Philips PET824 8.5 in. Portable DVD Player

I decided to buy a portable DVD player to travel with after I acquired a SmartPhone/PDA that allows me to leave the notebook plus accessories at home.
After considerable research I settled on the PET24/17 because of it's excellent 8.5 inch TFT screen, it's light weight (2.2 lbs), it's battery life rated at 6 hours, it's form factor and appearance and it's very competative price.

I've used it on three long trips so far and I love it. Picture quality is terrific, it fits on the plane's seat tray with room for a soft drink, etc., the controls are easy to use and the sould quality through noise cancelling headsets is great. The builtin speakers quality is very good as well but better with a pair of quality headsets.

I have yet to run the battery down and I watched 3 DVDs totaling 5+ hours of viewing time on a single charge over a three day period without any problem so the battery capacity appears to be as advertised. I also like the fact that you can plug in two separate headsets if you want to share what you are watching with someone.

I haven't used it to play any MP3 files yet but it does very well viewing image files on a CD.

I picked this unit for quality and price-point ($150.00) and configuration and I haven't been disappointed.