Home > Consumer Reviews > Sony DVPFX875B 8" Portable DVD Player with Twisting High Resolution LCD Screen includes Headrest Mounting Kit

Having had the Sony for almost a week I can thoroughly recommend it. It comes with a car headrest mount, in-car charger, home charger, remote control, battery, a/v cable and the instruction manual (paper, which is better than a cd). The picture quality is very good in Hi-Resolution which should not be confused with High Definition, but I feel that the built-in speaker is just about adequate. However, if you plug a pair of decent headphones into one of the two sockets then the sound is excellent. The build quality is good. There is no case but I bought a good slim-fitting Belkin one from PC World for £4.97 that neatly does the job. It has a line in/out so you can use your home Hi-Fi system for the sound or you can use it as a DVD player linked to the TV. You can also link a camcorder to it and watch through the Sony. Pricewise, Sony Centres' charge anything from £200-£250 (they're privately-owned franchises) while Amazon's was £180 (early April, 2009). I got mine from Argos Extra for £146. They are not in the catalogue yet or on their website either, but the catalogue no. is 085/1390 and they are in stock.

This is my third portable DVD player, and I hope to be third time lucky. (My first was Bush and lasted a year, the second Philips and lasted three years and now SONY DVP-FX875 )

General I am very happy with it.
Looks sexy smart and solid
Picture quality in a new DVD nearly good as blue ray.
Sound good,(there is still room for improvment). At full volume is a bit distorted,but great sound with headphones.

Six hours battery life is true, but only if set to the minimum backlight adjustment. What is the point if you can't hardly see anything even in a dark room?
Let's be realistic. The battery life set in a normal backlight adjustment and in a darkish room, is about three hours. (I watched two DVDS 90 min about each,one of the two with the headphones on)
No aspect ratio, no zoom. Only from 4:3 to full screen.
Little complicated the menu. No cary case, No headfhones. Two headphone jacks, clever battery pack that fits on the player's bottom, comes with mains and car adaptor.
Only region 2 (Why....)
Overview, I think it is a very good and clever gaget, with many features, some of them unessesary, leaving out one of the most usfull one....
A TIMER. Please SONY add a TIMER in your next model. Thank you

An excellent player. Have been using for just over a month on the train. Getting just over 4 hours out the battery between charges. Great picture. Very happy with it.

I have been using it for 3 weeks. Quality of picture and device itself are great. Works well in the car - my daughter was in heaven and our 12h journey from Italy was as quite as never before.

This is a great product. Not cheap but an absolute lifesaver during our five hours drive to visit relatives. Our one year old watches Mickey Mouse and gives us peace all the way. Make sure baby can`t kick the buttons tho as it takes a while to re-boot.