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The idea behind a piece of portable equipment is ... Are you listening Audivox?... PORTABILITY! The mechanism in this thing is so sensitive?/delicate?/fragile! that it mistracks at the slightest jarring. I have actually had to send the thing back to the USA to have it repaired. You would think that a product designed to be portable would be a bit more rugged.

Even after having it repaired, it continues to flatly refuse to play some DVDs while others seem to work fine. As for design, it is the portable equivalent of an orthopaedic shoe, occasionally functional but always very chunky and clunky.

For overseas buyers, take note that according to the people I spoke to at Audivox, it is also impossible to make the thing multi-regional.

A thoroughly disappointing product.

Have you ever had you child scream in the car "MOMMY IM BORED"?
wELL I HAD TO GO ONE A 16 HOUR TRIP TO OKLAHOMA AND I USED THIS AND MY CHILD STAYED QUIET THE WHOLE TRIP!When his battery started to die I just pluged it into the cigeret lighter. Thank the lord this was on sale

i bought this dvd player and as soon as i took it out of the box it was much bigger than what i thought it looked like. but i put in my movie and it froze up. i tap it and it started back up and than froze again. so i called the manufacture 800 number and they told me even though i bought it on line used... i can send it back under the manufature warrenty. and that made me happy. so as long as it wooks when i get it . I'll be ahead of the game for the price =) Well i just got my player back and they gave me a brand new unit. Thats what i call customer service with a smile =)

I've been using this item for over a year now and I haven't had a problem with it. It's been a faithful little machine. I like it's portability and have been using it in my home system... has a great picture and super sound quality with surround sound capability. The manual is pretty much useless but luckily it didn't take me long to figure it out. The battery life is usually less than the movie length luckily included are a power adapter and a car adapter... but that pretty much covers everything. Would be perfect to entertain kids on long trips

My son bought the Audiovox DVD1500 portable DVD player in early November 2001. He doesn't use it very much and takes good care of it. He even has a padded bag where he stores it when not in use. We have had to send this product back to Audiovox in New York twice; Nov 26, 2001 and Mar 18, 2002 at our expense...The first time the DVD player would not play at all, which Audiovox was prompt ( approximately 3 weeks) in sending us a new DVD player, and the second time because the picture would not show up on the portable screen, although we could hear the sound. Audiovox promptly (within about 3 weeks) returned the DVD player to as with a note that they could not find anything wrong, but they cleaned it. It currently is working, but I would rather have received a refund the second time. Buyer beware.