Toshiba SD-P1600 Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch LCD
This is great for traveling with children!
This portable DVD Player was a godsend on our family vacation last year.  I am very pleased with this player because I spent a really long time surfing the internet and reading reviews.  I has a difficult time choosing between this and three other models, so I wrote down the model numbers and went to Best Buy to see them for myself.  I checked how good the picture quality was compared to the others on display and played around with the menu options.  When I decided the Toshiba SD-P1600 was to my liking, I came home and ordered it online because Amazon was offering a much better price. <br /> <br />It has nice picture quality, a 4 out of 5, and average sound quality.  It is better when you use headphones, but my son only cares about whether he can hear it, not how rich the sound quality is.  If you jostle it around too much, it will stop playing, but otherwise, it is pretty sturdy.  It plays widescreen and fullscreen formats without any problems.  You can also fiddle around with the picture quality and screen brightness to make it more comfortable for viewing over long periods.  The battery is a little unflattering because it is so big, but the player itself is very attractive.  It is easy to store, but doesn't come with its own carrying bag.  You have to look for a bag that will fit the battery, cords, and player snugly and I actually found a cushioned travel bag that came free from Lancome (cosmetics) that fits nicely!  (You could always purchase a small portable DVD carrying case from Amazon.)    <br /> <br />Our flight was 5 hours long and the battery (that came in the player) held up the entire time my son watched it, which was about 3 1/2 hours straight.  We charged the battery before the flight home and he watched it 3 hours straight until he eventually fell asleep.  This year, my daughter is old enough to be interested in the DVD player, so instead of buying two players, we bought my son a handheld LeapFrog Game and some Russian nesting dolls for my daughter.Between the DVD player, LeapFrog and dolls, we are hoping to have a relatively trouble free flight. <br /> <br />I definitely recommend this player for traveling on airplanes with small children and for hotel down times.  I haven't tested it for car rides, but since I get carsick so easily, I wasn't planning to risk that happening to my children, at least not any time soon.  Overall, this has been a good investment for my family.