Insignia IS-PD10135 9 Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player
I hope I don't jinx myself, but I LIKE this unit.
I have had this unit for about nine months. I have found it to be a very useful and flexible unit. Yes, some options are in the menu only. Even though I do work in video production, and am therefore picky in a video quality sense, I find that setting the color and tint once has been sufficient. This is not the way I use my monitor TV at home, but I set the Insignia, and haven't messed with it since. Thereafter, you only need to adjust brightness (you can watch in bed in a dark room, and need to turn down the brightness, or you can watch in a well lit room, and turn it up) and volume, both of which are easily accessable on the side of the player. Don't expect hi-fi sound from the dime sized speakers. However, if you use headphones the sound is excellent.  <br /> <br />The unit has line level outputs, and I was able to use it sucessfully to feed a video projector and PA in a company meeting. It plays \\"home made\\" DVD's, CD's, and of course, store bought. I purchased a nifty Case Logic case for it, and have really been very happy with the unit. I hope I don't jinx myself on the reliability issue, but mine has worked fine, and it has travelled. The picture quality, sharpness, color intensity, black level, contrast, is quite good for such a unit, and picture quality was the reason I chose this over other similar units.  <br />  <br />Unfortunately, any item at this price that breaks is a throw away item; repair cost exceeds the replacement cost. I don't blame the others for being upset when their units broke in short order, I would have been upset, too. However, since mine is still playing along, I think it is an excellent value for the price I paid. I bought mine for just over $100 at Best Buys right after Christmas. I paid $25 for the case.  <br />