Initial IDM-1810 Portable DVD Player with 8-Inch LCD and Car Kit
excellent unit!
**UPDATED**  Back from vacation, 19hours each way everything works great!  NO PROBLEMS..  Here is the deal with the car adaptor..  If you have the DVD running and you turn the car on the screen goes black..  here is the solution:  before you turn the car on just close the screen so it shuts off (just the screen shuts off, not the power to the unit.  you could probably just hold that little button down that turns the screen off), power the car on, open the lid/screen, the screen should come on..      i have some VCDs so whenever i shut my car off to get gas it kept playing but when i turned the ignition on the screen would go black.  I tested shutting the screen down before starting the car, then opening it back up and it worked!      I Love this unit.  I went ahead and got the 3year warranty thing from Circuit City just in case.  Also hooked it up to a big screen and watched some VCD & DVDs.  Looks fine to me.    ---------------------------------  i was a little afraid after reading the reviews.  First you must understand that the IDM-1810 is sold at Walmart.  I purchased the Initial 8\\" portable DVD which is almost exactly the same from Circuit City and the model is IDM-830.    Now that this is clear, what an awesome little unit!  I have not had it for 30 days yet, but as soon as I bought it I plugged it in at home and ran \\"Casino\\" on it for at least 6-8hours straight just to see if it would burn out.      I had no problems whatsoever.  I have also played many VCD's.  I think the screen resolution looks excellent for what i need.  I was looking at the Toshiba's, but the cost and the need to buy some adapter for your car (12V to 120V?) sucked.    I have used it in my Tahoe SUV for days driving around town with my child playing Disney movies with NO problem.  I live on a brick road that makes the car vibrate big time.  Again, no problem.  Remote control works great also!  I love this thing, please don't die.    BTW, I have not used the battery yet.    Lastly, I am taking a 19hour drive each way for Christmas and plan on playing movies most of the time.  If I can update this I will fill you in on how everything worked.    I say purchase it.  But you might want to go to Circuit City for model IDM-830.  Also, do a search on Amazon for DVD-830, tons of reviews.  It has to be the same unit.    12/15/2006  Still works awesome!