Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking
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Manufacturer: PhilipsBrand: Philips
Edition: Electronics
Model: DCP951/37
Color: black
Publisher: Philips
Studio: Philips
Music Label: Philips
Product features:
- 9-inch LCD Color Widescreen Portable DVD Player
- Included iPod Docking port for play and charge
- Doubles as digital photo frame
- Play CD, S(VCD), DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, MP3, WMA ,JPEG digital camera photos, DivX & MPEG4 movies
- Up to 2.5 hours of playback with built in battery
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Customer Review: Philips has better models offered
Summary: 2 Stars
I love most of Philips' electronics products. I've got a Philips TV, DVD Players, a DVD Recorder (hard drive model), and Norelco razors and I love them all. On the other hand, this particular Philips product, the DCP951/37 player, has stunned me with dismay. I bought it on sale for $49.95 at BigLots a few weeks ago and still took it back. It wasn't marked refurb. It had all the indications of being new so I presume it was, in fact, new.
I had no intention of using the iPod dock. I don't have a iPod. The iPod tray is built to also store the remote control and it works nicely for that.
DivX in a portable intrigued me. On day 2, playing approximately the 3rd disc ever inserted, it stopped recognizing DivX files. The same DivX/XviD files on the same discs that played the day before now wouldn't work. If that was the only disappointment, I'd have RMA'd it to get another. It was only one of many shortcomings, however.
The sound emanating from its tiny speakers offers spectral quality that is okay for tiny speakers but the amplitude is too weak to be functional in any but the most quiet situations you could imagine. My hearing is quite good yet it was difficult to hear this player in the kitchen with water running and a few pans of food sizzling on the stove. Even a cheapie little hand-held portable radio can render audio louder than this Philips player. You'd have to consider it only for headphone use and maybe that's why they provided 2 headphone outputs. I never used headphones with this player so I can't report about the amplitude of the headphone outputs.
So, it wouldn't play DivX/XviD any more and I couldn't hear it unless I was in an extremely quiet environment, but I still thought I'd keep it for $49.95 if it would work as a picture frame. Well, it does work as a picture frame, but only if you manually set it's display ratio to 4:3 and suffer the small display area. It just isn't hardwired to adjust the display of a standard photographic JPEG file to its 16:9 display. It will display them, but, it cuts off people's heads and such. One thing I will say, however, is that it reads large sized high res low compression JPEG files very rapidly compared to other DVD players I've tried. I only used SD cards in it. I think it will also read other types.
Battery life was good. It claimed about 2 hours and I got a little over 2.5 hours. It's just enough power to watch most movies.
The display is crisp and colorful but a little too dark for most environments. I had to manually tweak it. In bright sunlight? Well, no LCD can really compete with sunrays so I won't even address that. It did well in a brightly lit kitchen and living room. Action revealed just a little smearing but I only noticed that when really looking for it.
As with many Philips products, it has a very short file name capability. It's limited to approximately 10 to 13 characters and the rest is purely truncated.
I never did try MP3's. Never got that far. The other problems made me pack it up and return it so I don't even know if it can do all sorts of VBR and I don't even know if it can do anything with an ID3.
Philips has other players in this price range. I'd pass up this one (even for $49.95) and look at others.
Philips gives a 1 year warranty on its products. That's outstanding in the field. That warranty period helps keep me loyal to the brand name.
By the way, in a Philips model number, the /37 indicates U.S.A.
Description of Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with iPod Docking
Enjoy your videos from iPod, DVD and SD card. Enjoy DVDs and iPod videos on an 9-inch color widescreen with the compact Philips DVD player. Featuring a retractable adapter for iPod and built in SD/MMC card slots, you can view DivX movies or digital photos from multiple sources. Enjoy your videos and photos from multiple sources. 8.5-inch widescreen LCD display for high quality viewing. Play and charge your iPod. Play DVD, DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW, (S)VCD, DivX and Mpeg4 movies. View movies and photos via the SD/MMC card reader. Doubles as a digital photo frame. Enjoy your digital photos from iPod, photo CD or memory card. Play slide-shows, single photos or thumbnails. Pan, Zoom or rotate photos. Designed for your on the go convenience. Up to 2.5 hours of playback with built in battery. Single remote control for the system and iPod. AC adapter, car adapter and AV cable included.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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