Magnavox MPD820 8-Inch Portable DVD Player
Very nice, not perfect...
I picked one of these up about a month ago on the basis I can burn Divx/Xvid to DVD-R discs and play them back.<br /><br />Good Stuff:<br /><br />* Yes, if you rename the file from .AVI to .MPG it will play them.<br /><br />* It has played all but one or two of my .AVI files (Divx/Xvid).<br /><br />* The screen is good with a good viewing angle.<br /><br />* Battery life is generally long enough for me, about 2 - 2.5 hours I would estimate.<br /><br />* If you have multiple AVIs in the same directory when it finishes one it will go right to the next one.<br /><br />* The size is good (but not one of the \\"ultra slim\\" players that are out there now.<br /><br />Bad Stuff:<br /><br />* I don't think it supports subtitles (that I can figure out).<br /><br />* Haven't been able to find mention of updated firmware for it, or that it can be updated.<br /><br />* It doesn't seem to have any sort of \\"resume\\" function -- when you turn the unit off it forgets where it was on the disc, if you leave the unit on (sleep-like mode) it uses the battery (although somewhat more slowly).<br /><br />* To scan forward and backward you DO need the remote (bummer).<br /><br />* For my use on the train I had to pickup a Radio Shack Headphone Amplifier.<br /><br />* I am having a hard time finding a replacement battery so I ended up getting one of the \\"universal\\" batteries at Radio Shack that I can plug into the power jack on the unit. It works but being external on a cord is kind of a pain.<br /><br />* When playing Divx/Xvid there is no On Screen Display (OSD) to tell me things like the time into the current video -- since it lacks resume this would have been nice.