Buying a 10 Inch Portable DVD today becomes a bit tricky

By Alex Gabriel


Going out on a family road trip, any parent in the front seat would wish for a distraction to amuse the kids back in the passenger area with. Something they can watch their CSI and Sex and the City DVDs with and giggle once in a while when they find something a bit naughty or shocking. A 10 inch portable DVD player is just the thing to use to help quiet things down back there.

Let's look at two of the leading players in the market now portable DVD players. We would consider a smaller player, but he needs a robust sound to be of any interest in the backseat on a road trip and those come mainly on the bigger players. Let's consider two, the Toshiba SD-P101S and the RCA DRC6331B.

Toshiba got 10.2 inch screen and its DVD player is DivX verified. The screen of Toshiba swivels and one of the best things about this machine is actually its versatility. Also, it has card slot and it is basically capable of playing media kept in various data cards. The cost of the player is around $300 in Amazon.com but other players of same kind cost at least 50 percent less compared to Toshiba.

For the money, the sacrifices seem a little on the high side. To begin with, this is player with no DivX capabilities. It can play DVDs and audio CDs, and that's all. If these are the only kinds of media you wish to play, this is a great little player.

The Toshiba is a great picture that holds up well in daylight conditions, unless there is someone putting directly on the screen. The battery lasts about five hours, and for that kind of stamina, you have to make do with a heavy machine. If there is one area of complaint with these players, it's that they only come with three month warranty.

Also the other portable ten inch DVD player that has good image quality is called the RCA. The battery nonetheless usually lasts for less than around three hrs, which is already good enough for you to play a full-length film or possibly two on it.

So which should it be? The RCA is clearly a much more limited machine in every way. Not only does it not play anything other than standard DVDs, it has issues trying to stay alive for longer durations. Is it worth it to buy the Toshiba for your extra money? While it's features are great, Toshiba really doesn't need to overcharge its products, and for this reason, you might want to look elsewhere.




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