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Summary: Great Price - Great Player
Review: I love this unit! Other review sites have reviews that say this player doesn't play widescreen DVDs correctly. That is because the factory setting for the display is incorrect. You have to go into the SETUP menu from the remote and set the display mode to WIDE (instead of Normal LB, the factory default). No idea why they would send a 16x9 player out set to normal instead of wide, but they did (duh!).
Plays everything I have thrown at it. VCD, SVCD, CDR, DVD+RW, regular DVDs, anamorphic DVDs, widescreen DVDs. Sound is loud enough to hear on the road as well.
I wish they would put FF and RW on the unit, though. You have to use the remote.
Very clear screen, viewable from pretty wide angles.
Highly recommend.
Rating: 
Summary: Junk
Review: I ordered mine in May of 2003 for a honeymoon trip. Well after two weekd the screen would go black after a few seconds after power on. But since it was close to my wedding date I had to deal with it until after I returned. It worked every now and then on my honeymoon. So after I returned I had it replaced with a new unit and don't you know it wouldn't work either. The same problem, black-out after power on. Two different machines, same problem. That's not a defect that's manufacturing problem.Well you get what you pay for. Since I noticed Amazon has dropped this unit I guess they had enough complaints too!
Rating:
Summary: great product
Review: I ordered this dvd plyaer for the long waits in airports and lines to get on our ship. I used it for two movies and the battery lasted. I know when I read other reviews it said the battery did not last, but I had no problem. I have never watched more than two movies in a row, nor would I want to. The picture was great. The only thing I did not like was the volume does not get to loud, so you need to buy a headset.
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Summary: Reliability issue
Review: I ordered this player to entertain my 2 year old on a 6 hour plane flight. It arrived just on time for the trip, but did not work at all. When the player was turned on, the screen would stay on for less than 1 second and then shut off. That was it -- totally un-usable. Needless to say I am returning it, and had to manage the trip without it.
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Summary: Not worth your time
Review: I purchased Initial 1731 ive had 2 already replaced both froze up after a short time, this is the 7" version of this player, the company number is a message machine, the warrranty is 90 days then 1 year parts, BEWARE OF GOOD VALUES< I read all the stunning reviews, but they seem not believable, especially after my 2 returns and a refund, this company also makes dvd players under ohter names so beware.My seller refunded my purchase price not all will do that, try the company number and see for yourself, the operator wasn't even working during business hours, and an answring machine prompt you to leave a message, LOT OF LUCK????
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Summary: Junk!
Review: I purchased this item from WalMart and it worked for one movie and now we get a few seconds of viewing and then the black screen. It was over 30 days before we initially used it and so now WalMart is not willing to exchange or refund. I see I am not the only one with this problem so I would HIGHLY reccommend buying a more reputable brand DVD player. You get what you pay for and this one is junk!
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Money!!!!!!!
Review: I purchased this model on 12/21/03 and it started to black out on me in May. After getting some tips from Customer Service it was working again but I had to reprogram it on a regular basis; any DVD over 30 mins would make the screen go black. This is a frustrating process when you have a 5 yr old yelling "Daddy the screen is black".
When I called Customer Service back earlier this month they told me they have a warranty extended plan where you send the model back with $49.00 and they will replace it with a new one. It sounded great but why would I spend more money on a product that doesn't work well? I went ahead and ordered the Panasonic LS50 7" Portable DVD Player instead and it's like night and day. This DVD has features the Initial product doesn't have like QUALITY! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY on this product, go for quality and get the Panasonic.
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Summary: good product for the price
Review: I took this DVD player for using in the car. Everything is good in the product. I played all formats like DVD, CD, VCD and all works good. Sound quality is also good. And the price is also good for the product.
Rating: 
Summary: A DVD player with a VCD quality LCD screen or less
Review: I you want to watch VCD, this player may be good enough. But if you want to watch a DVD, don't expect this player will provide a high quality video. I wonder what is the resolution of the screen on this player. It is a very poor quality screen in term of the resolution.
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Summary: So far - fine!
Review: I've only had the player a couple of days but so far, it is just as I expected and looks like a great value. Does anyone who has one know more about charging the battery? It looks like the instructions say you should remove the battery from the unit to charge it. It would seem to me that disconnecting it and not completely removing it would be satisfactory. Any comments? Thanks.
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