I bought this item a few months ago whilst looking for something to use on long airplane flights. I loved it--the battery life is fairly good for a portable DVD player (I usually get 4-6 hours from it). It is easy to use and it carries well. I have it strapped into the back of my car for when I carry my nieces and nephew around and it works great! The disc rarely (if ever!) skips and the quality of picture is good. It easily hooks to larger screens so that you can use it as your primary DVD player. I love it!

I first purchased a GPX - that went back right away! Then, I purchased this on sale from a discount store for cents under $100 and love it. I have two portable players and the resolution on this Coby is superior. Mine came with a very nice headset. My daughter has this same unit, her toddler uses it and it has been dropped and stepped on and still keeps working just fine!! Amazing.

This item came ready to play right out of the box (including headset and car strap) with my order. The color was surprisingly good, and so is the sound. I've had no problem playing DVDs (my own or store-bought) on the unit. The home and car power supplies not only operate the unit but charge the battery too!

A few minor complaints. First, the power switch on the remote is misleading. It doesn't really turn the unit off. You have to use the power switch on the unit. Second, screen commands are not really intuitive (LCD menu vs. Display). Third, all commands on the unit are identical to the remote with the EXCEPTION of fast forward and rewind. Those are kind of important for going back and forth without skipping from scene to scene. Fourth, despite the appearance of this unit, it's not widescreen, so you will have the black bars around the screen when watching a widescreen DVD.

But those complaints are minor, and they take nothing away from this unit... Read more