Filipinos love to sing especially during occasions (birthday, reunion, wedding, even through mourning…etc.) For those who want to take their stress out by belting high notes, for the musically inclined–or non-inclined–barkada who just want to have a great time, or for your own personal jamming at home, you now have a perfect avenue to sing your hearts out with the The Platinum Kool Sound Junior Lite KS-5 DVD Karaoke Player. It’s availabe in Lazada for ₱1,799.00 with FREE Platinum KS-5000 Wired Microphone through Cash On Delivery.

Built and Design

The main unit or the karaoke player itself is compact and lightweight. There are 2 slots for microphones in front, together with the disc slot, power button, eject button, and the USB port. Design is minimalistic, nothing fancy, or extra unnecessary stuff. It has a premium appeal to it, albeit being simple. It might be because of its black and glossy surface.

On the rear, you can see the AV ports. It is just the basic and common audio/video out. There is a left and right port for the audio, cant complain on that as this is only a cheap model. There is also a coaxial port. Written on the back, is its power consumption of just 10 watts. This unit is also autovolt, can be plugged on 110-250V AC. The power cord is not too long at just not more than 3ft.

User Interface

The user interface is very simple, you only have the eject and power button at the front. All other controls are on the remote control. This is a big problem when your remote control ran out of battery. You won’t be able to use this machine without the remote control so be careful.

It has 2 mic input but it only comes with 1 mic. There is only 1 volume control for the mic so you won’t be able to control the individual mic volume in case you want to use 2 mics. This is a problem if you are using a different mic for your second mic or when the other singer has louder voice. There is also only one control for echo which has 8 levels.

Display Output

The image quality of the display output is perfect on an HD TV (720p). On a Full HD TV (1080p), the pixelation of the lyrics text is noticeable but isn’t much of an issue. It is still crisp and easy to read. I do not have the exact specs of what is the actual display output of this device, but even it is designed for just an AV cable output, the display for bigger screen is pleasant. It is very easy to operate even without reading the manual. Just plug the unit on your wall socket, connect the AV cables, insert the disc, wait for it to load and you can now start inputting song numbers.

Specifications:

• Storage: DVD dual layer 8.5GB
• Multiple Background Videos
• Supports music and video playback via USB interface
• DVD movie and music function
• Intelligent song scoring
• On-screen song search
• 9,709 English and OPM songs
• Power: AC110-250 50/60 Hz
• Remote operation controls
• USB 2.0 (input)
• Infrared Remote Sensor
• Composite Video Out
• RCA Audio Out (stereo)
• Resolution:4:3 aspect ratio; 640p x 480p 16:9 aspect ratio; 854p x 480p
• 2 Microphone input
• For Best Performance Please Use Platinum Microphone Only