I must admit I have never been a big fan of Coby and other off/budget brand gear. I tend to buy only Panasonic, Sony and other name brand video gear. I bought this for a road trip for my 5 year old, to try to make my hours of driving on vacation more bearable for him.

I selected it after comparing it with about 6 or 7 other players. Very quickly, I came to the conclusion that any player with a smaller than 8" screen would not be worth considering. I also found that there are not many name brand players available to choose from. It is best to bring a high quality DVD with you to compare the players one by one. Cars, Happy Feet, Toy Story or other recent animation gives you a pretty good idea how good the picture quality is on each player. Some of the players in the store, when I got there, were playing old Hello Kitty stuff that made all the players look fuzzy and terrible.

After spending about 8 hours with this player this weekend, here are my perceptions... Read more

I ordered this Portable DVD after doing some research. I wanted it for work and also for roadtrips with my family.

The sound was good, it didn't skip when moved around. That was aboutall the positives I give this. The screen is not clear, a bit on the fuzzy side, the headphones that come with this are a joke, you can hear all sorts of background noise. The stop function promised to keep you place in the movie, but it never did. HOWEVER, the biggest problem was that you can hear the DVD spinning in the case while you are watching a movie.

I really can't recommend this because it is an inferior product. Lot's of promises from the manufacturer but in all a disappointing product.

I have to agree with Georgie Girl - you can hear the DVD spinning
while you are watching a movie. It makes a constant chirping noise.
You might be able to stand it if you keep the volume on medium,
and the movie has a lot of music. I'd recommend the Initial
IDM-1295 instead. I got it for $170.00 from B&H Photo, and both
the sound and picture are great!