Toshiba SD-P5000 Portable 15" LCD TV / Progressive Scan DVD Combo
Big, but bad
Pros&#62;&#62;&#62;<br /><br />- Big Screen<br /><br />- Great sound<br /><br />- Versitile positioning options<br /><br />- Great connectivity options<br /><br />Cons&#62;&#62;&#62;<br /><br />- Very poor screen resolution.  Everything is pixelated and fuzzy (not good when you're expecting a DVD quality picture)<br /><br />- Very heavy.  I expected it to be somewhat heavy given the screen size, but it's quite a bit bigger than I expected.  Much bigger and heavier than my 3 year old notebook<br /><br />- Won't play DVD-R's.  Despite what it says, I tried 5 different movies recorded on DVD-R's and none of them worked.  They all work on all 4 DVD players I have in my house, but none of them work on the this thing.<br /><br />- Brightness bars at the top and bottom of the screen are very apparent in low light conditions.  The overall screen brightness is great, but it's overpowering at the top and bottom of the screen.  Adjustmenst fix it somewhat, but it's impossible to get rid of completely.<br /><br />- When the disc is spinning up at startup it sounds like a muffled lawn mower.  Very loud.  During play it's not noticeable though.<br /><br />Final notes:<br /><br />Screen size and sound is great.  It's not a very portable device though due to it's weight and clunkiness.  My biggest gripe and the reason I won't keep it is the picture quality.  It's poor at best and not even close to what a DVD sourced picture should be.  If you want a big screen and a device that will connect to anything (tons of I/O ports) at the cost of portability and picture quality this is for you.  It however, is not for me.