Philips PET710 7-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player
Excellent DVD player for a great price!
UPDATE 5/20/2011  I junked this unit today.  While the player itself still worked, the monitor portion gave out.  A DVD player with sound but no picture is pointless.  The funny thing is that I think I paid $250+ for this item in 2007.  Today a similar unit is under $100.  The way of technology...    ORIGINAL REVIEW 3/16/2007  If you are looking for portable DVD player that is durable and offers great picture and audio quality, and plays any DVD you can find, this is it.    I'll get the flaws out of the way first...  As other reviews mentioned, the battery is a little clunky in design, and the DVD player doesn't integrate with several devices.  The other small complaint I have is that the fast forward function does not work well with burned or homemade DVDs.  But this may be the fault of the DVD and not the player.  The skip and rewind functions work fine, however, so sometimes I will circumvent this problem by skipping forward one scene and rewinding instead of fast forwarding.  I don't have this problem with regular DVDs.    But the pluses are numerous...this unit is durable, nice looking, super-easy to use (a 3 year old could figure it out in 10 minutes), and comes with both AV and car adapters, as well as a mini remote.    The weight of the unit is very reasonable.  I carry it around with me a lot.    Another big bonus is the extended battery life above and beyond the manufacturer guarantee.  I can usually get at least 3 hours of use on one battery charge.  The battery appears to fully recharge in less than 2 hours.  Another reviewer provided helpful advice about purchasing extra batteries direct from Phillips at a pretty reasonable price.    Another big plus is that this DVD player appears to play any and all DVDs.  It plays DVDs in any format I have tried, including burned DVDs and PC-edited home movies.  It has played DVDs that my other DVD players have rejected (including my Panasonic DVD Recorder/VCR combo that I paid $300+ for).  I can't say if it plays DVDs from other regions (like Europe or Japan).    But the biggest plus to me is the picture and audio quality.  On a 9\\" screen, picture quality really counts.    I wish I could give this unit 4 1/2 stars.  It's perfect except for a few flaws noted above.  If you're ok with those, this unit is perfect for you.