Philips DCP951/37 9-Inch Portable DVD Player with Ipod Docking | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $169.99
You Save: $30.00 (15%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2290
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 8.3 x 1.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DCP951/37
Model: DCP951/37
UPC: 609585154506
EAN: 0609585154506
ASIN: B0013WKFCC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Philips has better models offered November 23, 2008
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.
 flimsy and poorly constructed November 19, 2008
phillips sent us this product as a replacement for the older model (which broke after just seven months) and i was immediately disappointed. the leg stand is VERY flimsy and does not allow you to angle the screen, the new design means the screen is always exposed and overall it felt like a cheap knockoff. now it's been five months and the screen is now grainy. this is a terrible product. now i have to call their customer service AGAIN and hopefully get my money back this time. do not waste your money.
 Phillips DVD Player October 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great product for the price. Very large screen and super-loud speakers for watching your DVD's. I've only used it twice on road trips with the family and it worked just fine. The remote is also very easy to use, and works well from a considerable diatance away. The only thing is that the unit does get very hot after about 45 - 60 minutes of use so I usually mount it near a window or vent inside the car to keep the air flow over the back of it. Also, a windshield mount or some standing supports (tri-pod) would be nice so that you don't have to hold the unit up-right.
 This product is great October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is great! You can play DVD's and TV and Movies from you Ipod. Great for bringing on long trips for kids. Great to bring with you to work if your kid comes with!
compact and worth the price September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Works well with my video I-Pod and is a handy small size with a larger screen than many portable DVD players. The stand and DVD door are a little flimsy but as long as you treat it with the appropriate respect that any electronic item should be treated it is not a problem. Might not be good for younger children who might be a little too rough on it for the DVD door. The sound is good for a portable device and the picture quality is excellent. All in all it is a good player for the cost and is very handy if you like to enjoy DVDs or IPOD videos on the go.
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