Toshiba SD-P2500 8.9-Inch Portable DVD Player
Excellent, but still expensive
We bought the SD-P2500 for an 8-hour roundtrip ride with two 10-year olds this past August.  Purchased after a considerable amount of research, our first portable DVD player did not disappoint.<br />The headphone sound (with enhancement turned on) is very enjoyable, akin to the Hughes SRS system's ability to produce a wide spatial aural image.  I know audio purists eschew such frivolities, and complain about such spaciness with headphones, but I simply like it.<br />The speaker sound is as thin as one would expect, sounding comparable to any number of laptop PCs.  Still enjoyable with the enhanced audio activated.<br />Out of the box, the screen had 3 dead pixels.  Toshiba explained this was within tolerance for the panel yields they were getting (at the time) from manufacturing, and would not consider replacing the unit.<br />The picture is tremendous.  What you would expect in terms of resolution, viewing angle, brightness, etc.  Quite starting for DVDs.<br />We also like the snapshot feature that saves an image, to appear whenever the disc door is opened.  In our case, we enjoy seeing the Marx Brothers each time.<br />My complaint is the price.  I know the technology is new, but the panels have been around on laptops for 10+ years-and Toshiba's been there all along.  These things are still too expensive.