Customer Reviews:
 No problems so far November 4, 2008
We got this thing to placate our car-hating little toddler, who is addicted to Baby Einstein. I loaded several shows on a 4GB USB stick and now we have a selection ready to go when things get desperate. They also kept her calm and happy during a recent hospital stay. I was worried that she'd be unable to resist grabbing the USB stick protruding from the side, but she learned quickly that her show stops when she does that -- no more problems.
We've beat this up a bit and flown overseas with it and no problems so far -- 4 months and counting, finger crossed. I did notice a few times that playing back some .avi or .divx files, when there is a lot of movement on screen (dense flock of flamingos, for example), it can shudder for a few seconds -- the little processor is probably getting overworked, but it could also be that the old, abused USB flash drive that I'm using is at fault. But the audio and video stay in sync and playback continues normally after a few moments.
It comes with a workable back-of-seat hanger, car dc power adapter, home ac power adapter, and stuff I never use like a remote and passable headphones. You will want to purchase some sort of carrying case.
All in all, it does what I bought it to do, I'm a happy customer!
 Unreliable November 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Theoretically this is a great product. All the good stuff that has been said is pretty much true.
However...
The first one I bought lasted about 6 months. Then, it just quit playing dvd's, cd's. So I bought another one. August 30,2008. November 1, 2008 it simply doesn't even play any kind of disk. Bought it brand new. 2 in a row???
Maybe I should change the title to Reliable - you may rely on it to crash.
Fortunately, I bought a 2-year replacement plan (after the product's 1-year warranty). Wish me luck.
Amazon's customer service, by the way, has always been top-notch.
Coby TF-DVD7377 7-Inch DivX Compatible Portable DVD October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gave it a 2/5 because I don't think the company is seriously about quality. The biggest disappointment I had with this portable DVD is its inability to use the A/V input. Make no mistake about it, it has the A/V input and output switch, but the A/V input simply doesn't work. The box/manual never confirms it has or not, but it has the notation "--". The 2 dashes tell me nothing. I called their support - 1st, not sure. 2nd try - it doesn't support A/V input. I went on and ask what's the A/V input for - he (support) said I don't know. It sounds like it's time to push the product out to market, and they could carless about a defect (the AV input) used by less (say 10%) ppl use it.
 Not a bad portable dvd player for the price October 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this product from Amazon for my son to watch on long car rides. I am satisfied with the picture quality (not bad, just ok) and all of the extra features of the Coby. One of the main reasons I selected this player was price and DivX support which it has, but I also thought that the SD card slot and USB would come in handy. I am a little annoyed that the player doesn't support SDHC cards. I bought an 8gb card with this player because it is a little quicker and easier to drop my son's tv shows on the card instead of burning them to dvd. Oh well, my wife can use it in her camera. Although this isn't a major issue be careful since 4gb regular sd (not HC) cards are the biggest you'll be able to use with this dvd player.
Great DVD Player October 4, 2008
I bought this for an 11 hour road trip each way. This DVD player was great. Picture and sound were clear. I liked that it came with a holder you can use to hang it from the seat to view in the car. We didn't have any problems with it skipping. The price was great too.
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