Portable DVD Player Recommendation ? ?

[AlienX69]

Looking for recommendation on a GOOD Portable DVD Player.

What I would like from the Forum Members is what Brand/Model has given you very good reliability and plays DVD backups.

I currently have and older Phillips PET-1002, but the battery died and I cannot locate a replacement. Plus the AC power adapter connection is somewhat defective (bump it and player shuts off, short circuit). The PET-1002 is VERY finicky on playing DVD backups and sometimes originals.

Most (95%) of my collection is -R DVD's (TYG02 or TYG03), looking for a player that will definitely play -R and +R backups !!

Thanks in Advance for any recommendations.

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[maineman]

Hey AX,

I don't have one, but I did buy one for my daughter 2-3 years ago for those long bus rides from Maine to school in Nova Scotia.
Still working just fine.
I just called her, but she's out. As soon as I get a hold of her, I'll post back with the info.

I know it was relatively cheap...from Wally World, Target, etc...
It'll play anything I've thrown at it, mostly +R, but some -R too.
Some of the MIDS in order of frequency...YUDEN000 T02 (my favorite MID on the planet),
MKM 001, MCC 004, TYG03 and MKM 003

[jdbower]

Personally I'd go for a media player - either a SmartPhone or something like a Wolverine or an Archos. DVD Players on the road keep skipping and you need to put your DVDs at risk of scratches. I can carry a large chunk of my library with me on a few SD cards or stream it to my BlackBerry using Orb.

[GregiBoy]

I use my HTC Touch HD the same way and it has a good sized screen.

[GregiBoy]

I've done a profile for the HTC in the "New Profiles" thread and with that profile, I can have at least 10 movies on the memory card.

[AlienX69]

My thread is getting hi-jacked

Sorry guys can we get back onto Portable DVD Player recommendations ?

[GregiBoy]

We're not trying to hijack your thread.

We are trying to say that we feel that there are better alternatives out there that you should investigate.

[AlienX69]

Reason for Portable DVD Player

• Already own a large DVD collection
• Can choose between multiple sound tracks
• Can choose between multiple subpics and the ability to turn on/off
• Larger viewing screen, hopefully a player with a USB or memory card slot

Greg are you able to convert Blu-Ray to mobile, now that I might be interested in getting NAS up and running.

For now I'm sticking with DVD ...

[GregiBoy]

AX,

No, I'm not doing ANYTHING with Blu-Ray at all as I regard the whole Blu-Ray thingy as expensive overkill at the moment.

I will NOT do anything on the Blu-Ray front until the following conditions are met:-

Hard disk storage is < $10 per Terabyte
Media players support the playing of Hi-Def files reliably & support NTFS drives larger than 5Tb.
A Blu-Ray PC Burner is below $50
Fab has a Blu-Ray to Mobile module that supports MKV with chapter/subtitle/multiple audio support.

I am VERY happy with the way my "DVD to Mobile" library works from my NAS's at the moment, and as MaineMan always says, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

[AlienX69]

Yep I' in the same boat blu-Ray too costly for me .....

If DVD to mobile was around say 8 years ago I would probally be doing the same thing you are doing. But I cant see going to convert my DVD collection at this point.

And I really do need the ability to turn subpic's off and on. I use tit all the time when I can't understand what is being said. I mentioned this in the other thread when we were discussing this with Comp. Let me go find it and I'll but in a link.

EDIT:
(read my last two posts)

Greg THX for the info on Blu-Ray !!

Cheers

[ripvanwinkle1819]

I have a Toshiba SDP93S Portable DVD player. Works great.