Polaroid PDV-0700 7" Portable DVD Player
An excellent "bang-for-your-buck"!!
Let me start by saying that the PDV-0700 is an outstanding product--for it's price.  I was lucky enough to get mine extremely cheap: 280.00$ CAD (around 205.00$ USD).  But not only did it come with the DVD player and battery, but it came with a carrying case valued at 60.00$ USD (I checked for myself, I never beleive what they actually say) PLUS two sets of headphones valued at 18.00$ USD each.    Now, as for the product is concered, the quality would be, in my opinion rated between O.K. and Good.  The exterior \\"body\\" of the PDVD (my short-form of portable dvd player) is made of plastic, making it fairly inexpensive and cheap.      Looks: impressive.  With silver \\"chrome\\" buttons, and a silver clamshell-type body, the PDVD is given a \\"very good\\" rating as far as looks are concerned.  Everthing is of moderate size, not huge, not tiny either, so you should, not have to be too concerned about it being \\"not portable\\".    What's really cool about this PDVD, unlike most others, is the fact that it comes with almost every cable that you will ever need to use with this PDVD (car adaptor, audio/video cable, normal adaptor to plug into wall (I forget the name of it!), etc.).  The only cable-type object that it does NOT come with is a casette adapter, which you must buy on your own if you wish to hook up the PDVD's speakers to the car's stereo system.    One thing though that really sucks about this PDVD is that the included rechargeable battery can be overcharged if you charge it for more than 6 hours.  It will reduce service life, allowing to be able to recharge the battery less times than the norm (approx. 300 times).  Usually with most electronics like Gameboy SP, and other rechargeables, I'll just leave them plugged in all night long.  One idea though that I thought that I could use in this situation wwould be a plug-in timer.  I would set in to turn on at a certain time, and have it turn off about 4 hours later.    This PDVD is an excellent value for it's price.  I willsay that it is definitly not the best on the market, but an excellent bang-for-your buck.  I do notice that many customers are not sastified with this product, and I understand that I cannot judge for them, but for me, it's worked great ever since day one.    If you are looking for a top of the line PDVD, with all the lastest features, go buy a Samsung L-1200 (MSRP $999.99 USD), not a PDV-0700.  In fact, if your looking for any top of the line product, Polaroid is not the way to go.  But judging on the quality, battery life, picture, sound, and included accesories, and of course the biggest factor, price, go out to the store and buy yourself a new Polardoid PDV-0700 portable DVD player.