RCA RC5400P Portable DVD Player

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Summary: WOW! This is a truly awful product.
Review: ... I stick in my favorite movie (Godfather II)to give it a sample run. The DVD reluctantly starts playing. For five uninterupted seconds I watch the movie I know too well. Then skipping, freezing and pixelation problems start. I figure, 'hmmm could be that this disk is scratched.' So I put in another disk. This time it is a virgin, never been touched before copy of Casino. Same problem, different movie. I try this repeatedly with several different movies. No luck at watching a movie cleanly or smoothly without glitches... The unit is ugly, poorly designed and above all, just flat out doesn't work. The picture and sound are adequate at best when the product is working correctly. The credit card remote is neat, but that is about the only redeeming quality of this truly, truly flawed product. I had purchased this item because economically it was the cheapest. I didn't pay much attention to features, because all I really cared about was casually watching a movie when I travel. Now I truly appreciate the [other] DVD Player I have at home. I have never had a problem with it and none of my movies have ever skipped (I take care of them). Needless to say, this unit is going back (I acually can't get it out of my house fast enough)...

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Summary: Hot to handle
Review: A fellow passenger on a recent flight let me use her
RCA dvd player. It seemed like a good quality setup.
I have to admit it was hot to hold especially while
trying to calm an 18 month old child (the child did
quite down though.)

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Summary: low cost portable dvd paradise!
Review: A very good low cost portable DVD machine. I've had mine since October of 2001 and have had no problems. Playback is great, picture is fine, battery last well thru a single movie and most of another. Unit has never damaged a disc of mine. My ONLY complaint, is that they did not package this so you could recharge your battery and still use the unit at the same time. Don't spend a fortune on portable DVD units! this one does nicely at almost half the price of the rest.

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Summary: no power
Review: Although the rca 5400p has some nice advantages, one major dissadvantage is that there is no adaptor for power other than the battery or the wall plug in. i.e. forget watching more than one movie on trips. Rca at this time doesn't make an a/c adaptor for this unit and doesn't plan to. I've tried 3 different power sources (2 different cigarrette adaptors and 1 power inverter) no luck.
Another problem is that the unit gets extremely hot and starts effecting the movie about 3/4 the way through it. you have to stop the movie and let the unit cool down. If I could return it I would and get something else. There's nothing portable about this unit.

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Summary: rc5400p
Review: Consider others before purchasing. Battery lasts only about 1.5 hours. Haven't been able to locate a DC adapter. Unit gets very hot. Too hot to hold in your hands.

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Summary: DANGER!!!
Review: Do NOT buy this product!!! Small felt pads inside the player rub on the disk and scratch it. In the beginning it appears everything is OK until you play a disk the second time and towards the end of the movie (outer edge of the disk) it begins to pixelate or lock up. I ruined six disk before I discovered this problem. BEWARE!!!

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Summary: ...
Review: For the price, you are getting a very reliable portable DVD player. The best things are the features offered and the picture screen quality. I have used it on airplanes. The headphone feature is required over the roar of the plane engins. This would be true with any portable DVd player. As for viewing time, I average 3-3½ hours, this usually gets me through one movie and part of another. On the plus side, the battery stays very well secure to the unit. Other brands fall off easily. As for the unit getting hot. This is comes with any portable unit out there, and I did not find the heat produced excessive. I am very happy with my unit and have purchased one for my parents also. Unit does not come with car adaptor.

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Summary: Very Good Portable Player
Review: For the price, you are getting a very reliable portable DVD player. The best things are the features offered and the picture screen quality. I have used it on airplanes. The headphone feature is required over the roar of the plane engins. This would be true with any portable DVd player. As for viewing time, I average 3-3½ hours, this usually gets me through one movie and part of another. On the plus side, the battery stays very well secure to the unit. Other brands fall off easily. As for the unit getting hot. This is comes with any portable unit out there, and I did not find the heat produced excessive. I am very happy with my unit and have purchased one for my parents also. Unit does not come with car adaptor.

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Summary: If my house were on fire this would be the FIRST thing I'd..
Review: grab (sorry cats). I love it. I just bought it last week and I use it almost daily. RCA has made a splash into the portable dvd pool. I've tried other brands but for the price this one stood out. First off the matrix screen simply buries its LCD counterparts. Why one would ever want to have a screen that fades with shifting sun/light sources (like on a plane) baffles me. Sure the 5.8 in screen doesn't match up with some competitors 7" version but size doesn't matter. Bottom line for the buck this is the best dvd portable out there. Devils advocate: battery life of 2.25 hours makes iot impossible to watch Braveheart on battery power alone:( I'm willing to bet however that the good people at RCA will come out with a longer lasting version of the battery before Christmas...remember this product is so new, the customer service people were asking me about it. also if I need to spit out another trivial complaint is that the unit can not charge while it plays. Hey life isn't perfect but this little beauty almost is...

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Summary: AN AMAZING PORTABLE DVD PLAYER
Review: Hi!
I am writing this review becasue the RCA portable DVD Player is a great buy. I bought mine a week ago and I do not stop usin it. I hooked it up to my TV in my bedroom and use it as a regular DVD player. I am also planing on bringing it with me on the airplane next week when I go to florida. I am only 15 years old but i think that this is an amazing DVD player. My parents got it for me to use on the airplane for florida because i always get so bored......i think that is is agreat way to pass time by. The picture is great and s is the sound. You can plug headphones into the side of the player to get the sound privatly. You can play any DVD on it also! Chargig the battery is a lttle tricky at first becasue it was not explained all that well i nthe manual but i figured out how to do it by looking at the pictures and stuff. I was thiking f getting a diff. player at first becasue some of the reviews on Amazon were bad but I got it anyway and it is great! Trust me and get this DVD player. It is really cheap and great quality!! I hope u get one!!!