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Philips PET830

 

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  • User Score (17)
    8.4 8.4 from 17 reviewers
  • Expert Score (1)
    8.0 8.0 from 1 reviewers
  • Value for money (9)
    6.3 6.3 from 9 reviewers
  • Features (5)
    7.5 7.5 from 5 reviewers
  • Ease of use (2)
    7.5 7.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound quality (6)
    8.1 8.1 from 6 reviewers
  • Picture quality (2)
    7.5 7.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound (3)
    6.3 6.3 from 3 reviewers
  • Durability (3)
    5.6 5.6 from 3 reviewers
  • Reliability (2)
    7.5 7.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Overall quality (2)
    8.4 8.4 from 2 reviewers
  • Playability (3)
    8.8 8.8 from 3 reviewers
  • Installation (2)
    8.4 8.4 from 2 reviewers
  • Video quality (6)
    8.1 8.1 from 6 reviewers
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Users:
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. What Hi-Fi?

    What Hi-Fi?
    8.0/10
    4 June 2008

    This sultry unit from Philips includes an 8.5in screen in a chic tablet-PC style chassis, making it look and feel more expensive than it actually is. Read more

    • All round good performance, realistic, superior colours and better off centre performance than any rival.
    • Battery pack only offers three hours playback, and no resume function

  • User Reviews

  1. The Portable Pet

    6.0/10
    Reviewer: Zmugzy, Ciao
    24 April 2009

    Some people, or at least the manufacturers and market gurus, regard it as most important to keep youngsters entertained whilst adults are on the move Read more

    • Useful if you really need one
    • Do you really need one?

  2. A PET You don't Need

    Dooyoo
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    4 June 2008

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

    • Highly portable viewing device
    • You probably don't need one

  3. CompareStorePrices

    CompareStorePrices
    10/10
    Reviewer: Amazon Reviewer, CompareStorePrices
    9 December 2008

    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... Read more

  • WikiFreak Description

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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  • Manufacturer's Description

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™ ens…

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