Portable DVD players

[Quinn]

Anybody know anything about portable DVD players?

I have the great American experience of taking the two kids(4 and 1) to Disney World in a few months and want to get one a help them pass the time.

Don't ask about the not flying!

[Kpt_Krunch]

Quinn - I picked up an Akai with a 5" screen (it was really cheap - I got it for about $90 US brand new) and it works pretty good. It plays all my backups (I backup my sons movies so if he decides to play frisbee with them I still have the original to backup again) and it sounds really good too (with my Grado head phone that is).

Here's a thought my buddy does a lot - go to Costco and buy it for the trip. When the trip is over, return it. Costco usually takes things back no questions asked. I use it when I travel (and I travel a lot) so I will be keeping mine, but this way if it won't get much use after your trip, you won't be out any money.

[Quinn]

My wife is a fraud and abuse attorney. That won't fly around my house.

[Kpt_Krunch]

My wife is a fraud and abuse attorney. That won't fly around my house.

LOL - that would be a tough one. Though I don't think it is 'illegal' in the sense that at most places you have 30 days to try something and return it if you don't like it. What my friend did was buy Camcorders just before his vacation, took movies of his vacation, copied it to a DVD, and then returned the camcorder. Is it slimy - you bet, but a lot worse goes on in this industry that would make this seem like nothing. And besides, once he found one he really liked, he kept it. I personally don't do that, but I don't see anything wrong with it so long as you don't make a habit out of it. BTW - Costco will take ANYTHING back with a receipt, no matter how old it is. Though they did recently change their policies on computers. I have neighbors that would routinely bring back their computer every year, get a full refund, then buy the latest one out there. And Costco let it happen, it's not like they didn't know what was going on, it was (at the time) acceptable.

[jeh]

i bought one of the really generic ones a couple years ago and used it daily at work (so i wasn't working exactly), it was worth every penny.

[Quinn]

May not be illegal but sure is dishonest and makes everything more expensive for all Costco customers.