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Summary: Great Value and Performance for the Price
Review: If you're looking for an inexpensive traveling companion, you should buy this DVD player. The picture is not HDTV quality, but for under $200 you shouldn't expect it. Good quality picture and the sound is ok in a normal environment (headphones are better). You can use your DVD player as a monitor and play movies from some other source also. The battery was advertised for 2 hours play time, but I get 3 hours of use. What made the deal sweeter, is when I opened the box and found 10 free movie rentals from Hollywood Video. That's an additional $40 value. Not a bad deal.
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Summary: best tested
Review: I'm a careful consumer...I try products out and compare features before buying.I want the best product my limited funds can buy.I tried several brands and models under $400 and finally decided on this model. I am very pleased with its performance.Granted the fact that the portable battery is a little ackward but works well...and if you are using strictly with plug in outlet the fact that the rechargable battery pak is removable makes the unit slimmer and more portable than the ones some of my friends have.picture is great and I also think the sound is great ! AND you can't beat the price !
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Summary: Great if you like silent movies
Review: We purchased this player to take on a family vacation for my two children to watch movies while we made a 12 hour drive. We used it several times for approximately 2 weeks prior to leaving and loved it. An hour and a half into the trip we turned it on and there was no sound. No matter what we tried the sound would not come on. The kids were really bummed and it made for a much longer trip for them as they were greatly dissapointed. I refused to try another one from Initial and just got a refund. I am waiting on my Mintek to arrive.
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Summary: Buy a better brand
Review: There is a reason why this unit is so inexpensive compared to the other portable players: it is a cheaply made unit that is not made to last. We bought ours less than two months ago and it does not work anymore. It doesn't show the picture even though we can hear the sound. Also, the battery unit with the power adaptor for the car fell apart in the first month and we had to buy a universal adaptor replacement. Save your money and buy a better brand.
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Summary: Great value but poor warranty
Review: I bot this portable DVD player 6 months ago and it works great, it comes with all accessories that needed. No doubt you would have to pay $500+ for some name brand DVD player like Sony, Panasonic and etc... But last week when I tried to opened it, the hinge broke for no reason, I called the manufaturer and they would replace the part but I have to pay $50 for parts. This is radiculous since I only paid $200 for the player.
I love this unit bit who knows what will break easy later on.
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Summary: Stay Away From Initial
Review: I hate to say it, but the people who have given this item good reviews haven't owned the player long enough. Initial's build quality is very poor- it is a fact that if you buy a product from Initial, it WILL need service. It is only a matter of time, and, unfortunately, not that much time. Now, you have your new DVD player that you were all excited to purchase, but it's worth jack because the screen hinge completely broke and it won't play movies. You now get the unenviable task of contacting Initial's customer support. It's a nightmare! I think their customer service is comprised of a bunch of 8 year olds in a sweat shop in India. Trust me on this one, go with a proven brand like Sony or Toshiba, and you won't regret your decision if anything ever goes wrong.
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Summary: as described
Review: i'm in the market and researching this. contrary to what one of the reviews here say this DOES have INPUTS. there is a switch in the back. i was really dissapointed before i found out about the inputs seeing this is the cheapest dvd player with inputs. the closest one is the 5.8" audiovox. for about 230. quality of the video isn't the greatest. it seems to have problems showing light scenes, but nearly all of the ones i've seen have the same problem.
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Summary: GREAT DVD PLAYER yet...there are problems
Review: One day, I was searching the internet, when I saw this DVD player. I knew I HAD to have it. I saved my money for months. As soon as I got it, I hooked it up, and it played PERFECTLY. The graphics were amazing. I brought it everywhere with me. I had planned to bring it on a plane trip, but when I plugged in the battery and turned it on..... NOTHING. I tried everything, and when nothing worked, we called the factory. We tried what they said, without sucess. They said that if we sent everything back, they would send up an updated model. The model on this page is the one they said they would send. The older model (which I orded 2 months ago, in February) must have been defective (though the amazon price was lower than it was now. The whole point of this is- this updated model should be better, and the Initial company has excellent customer service, and SEND IN YOUR WARRANTY CARD AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVE THIS PRODUCT.By doing this, you will be better safe than sorry.
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Summary: Good for what it does and what it costs!
Review: We have had this unit for about two weeks, and have just returned from a car trip to Boston, where our daughter used it in the car (with optional headphones), and we used it every night in our hotel room thru the TV set's RCA jacks.
A fully charged battery lasted through one full DVD in the car, and we used it on AC in the hotel room. While the video on the internal screen isn't spectacular, it is usable, while the video thru the TV was perfectly acceptable. Contrary to other reviewers, you can set "bookmarks" to return to specific scenes, however, the menus are not very "user friendly." The remote is handy, however, it would have been nice to be able to shut off all power AND be able to control the volume of the TV.
We have not yet tried using the external DC power cord in the car, but I'm sure that it works as specified.
It will probably save us it's price in DVD rentals, or room charges, when we travel!
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Summary: Total Letdown
Review: I bought one of these units with the hopes of my daughter using it on car trips. I guess I was wrong there. The unit cannot take even the smallest bump without either the picture or the sound going off. Then the unit cannot find its place where it left off. The total DVD has to load again from the beginning. The unit also does not have that good of a picture. Overall I would not waste my money on this unit. I have since returned it for a different brand. I think this is a "ypu get what you pay for" situation.
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