which portable dvd player

barjam_2

my son is wanting a portable dvd player for xmas ... what do i look for ie specs i dont want one of the cheaper ones ie:- £59ish

preferably a 7-10in screen willing to pay roughly up to £150 any info appreciated

Murphy_The_Cat

Hi Barjam

I've just had my new portable dvd player delivered to me today from www.currys.co.uk

The reasons behind my purchase were
8.4 inch screen which is much bigger than standard
2 x rechargeable batteries as standard (so I can view for over 5 hours without a power source - great for long haul)
& lots of kit as standard which are extra on other portable dvd players (headphomes/leads etc)

sadly it costs £179.99 online which is more than what you want to pay. But if you go to any of the numerous online discount voucher websites you can easily pick up the codes to bring your price down by 5% and get free delivery = £170.99 and if you buy it with an egg money card you'll get 10% cash back which brings it down again to £153.89 which I think is an excellant price for the kit that you get.

MTC

rogerramjet

Have a look here http://www.valutech.co.uk/products.asp/pages/catid.778/ecombuilder.html

Products are refurbished, used these myself and was well impressed with the product, even though it said graded and may have slight scratches it came fully boxed with all accessories and no marks what so ever

windym_2

If you find one I will be interested to see what. I have been looking and am also willing to pay more for better quality. All that seems to be recommended are the cheaper ones.

Murphy_The_Cat

Hi windym

This is the goodmans one i've got and i'm well impressed so far

MTC

waster_2

Murphy_The_Cat wrote:

Hi windym

This is the goodmans one i've got and i'm well impressed so far

MTC

I think you can get a similar one online from Tesco's for £10 less, inc the postage

phatbear

How about a 9 incher for £150

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5334173/Trail/C%24cip%3D28956.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D28982.DVD%2Band%2Bvideo%3EC%24cip%3D28985.Portable%2BDVD%2Bplayers.htm

Murphy_The_Cat

Hi waster

it's similar - but not the same !

The Tesco's one is actually a newer (& i assume mabye even better) version of mine.
The difference being the Tesco's dvd player is in a sexier silver colour and the controls are sleeker - but it only has one battery.

Whereas the Currys dvd player has 2 x batteries included (which to me is a BIG advantage) and the discounts I was able to get brought the price down even further.

MTC

p.s if anyone is doing a search for this item - [size=+2]GDVD84WLCD[/size] comes with 2 x batteries, but GDVD84W2LCD only comes with one battery.

Murphy_The_Cat

wow phatbear

thats a lot of kit for the money, I suppose it comes down to whether having 5 hours of battery time rather than 2 is important to you.

MTC

seaniboy

http://shop.o2.co.uk/student/o2uk/jsp/handsets/viewHandsetDetails.jsp?prodID=consumer:O2:XM:GROUP

7" widescreen black and silver number with Nicam

seaniboy

phatbear wrote:

How about a 9 incher for £150

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5334173/Trail/C%24cip%3D28956.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D28982.DVD%2Band%2Bvideo%3EC%24cip%3D28985.Portable%2BDVD%2Bplayers.htm

http://www.valutech.co.uk/prodbuy.asp?catid=778&id=2479


£50 cheaper here