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Summary: Great player, my two cents worth
Review: I am writing this because it was from reading the extremely helpful reviews here at Amazon that I purchased this very item. I usually buy higher end stuff, and would have preferred the pricey Panasonic, but I decided to try out this Audiovox player because of the good price and reviews. I was pleasantly surprised! The picture is fine, sound was great even through a splitter to two sets of headphones (as is fine as well through the teeny speakers) - best of all the battery is solid, lasting at LEAST 3 hours. Many people here have described the weight/bulkiness as an issue, but I had no problem in that regard. I actually like that it sits heavily on a table on its rubber base, and is less likely to slip or be bumped off. There were no DVDs I had any problem playing provided they were clean. Letterboxed DVD's are perfectly watchable on this size of screen, and Full-Frame ones are huge on this screen as they take advantage of the full square size, rather than being squished into the middle like they are on those wide-screen models. One tip: the picture seemed best if I put all brightness, contrast and color saturation levels down to their lowest levels. So bottom line is, while this is certainly not the highest quality electronic device you have ever seen, it definitely works, and I was impressed by it.
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Summary: Fantastic Quality at an Excellent Price!
Review: We absolutely LOVE this product! After researching all the portable DVD players available and comparing prices and customer reviews, we finally settled on the Audiovox DVD 1680 Portable DVD Player. We definitely made the right choice. First of all, the screen is slightly larger than average. The controls are simple and easy to understand, even for children. The picture quality is excellent- very crisp, and the sound is great; certainly loud enough for everyone in the car to hear easily. I read reviews on some other players where people had trouble with them skipping, freezing up, and/or getting very hot. We have had absolutely no problems with this player at all; it works perfectly every time. I think the best thing about this product, besides the quality of the player itself, is all the accessories that come with it; specifically the car cigarette lighter adapter, the AC-to-DC switch adapter, headphones and remote control. Shop around, not many have all these things included. The only thing we had to buy was a carrying case. Excellent product, excellent price, and happy children during lengthy travel time- you can't go wrong!
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Summary: Audiovox DVD Player is a real piece of [junk]
Review: I bought this model new 2 years ago. This player was treated with kid gloves and never abused and only played about 100 hours in the last 2 years. It worked great for 18 months. Gradually I started noticing that some DVDs would not play on it. None of the newer Disney movies will work. Most new DVDs won't work I am lucky to get 1 out of 5 to play. and... all the DVDs I have tried are new DVDs - not rentals. I took it back to the place I bought it and they cleaned everything and it still does not work... In addition, this player is ok to listen to on audio if you are in a quiet place, but try to listen to it when there is noise - like in a car - forget it. The few times I took it in a car - I had to buy external battery operated speakers to be able to hear what was being played on the DVD! I spent alot of money on this and it is out of warranty - so I am out of luck. PLEASE..if you are looking for a portable DVD player - don't buy this piece of junk. Buy another brand.
I'll never ever buy anything with the name Audiovox on it again.
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Summary: It just keeps going
Review: I bought this model almost 3 years ago and it is indistructable. I bought it for my husband but we ended up using it to entertain our son when we go out to eat. We have used this at least twice a week for 3 years and it performs great. It still holds a 3 hour charge. We have taken it on planes, in the car, every where and it keeps going. I'm looking to buy another one but will probably get a newer model. Hope it holds up as well.
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Summary: tooooo hot!
Review: We purchased this unit about 3 weeks ago and noticed the very first day how incredibly hot this unit gets! We have only watched about 4 movies on it so far, but every time we do it gets very hot in the base near the AC/DC adapter, and the last time we used it, very hot in the upper left corner above the screen. It works fine so far, although the volume could be louder on the speakers. I cannot believe that it is good for the unit to operate at these temperatures, and with all of the bad reviews, I plan on trying to return mine to Wal-Mart.
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Summary: Great while it lasted !!
Review: We purchased this unit for Christmas of 2002. In July 2003 the player quit entirely...disc would spin but the screen was flat gray. No picture. Called Audiovox, they had no idea what the problem was and said to ship it back. Spent $10 to return via ups. They could not repair so sent a replacement. The 2nd one worked until January of 2004, then quit also. This time I was told that because the 1 year warranty had expired (from the date of purchase-not the date of replacement) I was out of luck. I could send it back for repairs at my expense. Fortunately I had the foresight to have purchased it on American Express which automatically doubles a warranty up to one year. Amex is going to refund my money so that I can purchase a new unit. The next one will definitely NOT BE AN AUDIOVOX!!
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Summary: For your information
Review: This player can potentially be made multi-region. Here is the code:
Using the remote:
1. Press Setup, +10, Prev, Next.
2. A screen will appear which will indicate that the DVD player is set to Region 1.
3. Use the left and right arrows to select the region you want to play.
4. Press Setup to exit.
5. Power off the DVD player.
6. Power on the DVD player and it will be set to the new Region.
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Summary: freezups
Review: Beautiful picture if you can get it to play. I have experienced constant freeups. After I returned the player to the manufacturer,they sent me a new one which I had just received this week; however, this one is worst than the original player. This not an isolated problem. Before I purchased this player, I read several reviews about the same problem; however, I didn't listen, I found out the hard way.
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Summary: waste of money
Review: Audiovox should be ashamed of selling a product this unreliable. I think it worked for the first month and then completely went downhill. One out of twenty DVD's (maybe) will work in it and it's practically brand new. I'm super (mad) at this waste of money!!
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Summary: Love it!
Review: I got this player for my eight-year old daughter to use on car and plane trips. Well, we use it for that, but I also hooked it up to the little TV she watches in the den, and so she gets to watch dvds all the time. It's really wonderful -- comes with all the cables and stuff you'll ever need, the battery lasts long enough for a full movie, and the screen is big enough for situations where you'll be watching on the player and not on a TV. I have no complaints whatsoever, and after using mine and looking at lots of other players, my brother-in-law wants one for his birthday!
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