Audiovox D1730 7-Inch Ultra Slim Portable DVD Player
Nice Little Player
I recently bought this DVD player for my wife to use on long trips in the car that we frequently make. We've had it for about 2 months now with no problems at all. When you use it, it does seem to get pretty warm on the bottom of it and the back of the screen gets warm too, but I have yet to run into an overheating problem.<br />Control is somewhat limited from the unit directly and requires the remote for full control. You can however adjust brightness, color, and zoom mode to make the movies full screen by stretching them or keeping the proper aspect ratio and leaving some black next to the picture. You also have the chapter skip buttons, but not fast-forward and rewind buttons. You can also play, pause, and stop, along with the up/down/left/right/enter buttons needed for DVD players.<br />Pros: Fairly small package with a decent sized screen. Plays widescreen DVDs full screen, Comes with wall adapter, auto adapter, and battery. Nice bright picture even on sunny days. Comes with nice full function remote control that is a good size (not too big or small). Nice price for a 7\\" screen. Decent battery life (can watch a 2 hour movie easily with it). Comes with RCA jacks for video and audio connections. Can use as DVD player and hook up to TV or can also use on output from something like a camcorder and display it on the 7\\" screen. Speakers sound really good when in a house or somewhere with minimal background noise.<br />Cons: Bottom of unit and back of screen get pretty warm when playing movies. Battery clips onto back of unit making it a bit more bulky. Wall adapter doubles as battery charger, so you can't watch movies in the house while charging the battery. Limited menu controls from unit without remote control. NO FAST FORWARD & REWIND BUTTONS (largest downfall to me). Speakers can be slightly soft with other background noise (like in a car). No battery low indicator, screen just goes black, but sounds keeps going when battery gets too low.<br />I would recommenda tape adapter or RF modulator to play the sound on your car speakers if you plan on using this much in a car...