Philips - 9" Widescreen Portable Blu-ray Disc Player with Dual Screens

I purchased this unit for the main purpose of my kids watching BluRay movies on flights. The tag in the Best Buy store, Atlanta, GA, 30307, specifically indicated a five hour battery life, the only such unit with that much life. Besides this written information in the tag, I asked the attendant if the product really had battery, as there was nothing written in the box of the product about this and he confirmed the same information for me. As I leave abroad, in Brazil, it will be difficult to return this product to Best Buy. I`m very disapointed with this incorrect information from Best Buy.

I am returning the second one to the store. There is a design flaw in these that after a couple of months of hanging on a seat back, the DVD compartment won't latch tight. Once that happens, they go crazy, skipping, freezing, not reading. I really wanted these to work but I'm not going for a "third times a charm". I'll go with something else.

I purchased this unit for the sole purpose of watching BluRay movies on long flights. The tag in the Best Buy store specifically indicated a five hour battery life, the only such unit with that much life. ( I intended to set aside the secondary screen.) But when I plugged it in to charge the battery, no charge was accepted. I assumed I had a bad unit and returned it. But I have since seen in other reviews that this unit is in fact not rechargable. Also, there is no mention of recharging in the manual. (Apparently Philps support doesn't know this either.) The only plus was that the unit played the European PAL format DVD's, the only brand of BluRay player to do so.

I was seduced by the 1080p, Blu-ray compatibility ... And it lives up to its billing; Great picture and fine sound. Even forgetting how expensive this is compared to units that don't play blu-ray, this is still a poor product. The remote control is useless - the volume can only be adjusted manually on each unit. Both screens must play the same movie (even most cheap units have dual movie capability). Turn the power on one screen off, the other turns off too. And most annoying of all, if the power is turned off (by turning off the car or a kid accidentally kicking the power cord, the dvd (not just the movie) starts from the beginning. Bottom line -- I rarely buy junk but with the exception of a great picture, this product is just that.

We recently purchased this model, after viewing the demo on the Best Buy website. The demo sections outlined that this particular model allowed either viewing a single DVD, OR allowing each screen to watch its OWN movie. This was great, as I have 2 young children who sometimes want to watch the same thing ... and sometimes, do not. Regrettably, this unit, ONLY plays a single DVD - which is not why we purchased it.

In the beginning it worked phenomenally... After a couple road trips (in a brand new SUV) it started skipping while driving... Then the skipping would happen while completely stopped... Now we can't even get the player to work... It had great screen quality for its size when it worked... But it appears to have a flaw in the design... Will be returning this item for a refund when I get back... After reading other reviews, it appears I'm not the only one with these issues...

I returned these blu ray players about a month ago after a road trip when the player stopped working. It had problems reading both blu rays and dvds. Now I am returning my second one due to the same issue. The player works great for about a couple of weeks, but all of a sudden you will have problems playing anything on it. I really cannot recommend this to anyone. After returning two of these, these are very faulty.

I see many negatives regarding it's lack of battery. Nothing on box stated that it had a battery so not sure what other's expectations were. It works great for it's intended purpose , which is to play blue rays and DVD's in car as an add-on system. Can also be used indoors, but the 2nd screen is DC only unless you have an adequate adaptor. Sound Quality is more than adequate for it's small size. Expensive compared to Comparable DVD players but best I've seen for car use with Blue Rays