Phillips PET 700 portable dvd player

Hi all

Has anyone any experience of the above mentioned portable dvd player? is it any good? seems to be fully loaded and quite cheap (the children have been good - but not good enough to stretch to a panasonic portable!)
The main concern is the multi - region capability - or perhaps lack of it? is it possible by a hack or is it a firmware upgrade?

Thanks for any advice - two kids christmas presents rest on this one - not trying to put the guilt trip on any one though....think Shrek 2 - sad eyed puss in boots!!

keep happy

 

Hooray...

I have found a hack over on Amazon, however I have been told by the retailer that some Phillips D.V.D players are liable to lock up after a few uses if you have hacked them, so...if I were to set it to region "0" will I be able to play reg 1 D.V.D s ? even R.C.E variants? and of course keep playing them without blowing myself up! (they do love to use scare tactics these reatailers dont they)

Have a happychappy christmas

 

Here is a hack for the Pet 800. The 700 is the same device but with a smaller screen.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Philips+PET+800

 

I was looking at the Orbit 768S for my son. It has games on it too.....and you had plug a PS2 into it.

For playing DVDs, is a DVD player any better than a laptop?