Audiovox DVD1680 7-Inch Portable DVD Player
How can Audiovox continue to sell this model?
I have never been so disappointed in a product. Thank goodness for [Amazon.com's] convenient returns service. This product froze and skipped right out of the box on Christrmas Eve and continued the next day until we raised the white flag. Then we began researching other customer reviews, here and at other sites and the Audiovox 1680, plus other Audiovox models clearly have a pattern and history of freezing and skipping and being unusable. We are amazaed and appalled at all of the reviews we found from frustrated buyers who bought an Audiovox 1680 or another Audiovox unit and sent it back over and over until giving up. The question is this - how can they continue to market a product that has fatal flaws for at least half its buyers. One wonders if they have a conscience, cotinuing to sell a product based on either poor technology or poor design. We were so excited to purchase a portable DVD player and now are so scared by this awful experience, we are skittish about trying any brand. We have, since sending  this unit back ( and again, Amazon has far and away the best return policy), purchased a Panasonic LV70 and it works perfectly. It's pricier but it doesn't skip and freeze. Bottom line - even if you get stuck with an inferior product from a manufacturer, using Amazon is worth the peace of mind.