Samsung  DVD-L100 10-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player with MemoryStick Port
Not the best one around
I have to admit that I was tempted to buy this DVD Player just because of the big 10&quot; screen. I was looking for a player that both kids could watch from the back seat of the car, so that they wouldn't make me crazy on long drives. After making the investment of near a grand, I was sadly disappointed in its performance. Face it, for this kind of price, it would be reasonable to expect a player that had a nice durable case, either metal or impact-resistant resin, but the L100 is sadly plain old PVC and not very heavy duty at that. The picture quality is not as good as the 8&quot; Panasonic; it is not as sharp or bright, and off-angle viewing is less than great. Battery life too, is short, so that I had to deal with the kids protests, when they couldn't watch the end of the Lord of the Rings on a long flight. If you get one as a gift, see if you can dig up a spare battery. One pro for this player is that the spindle is detented, and there is a switch to flip the picture upside down. Too frustrated to use the player for travel, I mounted it under a counter top to watch a movie while I was making dinner. It folds nicely up when I need the space, and a little home engineering buried the wires. This unit is not a total disaster, so it gets 3 stars, but overall, it could have been way better. For waht I spent, I just about could have bought a 12&quot; iBook with a DVD player, had a better picture, and answered my email when the kids weren't playing Warcraft. If any of the Samsung folks read this, be advised: you could have shaved a few bucks off the margin, built in the kinds of durability and display that would have made this player a killer, and sold a whole lot more of them.