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All Forums > Tech Talk > Tech Talk Forum Page 58 > Portable DVD players?
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BIGmike
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Posted - Apr 8 2004 : 5:11PM
Does anyone here have one? or has anyone used one?

I've been thinking of buying one, though I'm not familiar with many brands that produce them, and I am a little uncertain of the quality.

I basically want it for transportability, plus the fact that I am down to a single DVD player and thought it would be nice to have one that I can carry around, from room to room.

Any feedback?

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Bill All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Apr 8 2004 : 8:09PM
I bought a Polaroid PDV-0700 from Best Buy (I think it was $200 when I bought it). I have no complaints about it. I've used it on a business trip and a vacation. I also loaned it to friends who took it when they drove from NY to Florida.

You can also get a great deal on a factory refurb Toshiba SDP-1200 from e-cost. I've bought a factory refurb JVC D-VHS recorder from them and have no problems recommending them.

showstopper
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Posted - Apr 10 2004 : 1:02AM
does the portable DVD player can be connected on TV?

im also thinking to buy one of this... the one from sony (around $500)... but i think laptop would be better...

also to cater NTSC/PAL and Regional coding issue...

Edited by - showstopper on 4/10/2004 1:04:34 AM

Bill All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Apr 10 2004 : 9:25AM
Yes. Mine can be connected via Composite. Theres a mini-plug connection for audio & video. Cables with mini-plugs on one end and rca plugs on the other end were included in the package. There are some other players that have both S-Video & Component. The only place that I figure that I will plug mine into would be the front jack of a hotel TV or the TV in the guest room of a friend that I might be visiting. Either is unlikely to support anything better than Composite.
That depends what you want to use it for. If it's just going to be used as a DVD player, I think a portable DVD player is better. If you also need (or want) a computer, a laptop could be a good idea. I don't think that you would easily (cheaply) be able to connect a laptop to a TV though.
Mine will play and display both NTSC and PAL discs. I haven't tried any of the region 2 discs that I own on it, but I would guess that they support region coding. As a licensed DVD player they have to support region coding. How easy it is to defeat the region coding is another issue. Mine doesn't convert PAL to NTSC, so I can't watch PAL discs on a TV that doesn't support PAL, just on the screen of the player itself.
BIGmike
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Posted - Apr 10 2004 : 2:18PM
Thanks for the info Bill. I can have a portable player to connect to my bedroom's TV, or any other various TVs around, seeing is how they all have at least one set of A/V inputs, leaving the DVD player I do have connected to my computer room's TV alone. Or I could watch a DVD in any room of the house, cool,


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