Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36220 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: PET710/05
• Released on: 2005-06-02
• Dimensions: 5.51 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Sit back, relax and immerse in movies on the go with the ultra cool and compact PET710 with 7-inch TFT LCD display. Enjoy your favourite DVD movies, savour your MP3-CD and CD music or playback your JPEG photos anytime, anyplace.

The PET710 is able to play DVD, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs, and you can also savour MP3-CD, CD and CD-RW music and share JPEG image files with Picture CD anytime, anywhere. The car adaptor and remote control make the unit truly portable, and with a 2.5 hour battery you really can immerse yourself in AV entertainment whilst travelling or away from home, watching movies in a 16:9 widescreen format.

Multi format playability allows you to view images in the comfort of your living room and play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and veiwing pleasure. The Philips PET 710 also comes with dual headphones jacks so you and a friend can double the fun without disturbing anybody else (like the person driving the car!), making the PET 710 an experience two can share.

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Customer Reviews

Great piece of kit - and plays DVD-Rs
Only had this a few days but very impressed so far. Solid build with brushed aluminium instead of plastic casing giving it a touch of class.
It sounds noisy when a disc first spins up but is silent after a few seconds - judging by reveiews I've read of similar products this is par for the course.
The real reason I'm writing this is because I searched high and low before my purchase trying to find out if it will play DVD-Rs (DVD minus Rs). I couldn't find out and this nearly put me off buying the PET 710. However, I was relieved to find out it does indeed play them, along with everything else I've tried so far.

Good Machine!
Doe's everthing it's supposed to do. No problem playing MP3 & JPEG. Solid construction, better build quality than othe brands in same price range. Good picture. Sound OK, but improved with portable speakers or ear phones. Good value for money. Worthy of 5 star rating.

Good, solid, reliable
First thing I have to say about this player is that it does *not* have Divx support - this is a real shame, but not the be-all and end all. This is the only reason I have given it four and not five stars.

That aside, it is a smart, small solid aluminium cased player - the sound and video quality is excellent.

The clip-on battery is a solid 2.5 hours, and smaller than most portable DVD player batteries. I suspect the actual battery time is actually closer to 3. Enough for me to watch nearly 4 episodes of 24 on DVD without re-charging.

I still don't know if it charges while playing when connected to the mains - the PET700 didn't.

The controls are clear and solid.

The only downside as I can see is that unlike its PET700 predecessor, it does not come with a carrycase.

I can't stress how good this player is - it oozes quality