Mintek MDP-1810 8-Inch Portable DVD Player
I TRIED.....BUT
Well, I ordered the Intial DVD-1810 through Wal-Mart and I should receive it pretty soon.  But in the mean time I was at Costco and saw the Mintek MDP-1810, which hopefully isn't exactly the same.  I was going to return the Initial brand if I liked the Mintek.  When I turned the machine on there was a blue dead pixal which was small but noticable on a black screen i.e. Letter Box format.  We watched &quot;Parent Trap&quot; and the picture wasn't too bad but I did have to adjust the color and brightness a few times during the movie.  When the movie finished I thought this isn't too bad until we watched the bonus material on the dvd and the picture froze a couple of times and made this funny noise.  When I finally took the dvd out the machine it made a semetrical groove into the dvd!  Needless to say the bonus tracks froze on my regular dvd player and did not play at all in another dvd player, the dvd is ruined.<br />I will return the Mintek to Costco tomorrow, although the package came with a carrying case, 2 headphones and a dual jack I will have to part from it.  I will also ask them to replace the dvd as well.  I am praying the Initial brand fairs better.  I will keep you posted.