Audiovox VE1020 10.2-Inch Widescreen LCD Drop-Down TV and DVD Player
Good w/ annoyances
Got this for my wife's christmas present.  In general, it all works rather well.  DVD, TV and Radio (phone part untested) all work well and look good.  Sound is decent.  However, there are some things Audiovox ought to improve upon:<br /><br />1. IR remote control reception is too finicky.  It appears there are two IR receivers on the unit.  One on the main unit and one below the TV screen.  If you don't aim the remote control exactly perpenticular to one of those two receivers, the remote control isn't picked up.  It could be the remote control shipped with the unit is weak.  I can be only 5 feet away from the unit and the remote won't be picked up.<br /><br />2. MP3 playback mode is weak.  While it does play MP3s, it will only shuffle within folders.  Also, it doesn't read the ID3 tags of the MP3 files.  All you will see is the file name (which is truncated way too short in my opinion).  It also isn't easy to get the CD in shuffle mode (lots of button clicks).<br /><br />3. Tough to get disks in/out.  You have to be in DVD mode to get a disk (CD,DVD,etc) in/out of the unit.  Something you can get used to but why not allow disks to be inserted/ejected while you are watching TV or listening to the radio?<br /><br />4. I have not found a way to program a TV channel in or out of the channel lineup.  When the unit first powers up, it does an autoscan of all channels you can receive.  It appears you can't take out any channel it decided the signal was good enough for.  Same for adding a channel.<br /><br />5. You are unable to use the remote to jump memory presets.  For instance, if you preset a radio station (it has 4 presets), you can't use the remote to jump to that preset (same for the TV).  You have to go to the main console buttons to do it.<br /><br />6. The viewable screen angle range isn't too hot.  For the most part, you want to be viewing the screen on center.<br /><br />It is possible some of these can be circumvented, but the accompying manual is extremely terse.  Still, considering the bredth of media this player can deal with, I think it was a good purchase.is extremely terse.  Still, considering the bredth of media this player can deal with, I think it was a good purchase.