Mintek MDP-1810 8-Inch Portable DVD Player
Love it! No problems whatsoever!
We've enjoyed this player for over a month.  It was purchased for the plane ride to Grandma's for Christmas but it's been used almost every day, everywhere!  Our 1 yo &amp; 4yo love it and Mom (me) is able to stay sane. It was purchased at Costco because of the great price for the player, cig adaptor, AC adaptor, rechargeable lithium battery, remote, audio &amp; video cable, bag that can hang between the carseats, 2 headphones &amp; splitter.  Plus Costco has 100% guarantee and their returns dept hadn't received any back and actually recommended it over the others avail.  I'm sorry to read the reviews with so many problems, sounds like a bad batch went out.  Prior to purchasing I read reviews on ALL players, even this one manuf under difft names but this package was exactly my budget (with all the accessories) I hesitated but went for it &amp; am EXTREMELY happy with my MDP-1810, I don't know what I'd do without it now. <br />Quick stats: <BR>- 46 page easy-to-read owner's manual<BR>- Charge the battery in 6 hours, plays for 3 1/2 hours (advice recvd from other reviews: don't store player with the battery attached, it will drain it)<BR>- Sound is good for a room, we used it on max sometimes in the back of the plane but didn't bother other rows (normal for all brands of portables)<BR>- Picture quality great - have watched all sorts of DVD's: Nemo, Matrix, LOTR, cartoons (supposedly lowering the brightness &amp; color will give you a longer viewing time - watched Nemo on the lowest brightness and it was very colorful. We actually keep it on low &amp; except for really dark movies we don't change it)<BR>- Has TFT screen which makes viewing from different angles good, for the multiple viewers.<BR>- It does make noises when the DVD is &quot;loading&quot; but it doesn't bother us.<BR>- 12 months parts/90 days labor warranty but you can purchase straight through mintekdigital.com an addtl 12 months (for 15 mo coverage) for $30 or addtl 24 months for $50, I will probably dothe latter.  <br />I've used it while doing the dishes, working on the computer, in the car (more than I thought I would), in a house full of tv's when everyone wants to watch something different, waiting here, waiting there - I mean, a portable DVD player is a must for the kids!  Go with a retailer that has a good guarantee and give this one a try.  If something went wrong with mine, I'd get it again.