CyberHome CH-LDV 712 7-Inch Portable Progressive-Scan DVD Player , Silver
Fully tested ..IT DELIVERS
I read pretty much every single review on portable DVD's available and I chose the Cyberhome portable DVD deal from Walmart. True its not the 712 model (battery last 2,5 hours Vs 4 hours on the 712), but it comes with the portable case to carry and mount in a car and all accesories for $198 (on special) or regularly at $218. I did convert it to multizone in seconds (as described by another reviewer here). It now plays pretty much anything in CD size format you can imagine. I have tested all types of re-recordable DVD's MP3 and on different environments planes, cars on old TV's new TV, as a CD player for a Car and so far it has worked really well. I was particularly impressed with the MP3 menus and playback quality. I am buying now the cables to play in progressive scanning format on my HDTV (not included), so that I'm still waiting to test. In general I could not find a piece of equipment with these features alltogether, if you add the price tag it's just amazing. <br />The comments about picture quality on the LCD screen are inaccurate. On a plane and in the car I had people watching from all angles and they could see the movie that was playing. Also I went through bumpy roads in a car and it never once skipped the sound/picture. Speakers are OK but once you connect the oudio ouputs to headphones/car speakers though a cassette adapter or a TV you won't be disappointed.<br />I've only owned it for about two weeks so the long term quality is something I have not checked, but i bought a 2 yr service plan just in case. If you read the manual, everything works well, but in some casese intuition does not work and you need to read. If you don't mind reading, then that's all it takes to fully enjoy this little thing and it does deliver!