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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / April 2007Small-Footprint DVD Player
12VDC-capability is preferred but not a requirement. Any ideas? Outside the automotive world, the only small one I've seen (but not used) was a cheap generic from "Big Lots". My friend bought a couple or three of these $30 specials and installed one for his mom. I suspect that she doesn't use it. Ironically, her loving son is a DVD/home theater hobbyist. I have not heard from him as to how the cheap units are working out. If you have one of these cheapies (I've seen them at Wal-Mart, too.), and have any feedback, I'd appreciate reading it. My RV television is a 12VDC w/VHS. I am looking to CONVENIENTLY add DVD playback capability. A small-footprint DVD player would sit nicely UNDER the combo set I currently have.  Signature:) JR > 12VDC-capability is preferred but not a requirement. Any ideas? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the > combo set I currently have. I have a Coby TF-DVD7100. It's actually a portable unit with its own screen, but it also comes with a cig lighter plug for 12vdc operation, AC adapter, audio/video cable (for in or out), headphones (not very good) and a remote. It's 1.5"H (without the battery, which sits under it), 7 5/8"W, and 6"D. The battery is not required when using external AC or DC power. I've used it quite a bit and haven't had any problems with it. I have a Coby DVD player at home and it's been good to me. Jim Redelfs <jim.redelfs@NOSPAMredelfs.com> wrote in news:jim.redelfs- CA5836.06543023042007@news.lga.highwinds-media.com: > 12VDC-capability is preferred but not a requirement. Any ideas? Many - if not necessarily all - of the 6- to 9-inch-screen portable DVD players come with both a 12V input *and* a 120V input cable. [They actually run on 9VDC or less internally.] These can also be connected to a VCR and/or TV via included cables. SWMBO has a Durabrand [Wally World] DVD player + a spare battery which came with transformer, patch/power cord to the DVD player, and a 12VDC cord. >I have not heard from him as to how the cheap units are working out. If you >have one of these cheapies (I've seen them at Wal-Mart, too.), and have any [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >playback capability. A small-footprint DVD player would sit nicely UNDER the >combo set I currently have. If small footprint is absolutely essential, then you will be pretty much limited to playing basic DVDs. Quality can vary widely within the same model. If footprint isn't essential, then you can get a DVD player like the Phlilps DVP5140 that will do *everything* for about $50 from Wal-Mart or Dell. It can play CD-R/W, DivX, Xvid, DVD, DVD+R/W, DVD-R/W DVD-Video, MP3, MPEG4, JPEG, Picture CDs, VCD, and SVCD. The Philips player is one of the very few Ultra Certified DivX units out there. http://home.wi.rr.com/ntngod/dvp642_vs_dvp5140/ http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers DivX and Xvid are probably the most important i.e. compressed movie formats that can be downloaded from the internet. Virtually everything we watch on DVD is in one of these formats. A two hour movie runs around 700 MB, so you can store four movies on a single DVD-R/RW disk.
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