Philips PET 744 Expert Reviews

If you want to shut your kids the hell up during a long car journey, or are planning to take a lengthy trip yourself, you may well want to invest in the PET744 portable DVD player. It looks smart, the build quality is good and the 7-inch screen ...

Attractive styling ; decent price ; good picture quality ; two headphone jacks ; included in-car charger and mounting kit

Fairly average sound quality from the tiny built-in speakers ; headphone output is quite flat

Overall, the Philips PET744 is a very likeable portable DVD player, with a great screen and good build quality. A major problem arose at the end of our test period, however, when the screen completely stopped working. In the absence of evidence to the ...

Portable player with promise?

Swivel screen mount, car kit included, 6 hours battery life, anti-glare screen

Build quality not brilliant, limited file support

Whilst we aren't entirely sold on the build quality, we like the practicality of the swivel screen design and the considerate steps taken by Philips to make the PET744 user friendly

Some say that portable DVD decks are a dying breed, but if they're as good the Philips PET744 they'll be around for years.

Philips' mount is one of the most stable and practical, we've tested. You turn simply fixed a stand in the neck shock tens pillars and a plate on the back of the player. These two parts are assembled with a large knepplås, and lockable joint makes

Adding on a few hundred notes in relation to the cheap models, you get a better sense of quality, but above all a superb picture quality and good sound