Looking for a low-end Portable DVD Player [Archive]

Adam

7-9-2004, 3:23 PM

My family and I are taking a vacation next week and will be on a long plane ride across country with a layover. I have a toddler and a 7 year old, so I'm looking to buy a low-end dvd player to help keep them busy on the plane.

I'm currently looking at these two at Walmart.com:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2128749

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2164725

Plus I saw a couple in great condition on ebay. But I'm not sure if it I can get them before next Friday.

Any other deals out there? :)

Brad

7-9-2004, 5:35 PM

Adam,

First, here are some options at Best Buy and Circuit City (who has 10% off most of their models right now). You can always order online and do in-store pickup if you have these stores nearby:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051826214909&skuId=5452066&productCategoryId=pcmcat13900050018&type=product
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-12541&qp=0317631753173&oid=90031&m=0
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-12541&qp=0317631753173&oid=78416&m=0

Here are some at Amazon that are good. I'd say that if they show as shipping with 24 hours you should have no problems getting them within a week, and if you order and by Monday they haven't shipped, just cancel and pick one up at a local store:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CA12G
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000AFX3X
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000ARC3S

Also, if you have a Sam's Club membership, at least around here they are clearancing a lot of their portable DVD players with some nice prices.

Maybe someone can give you some better options. The thing about the portable DVD players is that you can pay $140-150 for a cheap 5" model, or pay $50 more and get a 7" screen from a better manufacturer with more accessories. For example, this (http://www.gottadeal.com/deal-info-id-2570-store-amazon.html) is a really great deal - $199 shipped after rebate plus a $50 Amazon gift certificate, so really a net cost of $150 for a 7" model with a ton of accessories.