regor_3
join:2003-05-04
Panama City Beach, FL | Portable DVD players
I want to buy a portable DVD player.
Has anyone heard of the brand INSIGNIA? Are they any good?
Any suggestions for the $400-$500 range |
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CableGuy69
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join:2002-07-05
Glendale Heights, IL
| What screen size are you looking for? I was shopping online today and seen these at Walmart.com.
»www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.···3A162710
Good prices with a name brand. |
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Boomerang86
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There's a LOT of wanabees out there trying to crack the low end of the portable DVD player market. You are seeing a lot of brands that you've never heard of before (i.e. Insignia, Initial), familiar names that are just now being licensed for consumer electronics goods (i.e. Polaroid, the brand I purchased for my wife), as well as the well established names which tend to cost 50-100% more for the same screen size.
To be honest the wife is very happy with the Polaroid 8" model; it was a great deal, looks and sound good too. What you need to focus on here is the warranty. The really cheap ones only have a 90 day parts warranty; if it dies, you might as well junk it and buy another one. More reputable companies will offer a more reasonable warranty period, such as ours which is one year parts and labor.
Caveat emptor (buyer beware) is oh so true. |
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regor_3
join:2003-05-04
Panama City Beach, FL | reply to CableGuy69
The screen size is 10". My major concern is quality.
They calim a one year parts and labor warrenty but I have never seen this brand before |
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
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Unless you want a HUGE screen that is WAY more than you need to spend.
I got a 7" one from Officemax for $150 a month or so ago... even full price was $199. It will play anything you can through at it as well as full S and compsite video outs so you can use it as a home unit as well, even has a remote, and car adapter included.
It also has digital audio output.
Made by a company called INITIAL.
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chRoniX10
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Toshiba 8.9" 16:9 Portable DVD/CD Player
1024 x 600
180° Swivel & Flip Screen
WMA & MP3 Playback
3.5 Hour Lithium Ion Battery
$429.99
Item # 855946
Plus Shipping & Handling
For that pricen range this is simply a beautiful DVD player.
»www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as···79*2471*
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Rubicon1
join:2000-11-28
Muncie, IN | reply to regor_3
I can't find one that has a good screen on it. When you look at them from the side they look terrible. Anyone know of one that has a good screen comparible to a SXGA+ on a laptop? |
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
| From a few feet away my Initial does pretty well side to side, if you stuff it right in your face right in it, then it does fall off in bightness more than about 30 degrees of axis but picture qualities stay the same.
At a few feet though it is plenty good for two or three sitting together, to watch with out significant brightness fall off.
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GilbertMark
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join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ | reply to regor_3
wow you're willing to pay up to $500 just for something that plays DVDs? for a couple hundred more you can get an entire laptop |
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eratikontext
join:2004-12-28
Brooklyn, NY
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Yea, I heard of Insignia. I went into my Best Buy store looking for something for my kids to keep em quiet and decided to get the 7". Looks like they call it the Insignia I-PD720 Portable DVD Player. At the time it was the only one they really had in stock and since I had a gift card from there I wasn't going to be too picky. Only problem is that the battery doesn't last as long as I need it to especially for those long drives. I called up Best Buy and it looks like they just started selling the batteries for these things. Once I get the battery and see how it lasts with the kids I'll let you know how happy I am. |
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
| In a car why not just plug it into the lighter outlet????
Then no worry about batteries.
My Initial player for $150 even came with the car adapter.
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Happyhour1973
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The INSIGNIA brand is Best Buy's proprietary products. They contracted out to have electronics manufactured for the express purpose of having their own "brand." Just like grocery stores chains put out the same item as the big boys, but with a cheaper price. |
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lgh
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Purchased 5 of the 7" for $189.99 each for Christmas. Ended up returning all 5 of them. Sound was fine and picture was fine. However, the problems ranged from the machines saying NO DISK, LOADING--but never actually loading the movie, to suddenly quit playing the movie and going all the way back to the menu.
All problems were achieved without using the battery so that was not a cause. As a matter of fact other than for a few minutes of testing never had the chance to use the batteries.
Definitely would not recommend. |
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