Sony DVP-FX930 9-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black (2009 Model)

DO NOT GO AND BUY ANYTHING ELSE BUT THIS SONY DVD PLAYER! I bought this refurbished for just about $115 dollars, and knowing what I know now, I would have bought a brand new one if they did not have any refurbished ones. It is a fabulous player. The slightest touch to the controls under the screen produces the desired result. It is not remote control dependent; therefore, if you lose the remote you can still use the controls under the screen, and to use the controls under the screen takes a very very light touch. Picture quality is fantastic; sound quality is fantastic; I even used a cheap pair of headphones and the sound is fantastic. I believe that the two headphone plugins are so that two people can watch with each person having their own set of headphones. The square button on the right side just under the screen should have arrows on it so that the user realizes to push the button at the very top edge for up, or the very bottom edge for down, or the very right edge for right, or the very left edge for left, or push right in the center for Enter. I also bought the: PDVK-10 7-Inch 10-Inch In Car Portable DVD Player Case (Black) for this unit and the case is wonderful. It holds the player with a strap and buckle to strap the player down and keep it from sliding around. The back inside pocket holds the Remote, the AC adapter, the Car plug adapter, the wires that are used to go to a television, and two small cheap headphones that go around the top of the head. Do not pass up this case either for you will be very happy that you can carry everything with you including the very good Instruction Manual that comes with the Sony DVPFX930. WARNING: You will damage the player by having the player plugged into the automobile and starting the engine, or turning off the engine. The engine must be started first, and then the player plugged into the vehicle, or if you are just going to run off the car battery make sure the automobile stays off; also, it must be a 12V car battery and not a 24V.

*****Update*** I had erroneously mentioned that Amazon charged me 20% penalty. Amazon refunded me the full amount. As usual, I have always found dealing with Amazon support to be a pleasant experience. ************** The picture quality is good. The touch-buttons are sleek, the rotating screen is a good feature. if you plan on mounting it to the rear of a car seat. These are the issues I had with this product: * the touch-buttons are sometimes annoyingly unresponsive and you may have to press a couple of times. * the joy-stick is very painful to use. I had a one-week learning curve - even then I would not get it right everytime. Everytime I pressed the directional button, I would end up pressing the enter key and inadverently going into the menu. I do *not* have big hands or, literally speaking, fat fingers. If you do, believe me, you will not be able to use the buttons. Sometimes you will want to select a menu and keep pressing the directional button. I am really surprised that none of the reviewers mention this. This is not a minor gripe. It is a major usability issue. * ok, there may be a workaround for this, but by default the picture size is very tiny (a widescreen movie will take up a quarter of the screen with bands on all sides.) You go to the LCD menu, select options and make it 'Full' to stretch it out. Now everytime you press any button (stop or pause or menu), the screen reverts to the original quarter size. I apologize if there is some menu tweak (its not there in the manual for sure), but if not, its an excruciatingly annoying thing and should make you think twice before buying this product. Now it is possible that all portable DVD players have this issue, in which case you may not have a choice. But if you can do without a portable DVD player (buy a cheaper laptop), then for this reason alone stay away from portable players that have this display limitation. I have no idea when a DVD would ever take up the entire full screen. * a month and 5 days after I ordered this from Amazon, I got a light blue vertical band about 0.5 in from the right border. That pretty much sealed the deal for me and I returned it to Amazon with a 20% penalty. I usually find Sony products very durable and of high quality. I guess there is always a first time.

Was looking for a cheap portable dvd for use in the car & when traveling. Found this one that was more than what I wanted to pay, but the reviews were far and above other similar units so I decided to splurge. Glad I spend a little more for this. It really has been a great little unit. When not traveling we hook it up to our TV and use it as our in-home DVD player too. We've had it about a year and it is still working like brand new, even after it accidentally was dropped. Great picture, nice 360 degree swiveling screen. Easy to position screen at various angles. Only negatives are 1) that it's a little hard to open because the outer case is so smooth with no real latch or finger hold to use to pry the screen open and 2) the controls on the unit (under the screen) can be hard to get to when using a car mounting system if you find that your strap happens to end up covering them as ours did. Pros include the "lock" feature that prevents anyone from accidentally turning it off or hitting a button by accident. The remote is nice and works well from all sides of the unit. Dual headphone jacks are great for the kids when using it in the car. Just an all around good product.