Customer Reviews:
 Good, little portable dvd player for the money! July 29, 2008
We bought this player about a month ago for our 19 month old to watch in the car on long trips. So far, it has performed perfectly and we've had no problems out of it. The usb and the SD slots are really nice to have, especially for loading up a bunch of kids shows. And the best feature of the player is that it will load and play whatever is on your usb drive in sequence, so you don't have to keep pushing play when a file has finished playing. It also plays our dvd-r's perfectly. It includes an adapter for the car and a power cord for home and re-charging. The battery will hold about a 2 hour charge, as advertised. For the price, this player is a great deal!
 quite a good product overall July 29, 2008
I bought this product mainly for its capability to read SDs and USBs. I put movies, mainly children's movies, on SD cards and let the children watch them in their bedrooms or in the car while traveling. The movies are ripped in the Divx format. The only problems I have encountered are:
1. it sometimes would unexpectedly terminate the movie before the end,
2. if I try to fast forward the movie, it sometimes freezes up and a reboot is required. However, this may have something to do with the speed of the memory chips instead of being the problem of the machine,
3. It does not work with SDHC cards such as cards of 8 GB.
I have bought two of them in the past. The battery of one gives me about 1 hour and 15 minutes of viewing time. The other one only works for about 1/2 hour.
Overall, I give it 4 stars. Its strong points are:
1. very reasonable price,
2. works with SD cards and USB and with many video formats.
James Lee
Pass it by if you need to play from flash memory! July 23, 2008
Well, I initially wrote a favorable review on this unit, but after having used it now for a week or so, and having experienced how well it works with AVI files on the USB flash memory, I'm not much impressed and dissapointed. I was hoping for something better. This player will not read a USB flash drive larger than 4 GB. Also, higher quality AVIs don't play well. They become blocky, and digitized like the processor can't keep up. Even on the AVIs that seem easier for it to read, the motion is still jerky, and not smooth like a disc. I primarily needed this unit to play from a flash drive, and since it turns out to be 50/50, hit or miss, I have to advise anyone to pass this player by if you need to play from flash memory, and not the DVD ROM. I plan on returning it and seeking a higher quality unit that can reliably play from USB or flash memory.
Excellent Divx Player July 21, 2008
This player exceeded my expectations. I expected it to play my divx files, which it does wonderfully. It outputs to TV and has a nice and easy to use remote. It came with all the necessary cables and was extremely easy to set up. It plays my regular DVD movies with ease.
The drawbacks? If you pause for too long, even when not using the battery, the unit shuts off after a while. If I have to walk away for 15 minutes, I'd like to resume when I return. There is no option to keep power on. Occasionally, a disc won't play right until I remove and reinsert the disc, although the menu has displayed perfectly.
Still, I'm very very happy with this unit and highly recommend it.
Fantastic for the price July 20, 2008
This portable DVD player is fantastic. It plays whatever you throw at it and the best part is I can carry 5 movies in one 4 gig thumb drive without having to carry along a stack of DVD's. The battery life is not too great at only about 4 hours but you can't beat that for the price of this player. It comes with all the needed accessories.
My only complaint is the case is made of lightweight plastic but you can't expect everything for the price I paid. I did get the extended warranty for only about $12.00 so In case it does break easily i am covered. The screen size for me is perfect and I can actually enjoy the movie with out having to lug around a large player (for that I would just use my laptop) I highly recommend this player
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