through the... Read more

  3. A PET You don't Need

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    23 July 2007
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Features 8
    8.0
    Ease of use 8
    8.0
     

    Summary: Highly portable viewing device that you probably don't need. Read more

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