Product Description: Enjoy DVDs and iPod videos on a 9" color widescreen display with the compact Philips DCP851. Featuring a retractable adaptor for iPod and built-in SD/MMC card slots, you can view DivX movies or digital photos from multiple sources. With DivX support, you are able to enjoy DivX encoded videos in the comfort of your living room. The DivX media format is an MPEG4-based video compression technology that enables computer users to save large files like movies, trailers and music videos on media like CD-R/RW, memory cards and DVD-video. DivX CDs can be played back on selected DVD players, DVD Recorders, and Home Theater Systems; including this Philips model. Enjoy your digital photos from iPod, photo CD or memory card Play slideshows, single photos or thumbnails Pan, zoom or rotate photos Up to 2.5 hours of playback with a built-in battery Single remote control for the system and iPod Resolution - 640x220 Brightness - 200 cd/m Contrast ratio (typical) - 350 - 1 Effective viewing area - 202.6x105.3mm Pixel pitch - 0.11 x 0.48
Just what we needed Great picture and sound. Easy to set up and control. A star in the making!
Took a really good product and made it worse the only reason this product exists is because apple changed the firmware so the Philips DCP850 no longer works with any of the video ipods. Unfortunately the DCP850 was far, FAR superior in virtually all aspects. The good thing about the new version is it's currently the only portable system that works with video ipods. after that, crickets.
The bad: * the cluncky design. this sucker is heavy - twice as heavy as the previous model. * As other reviewers have noted, it feels cheap. The docking station doesn't slide out smoothly (you actually usually have to give it a hand assist to get it all the way out so you can insert your ipod). * the pop out stand is about an inch too short so you either have to be positioned well above it (looking down on the screen) or you have to use a book or something to prop it up on a table for straight-on viewing. * The sound quality is abysmal. seriously. * And one of the worst design flaws: although this is a travel dvd, there is zero protection for the screen. the way you see it in the image is how it travels. They give you a very think "sleeve" to insert it in...but it provides a fraction of the protection (plus it's a plain pain to get on) that the previous "flip" model did.
Conceptually, this new one msay have looked good on paper. It was very poorly executed. But, if you want a portable to view ipod videos, right now you really have no other choice.
Better than spending all your $$ on i-anything I bought a classic 80GB Ipod and wanted to use it to its full potential. There are soo many Iproducts out there and besides how much music/videos you buy, you could spend thousands of dollars to enhance one device. I was in and out of the hospital for awhile and wanted to not only watch my DVD's, but everything in my Ipod. Well I did the research and this is one of the only ones that supported my type. I have had it in ER's, my hospital room and I love it. I have never had any problem with it and eventhough I bought mine at a store, it is white and pretty damn cool. I highly recomend this to everyone. Even my mom takes it with her on trips. Hope this helps and one last cool thing is when I can afford an Iphone, it has every adaptor for every Ipod you can buy, which is a pretty cool deal. To the dude who says that the sound sucks, you are a liar!! It has Dolby Digital. Check what audio channel you are on numnuts.
I like Philips......BUT I picked one of these up. I was psyched about the iPod dock. A great idea and from what I can currently find, also a unique feature. No one else has a portable DVD with an iPod dock. At the time of purchase I was torn between this Philips model and the Sony FX820. I'm a big Sony fan but the iPod dock really had me.
I got it home and popped my iPhone into the slide out dock. After fidgeting with it for a couple of minutes I was watching a movie from my iPhone on the screen. Cool. But.....then I noticed. Unless you are looking at this player's screen head on, you can't see a damned thing. If you change the viewing angle just a bit, the LCD screen becomes nearly black. Unviewable. Very disappointing. To me, this one fault makes this player useless. It's a shame. The iPod dock feature is cool.
The unit does feel VERY plastic-y. Also, this is an open faced design. You can't close it up. The screen is always exposed. The DVD loads on the back of the unit too. Kind of clumsy.
On a positive note. The unit didn't seem affected by any cellphone GSM noise.
A cool idea but flawed by seriously poor image quality. I would recommend the Sony FX820. You can hook up an iPod or just about any external video source using a cable. The Sony is far superior in material, build quality and picture quality. Sorry Philips!
Depends I expected more, especially at this price point. My chief complaints are with the stand and the picture. The stand works great on a flat surface, but if you are not at a table or something sturdy (like in the car) it has to be held or propped. The picture is not so defined. Not good for sharing, you have to have just the right angle to get the most from the picture which is less than desirable at any angle. Would not have bought this one had I been able to test it first.
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