Yahoo Transportable Full Feature DVD Player&#45; YDP&#45;700
Not for thinking outside the box.
I did not review this product as a DVD video player.  Rather, I bought this specifically as an audio player for playing mp3 CDs and mp3 DVDs.  In my search for a portable mp3 player I decided to avoid an ipod for the sheer fact that it's an overpriced laptop hard drive, although it does has a bit of software on it, a plastic covering, buttons and an LCD screen...  I've been trying to find a way around buying one.  I needed a portable mp3 player that could do at least 4 gigs, but the 4 gig ipods are really expensive [as are its competitor's products].  Ideally, I wanted to find a portable DVD player that played mp3s; specifcally, something that played mp3s from burned DVDs, ran off batteries, didn't have a screen, and was the size of a portable CD player.  Since it would play DVDs, it would also mean backward compatibility with regular Audio CDs.  So I bought this Yahoo Transportable Full Feature DVD Player - YDP-700 <br /> <br />Apparently, I was the first one on the Internet to buy one because I wasn't able to find a review of it anywhere.  Therefore, I relied solely on the description of the product online.  Unfortunately, It turned out to be not what I wanted. <br /> <br />It was a slick-looking, ultra-small DVD player, but it was not portable it was only transportable (meaning it didn't run off batteries, only an A/C adapter).  Although it play my burned DVD-R with mp3s on them, it skipped a bunch of tracks.  I did a lot of research on several products before deciding on this one.  I did find a Sony portable DVD player that played my burned mp3 DVDs just fine, but its higher price was because it had a screen.  The whole point of this featured Yahoo product is it's small, portable size and lack of screen.  The only legitamate alternate option is an ipod or a cellphone that can play several gigs worth of mp3s.