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Summary: cheap but good
Review: This little thing was a life saver on our 13 state trip this summer. We did have trouble with the first one we bought because the eject button pushed inside the unit and we had to break into it to get our DVD out. Target replaced it and we have had it ever since. We did have trouble in one car, my dad's girlfriend's Cadillac where it would play the picture for only a little time but play all of the sound. Then the picture went away. We never investigated fully because it has worked in all other cars. I think it is because the Cadillac was pushing the power plug out like it was a lighter and only would stay in part way. I have hooked it into my TV at work and my TV in the play room at home. Both times it worked without any problems. The battery came with ours and it helped when we were stuck in the middle of nowhere without power. The battery lasted long enough to watch a full length movie. When watching the beginning of another it said low battery and quit after about 15 minutes. I thought the screen would be too small for the kids to appreciate but it was plenty big, especially in the back seat when it was dark out. The speakers are a little tinny sounding so it might be better to get headphones and a splitter to have multiple listeners. Overall I would say that it is probably not the best but certainly the cheapest I have ever seen.
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Summary: Would be good...
Review: This player would be a great deal, it has a good picture, decent sound, no problems except... THE DISCS GET SCRATCHED. After I had it about a month, my discs began to get scratched around the outside. The last scene or two was lost on a few of my DVDs. I had to return the player and buy another. I haven't heard of this happening to anyone else, but i assure you it can happen. If you want to take a risk then it is a good player to buy, but I would go with one of the other players now available for this cost.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY!!!!
Review: THIS UNIT MAY START OUT FINE BUT IT WILL SOON GIVE OUT!!!!
IF IT ISN'T FREEZING UP, THE WHOLE SCREEN WHITE-WASHES AND
THE UNIT BECOMES TOTALLY USELESS!!!! TRY CONTACTING MINTEK
AND YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK!! THEY CAN'T EVEN MAINTAIN A WEBSITE
LET ALONE AN ELECTRONIC PRODUCT!!!
THIS DVD PLAYER SUCKS!!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Works great
Review: We bought the 5861 for my daughter for Christmas as we have quite a few long plane rides coming up this year. She loves it and uses it all the time. The battery does run a bit short but bought a second one since she can't recharge on the plane.
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Summary: Flawed product
Review: We have bought and returned two of these in the past month. First let me say the sound and the picture are great. We were disappointed when it began freezing up and was unable to load discs. We returned it and bought another, thinking maybe ours was just a lemon. Within 1 hour of use, we had the same problem. Would be a fantastic product if it was not for this, but buyer beware. Not worth the hassle.
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Summary: My screen died too!
Review: We received this as a gift for my 2 and 4 year old children. We loved this item until the screen died! We have had this less than a year, and haven't used it that much. We turned it on one day and had no picture. Iy was very dark, only faint images remain. Steer clear of this brand. After reading similar reviews, it seems this is pretty common with this product.
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Summary: POOF! Mintek DVD Player BROKEN after only 6 MONTHS
Review: Well...count me among the fools who bought this. It worked fine for six months, and then POOF! Broken. My daughter was watching a DVD in the car and suddenly the picture disappeared. The sound still works, but the only picture is a dark, faint, black shadow. Of course, I have tried to call customer support for an entire afternoon and only get an answering machine. How's that for customer satisfaction!? Wouldn't you expect, for $179, that you'd receive a product that lasts more than half a year? My advice: Steer clear of this one.
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Summary: when it works...
Review: When it worked, it worked great. The picture quality was good, the sound was what I'd expect from a compact system like this. However, after having the unit only 6 days (I got it as a Christmas gift) it stopped working... kind of. It worked for one DVD, then the next one it would stick on "loading". On the third DVD I tried, it got me to the main menu screen, but then it didn't let me choose anything to watch and then recycled and gave me the blue "loading" screen again. I tried a fourth DVD, it worked just fine. All of the DVDs I tried were brand new (or watched once) without scratches or defects.If you asked me, the defect is in the product. I for one, am unimpressed. If you don't mind dropping $200 for a sometimes working DVD player / doorstop, go for it.
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