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 Nice product but buy the warranty! December 29, 2008
Thomas Byers (Mustang, OK)
I bought this player for my grandson and it's just what I wanted: compact, easy to use, mounts on the seat back, easy to move from car-to-car. My grandson loves it! It keeps him happy while he's strapped into the child seat, which is very boring little guys who don't like to be restrained.
I read all the reviews and I knew that people have had problems with this unit. But that was true of most of the other units out there, too. The dual units are connected by a small wire and break down often as well, but when they do, you have to send them both in for repair. Since this one had the price and features I wanted, I can buy two for the price of a dual screen. If one breaks (which has now happened after 3 months), I still have the other one to use while the first is being repaired.
Bottom Line: buy the two year warranty! Nothing is made to last these days, and the cost of the warranty is CHEAP compared to replacement!
 One works and one doesn't December 9, 2008
B. P. magruder (Shepherdsville Kentucky)
We bought two of these in June to keep our kids occupied during a road trip we took. One of the players still works fine but the other one is totally messed up. It doesn't display a picture on the screen...we tried to hook it up to the TV in our room and just use it as a spare, but it says "wrong disc" when you try to play anything in it (the disc we used works fine in other DVD players). These only come with a 90-day warranty, which sucks because if you spend your hard-earned money on something like this you expect it to last for a while...at least a year! The other one works fine (for now)...good picture, good sound, etc. Just be warned that these aren't the greatest in the world...you'd probably be better off spending a little more for something that will last.
Excellent picture December 7, 2008
Shannon Jackson
I just got this a few days ago so I haven't found anything wrong with it at this point, the picture is perfect and the directions are easy to understand.
Decent For The Car...But... November 30, 2008
Mercedes Johnmeyer (Kingsland, GA)
I bought this about 5 months ago to entertain my infant son on long car rides. It does a pretty good job...but not great. The unit has frozen on me a few times, thankfully we only use it on long family trips though, so I'm able to climb in the back seat to reset it.
The picture is bright and crisp, and the sound is great. It's a little cumbersome to change out the CD's because of the headrest holder, so I try to put long running disc's in (or I just replay them, my son's too young to know the difference).
If you're looking to use this for anything more then occasional entertainment, or have older children that will be watching movies, I would recommend maybe looking around for something else. While the screen size and picture clarity is wonderful, it does freeze up more often then I'd like...and that's with extremely gentle use. I really don't see this holding up too well for someone who uses it more frequently. Either way...good luck with it!
 Started out ok, then both units became complete junk! September 7, 2008
V. Macbeth (Salt Lake City, Utah)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We bought this and initially loved it. Then a few months passed and we discovered what a piece of junk it was. Sure it comes with a lot of great stuff and it's well priced, but you get what you pay for with this player. We bought the replacement plan and I guess it's good we did because after a few months when the first one wouldn't play anymore, we sent it back and received another one. This one pooped out in a different way, but led to the same result--no longer usable. We had to pay for the shipping to send in the player and we had to re-buy the player from amazon and then be reimbursed. So I suppose we got our moneys worth (?), but now a year or so later and $100 plus the warranty later, we are back where we started--no portable DVD player. Buy at your own risk and don't trust a review from someone who has had it a couple of days. We'll definitely be buying something different this time around.
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