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Philips HDD100

Philips HDD100

118 reviews

Jun, 2013

Positive
Portability (13)
Design (8)
Headphones (7)
Battery (6)
Memory (5)

Negative
Reliability (1)
Connectivity (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 118 reviews from magazines and websites. People really like the memory and battery. The headphones and design are also appreciated, but some have doubts about the reliability and connectivity.

portability, design, headphones, battery, memory

connectivity, reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other MP3 Players the Philips HDD100 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 80/100 = Very good quality.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 72 Show Reviews: in English | in other languages (49)

Expert review by: Bill Howard (pcmag.com)

Philips HDD100

Company: Philips, www.audio.philips.com Price: $280 street Requires: For host PC, Pentium equivalent or better; Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP Spec Data: Built-in microphone, 160-by-128 LCD, 15GB hard disk, USB 2.0, records to MP3 and WMA...

Good-looking, plays both WMA and MP3, records Cons: Murky display, not very loud, proprietary software Bottom Line: Great looks, decent features, and the ability to record to MP3 directly from analog or digital inputs make this an almost-iPod-killer....

Murky display, not very loud, proprietary software

Great looks, decent features, and the ability to record to MP3 directly from analog or digital inputs make this an almost-iPod-killer. For the style-conscious, though, Apple is still the core. Review When it comes to stylish consumer electronics, the...

Feb, 2004

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Consumer review by: cwkimbro (shopzilla.com)

Falls short of IPOD, but offers other featrures than an IPOD

Records, Cheap, 15 GB, Use as a hard drive

hard to navigate, no jog dial

Sep, 2004

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Philips HDD100

alaTest has collected and analyzed 22 user reviews of the Philips HDD100 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other MP3 Players on Amazon.com.

design, usability, value for money, sound, portability

performance, headphones

36% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2013

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Consumer review by: GJDude (amazon.com)

Finally got it to work but wouldn't recommend to anyone

I bought this mp3 player couple of weeks ago and yesterday I finally got it to work. The player itself looks and works great but its the software that sucks. The DMM software is awfully slow to initialize and takes ages to transfer your music. If you...

May, 2006

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Consumer review by: tpurvis (epinions.com)

Expires with the Battery

Analog and Voice inputs are great and it is very attractive.

Slow processor: Once the battery dies throw it away because it cost $150 to replace!

Dec, 2005

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Consumer review by: Trevor Cotton (amazon.com)

Decent product, but too many glitches

I would really agree with most of the reviews written here, while it is a great sleek looking MP3 player, if I were to buy another one today I wouldn't buy this again. Generally it works fine, I have no problem with the sound quality, and the 20GB...

Nov, 2005

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Consumer review by: A. KANSAL (amazon.com)

Peace of sh*t Poor Battery and OS

my battery lasts less than 40 mins then dies. the software is useless and philips provides NO warranty

Oct, 2005

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Nice system, yet too many minor flaws

I honestly think this system looks visually better then the iPod. As a matter of fact, this system uses a 2 color LCD screen. It is exactly like a game gear system screen or a small portable hand held TV screen except the actual Philip's hardware on...

Sep, 2004

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Consumer review by: oviroa (amazon.com)

Excellent gadget, great looks, smooth display

I have to admit, the DMM software it came with is clumsy and slow, but it never froze on me. I am also using the Sveta Portable software which you can dowload from here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t= 4628 This program allows you to do...

Aug, 2004

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Consumer review by: hayabusa (amazon.com)

terrible software ruins a great player

Hmmm... beautiful player, very Philips... but one big problem. Misguided digital rights managment means you can only play tracks uploaded through the supplied DMM software. It is appalling. Slow, prone to glitches and clumsy, the software makes...

Aug, 2004

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Product Specifications

Philips HDD100 is a recording audio jukebox. You can record directly to MP3 files via built-in microphone and digital or analog line-in connection. You can play MP3 files as well as Windows Media Audio files. Double action search buttons allow easy speed control when scrolling through large libraries. You can choose to move through your playlist one song at a time or just press and hold down a little harder to SuperScroll swiftly to your desired track.Depending on the genre, the player can automatically select the desired equalizer setting. And with 4 traditional presets: Rock, Pop, Jazz and Classic, you can easily tag your music by genre. So the next time you play a particular track, it will instantly recognize your chosen setting.HDD100 supports the USB 2.0 standard enabling the speedy transfer of data between USB connected devices at 480 kbps. It is also backwards compatible with the old USB 1.1 standard, so a USB 1.1 computer port will work with HDD100 using the same by packed cable and connectors. HDD100 connects through USB to be used as a spare portable HDD storage via Windows Explorer. Large storage capacity allows you to pack an entire world of music and data into your HDD100.