The
Philips PT902 9” LCD Portable TV definitely has its uses.  You can use it at tailgate parties so you can
see what’s going on inside the stadium, bring it to work to use on your break,
or just to have as a backup in case you need to watch a show while you’re
moving around the house or if your main TV is already taken.  It is very slim and easy to bring
around.  It’s about 1 inch thick, 9 inches
high, and 7 inches wide and weighs a little less than a pound and a half.  I liked the 9’ in LCD screen because it
allowed Philips to decrease on the thickness of the TV and maintain good
picture quality with 600×220 resolution.

The
Philips comes with a detachable DTV/FM antenna so you can use it to watch over
the air TV or listen to your favorite FM station.  You can also take the antenna completely off
and instead connect the TV to a rooftop antenna or digital cable when you’re at
home.  It has a headphone jack so you can
use headphones to conserve battery and not disturb anyone with your TV shows or
you can hook it up to a speaker system to get better sound.

The TV has a DTV receiver so its picture quality of over
the air television is good as long as there is reception because with DTV its
either you have a good enough signal to get the entire picture or nothing.  There’s almost never static.  It can be difficult because you have to make
sure that the place where you want to use it has a relatively strong signal.  At home this shouldn’t be a problem because
you can disconnect the TV antenna and hook it up to your homes rooftop antenna
or an unencrypted cable jack and the Philips will be able to use that to get
its signal.  Reception also usually isn’t
a problem in big cities where TV broadcasts often originate so if you’re going
to be using it tailgating at football games you should be ok, but if you go out
to someplace far from the source of the signal you could have trouble finding
reception or not get any at all.  And the
good thing about this TV is that since it has a radio receiver you always have
the radio to fall back on if there’s no TV reception.

Another good thing about the Philips portable TV is that it has a built in
rechargeable battery.  The company says
that it will last for 3 hours but a more realistic estimate if you were
watching normally would be about 2 ½.
With the battery you aren’t restricted to a wall or car outlet and can
bring your entertainment with you wherever you want.

What I
was disappointed with was that it didn’t have any A/V connection jacks so if
you wanted to hook it up to a VCR or DVD player; you have to use coaxial cable
from the TV and have to be sure that your DVD or VCR had a coaxial jack which
is inconvenient if you already have players to use with the TV and they don’t
have coaxial jacks.

Overall the Philips PT902 is convenient to have. Its price is about $130 which is a reasonable
price for the TV considering its screen size and features. Its battery allows it to be taken anywhere and
its large screen makes watching TV easy.
The only downsides were that it didn’t have A/V connections.  It is up to consumers whether this will be a
deal breaker or not.

Specifications:

Dimensions 240 x 29 x
182 mm

Weight 0.6 kg

Power supply Input:
100-240V 50/60 Hz

Output: DC 9V 1A

Power consumption 9 W

Operating temperature
range 0-45°C

TV system ATSC

Frequency response 20
Hz-20 KHz ± 3 dB

Signal/noise ratio 80 dB

Audio distortion + noise
-80 (1KHz)

Channel separation 80 dB

Dynamic range 80 dB

Frequency range – FM 87.5-108.0 MHz