Play while you work! (Philips Jackrabbit 3)

Member Name: smoothguy777

Product:	Philips Jackrabbit 3
Date:	30/10/03 (834 review reads)
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Advantages: Extremly Portable, Multi Functional Device, comes with lots of connections, Its a CD writer and a DVD player for your PC and TV both!

Disadvantages: lil noisy when diSC is spinning!

Philips JackRabbit 3 ? Play while you work!

The recently launched Philips JackRabbit 3 is a CD rewriter that believes it's a DVD player!

Unusual name with more unusual features is what JackRabbit 3 is all about; it genuinely has a multifaceted personality!

It acts as a CD rewriter, and DVD-Rom drive for your PC and MAC both, here is the prize catch if you hook this Rabbit to your TV it performs as a standalone DVD Video player.

Whenever you wanna burn (Copy) all your data, audio, video files from your computer to a Blank CD all you need to do is plug in the Rabbit to your USB 2.0 port (don?t worry ?USB? is just a type of a slot on the back of your PC and on either side of your Laptop) and you are on, it can write a standard CD at 32x speed (I know it?s a bit slow!) and has bundled enough software for PC and MAC both.

Rabbit when used as a DVD player works very well to be honest, I could hardly see any picture quality difference while watching ?Erin Brockovich? on Rabbit as well as on my normal Pioneer DVD player, and trust me I am not getting old.

The sad part is it makes this ?chopper sound? whizzzzz?. when the disc is spinning which is quite noisy and disturbing?

This Rabbit comes with lots of legs (connections) you get a blend of video connectors, analogue, digital audio and S-Video out and a headphone slot as well.

The bundled remote is quite decent in size and has pretty user-friendly buttons; overall this Rabbit is a good option as MFD (Multi Functional Device) incase you have not invested in a good portable CD writer and a DVD player for your PC and TV both.

Rabbit is ideal for all those on the move, as you can slip it inside your Laptop bag and you can burn CD?s or watch movies at cafes, airports, in-flight, etc

Key features include:
32x writing speed, 10x rewriting speed, 40x CD reading speed, 12x DVD read speed, PC and Mac compatible, supported media: DVD-Vid
eo, DVD-ROM, CD-Audio, CD-ROM, VCD, CD Extra, CD Text, Photo CD, MP3 CD, connections: 1 x S-Video, 1 x composite, 1 x 3.5mm headphones jack, 1 x 3.5mm line-out jack, 1 x 3.5mm digital audio jack, 1 x USB 2.0 (even supports USB 1.1)

Philips London is selling JackRabbit 3 @ approximate 250 sterling pounds (Approx INR 20,000) and it is definitely a steal for that price!

Mehul Patel is the Consulting Director of KIPL.Net - Digital Design & Communications, The author can be reached via email on mehul@kipl.net

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