Gadget of the Day – Philips DCP951 Portable DVD player

The Philips DCP951 portable DVD player has a 9-inch colour widescreen for your holiday viewing pleasure. But this is no one-trick pony – it comes with a retractable iPod cradle for piping your tunes and vids to the big(ger) screen.

Handily, SD and MMC cards are also catered for, and the unit will play DivX and MPEG4 movies, as well as MP3s and CDs. And if you want to look through your holiday snaps at the end of the day, the DCP951 will put on a slideshow of photos from your memory card or iPod.

You’ll get up to 3 hours playback with the built-in rechargeable battery, and it comes with a remote control to control both the player and an attached iPod.

A good one to pack for that rainy bank holiday weekend, perhaps. Check out another portable disc-spinner – the Panasonic DVD-LS80

Essentials

Philips DCP951

Price: £199.99

On sale: Now

Contact: Philips

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home