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Today I received this COBY portable DVD player. It is probably a good player of dvds; however I will never know; the INSTRUCTIONS Manual and all other material is printed in TINY PRINT. I cannot read the instructions to set up the player. [Like almost every other material sent out today the tiny size for printing is everywhere.] I expect I will have to return the dvd player because of this cheap printing system. YES, a small booklet is so much cheaper than a normal sized booklet! [The printing is around 4-point instead of the much larger 12-point normally printed.]

We purchased this DVD player for our son to use when we travel. It worked fine for about 2 years and just suddenly stopped reading discs. It has not been mistreated or used excessively, so there is no explanation for the malfunction. We will either repair it (if cost-effective) or, more likely, look for something else that will last a reasonable amount of time.

Purchased two in August 2005. The manufacture date label reads Feb 2005, so they're reasonably new. The batteries won't take a charge. Both are dead as doornails right out of the box. This jibes with my (after the fact) product research that shows common battery failures. I bought them on impulse, on sale, at a big-box retailer At Which I Aim to shop a lot. I will be returning them next trip there.

Let me be brief. I bought this unti 2X because of price and both units froze up and broke within a month. It became fuzzy and grey as well as made a buzzing noise. Units were History. I will never buy an audiovox system again.

This little player survived a trip to Alaska in the hands of an active 7 year old as well as a busy summer being jostled and handled with sticky, muddy fingers. It was a welcome relief for him (and his parents) when he needed some down time! The picture and sound were/are terrific. It works great with or without headphones. We let some friends borrow it for a car ride from Illinois to Colorado with their 9 year old and they said it was a "Godsend". So, in our experience this player has survived quite a bit of traveling by plane, in backpacks, on boats (yes, in the sea air), in cars, being on floors, handled by dirty hands, held upside down, held on laps, on bean bags, ect and it still works great! For the price I expected to get one trip out of it! I would recommend this player to anyone!