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Hi everyone, I`m after some help in finding a portable dvd player.

We are going on holiday early hours of Wednesday morning and my eldest daughter has been unlucky enough to break her arm so we are looking for ways to keep her entertained while we are away, we have got her some books and an MP3 player but thought a DVD player would be nice too so she doesn`t get too bored or upset while she is watching all the other kids playing in the pools and the sea.

I have had a very quick look at Dabs, Ebay, Ebuyer and Amazon but can`t find anything suitable at the moment and have to leave for work in a few minutes :¦

We live in Cardiff and are flying from Gatwick so one that can be used in the car would be usefull too and would mean we could get a lot more use from it in the future.

Here`s what I`m after -
Essential - not too bulky - £100 is budget, can go slightly higher if needed - Can deliver by Tuesday at the latest or be collected from store in South Wales - Will deliver to wifes office as will not be anyone home in the day - Headphone sockets

Would be nice - MultiRegion - Small (suitable for kids) Headphones supplied - Twin Screens so the kids won`t fight over it in the car on the way to the airport - DivX capable - DVD player is built in to one of the screens to keep the size and clutter down - Has AV outputs so when we get to Egypt we can connect it to the hotels TV for a bigger picture.

Thanks as always for your help, off to work now got to do 8 days work between now and Tuesday so may not be able to check back until this evening. :( I`m so tired

Gerald.

Doesn`t quite fit all you criteria but I bought one of these:
http://www.argos.co.uk/ProductDisplayTRK019?partNumber=5000139
for £100 (I see it`s reduced to £85 now! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) a few weeks ago and it is excellent. The model is Acoustic Solutions DVD-263. The first one I bought had a bright blue pixel in the middle of the screen but Argos swapped it without any problem.
Excellent picture quality, comes with AV leads, only uses one power socket, comes with two pairs of headphones and a dinky little remote control and also a padded bag to put it all in. The screens have velcro straps for attaching to the back of the headrests and the leads to connect them to the player are good and long. Also comes with car power adapter and a mains adapter.
The down side is it`s not multiregion (and no-one seems to have a hack for it), the dvd unit is separate from the screens and as far as I know it doesn`t do DIVX.

My kids are 6 and 8 and think it`s great. Also means they can watch a DVD in their bedrooms when they want to.

Hope this helps.

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This item was edited on Thursday, 10th May 2007, 10:43

We got one of this £100 more then what u want to pay but they can play diffrent films on each so kids can watch what they want and not the same film.The come with a battery pack each so the can watch em around the house to http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_243833_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31338_crumb_31265_parentcategoryrn_31338

Just seen this.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOGIK-8-5-PORTABLE-DVD-IN-CAR-PLAYER-MULTIREGION_W0QQitemZ170110539250QQihZ007QQcategoryZ15055QQcmdZViewItem

For 47 pence over your budget you could get them one each , £100.47 for one 9 inch and a 7 inch player from here and can be collected in Cardiff , Nr. Heliport road end of the docks.

They are both AAA graded.

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This item was edited on Thursday, 10th May 2007, 13:14

Thanks Everyone, I called in to Argos last night on way home to see what they had and bought one as almost all were out of stock and they only hd 1 of these, it is a Wharfedale 10" screen, it is a flip up one as thought this would be better while we are away rather than a flat one.

Came with carry case, car and mains charger, 2 hour battery, headphones, car fixing kit, AV leads and remote for £120. A bit over budget but at least we`ve got one now, one less thing to worry about ;)

Only thing it didn`t have was AV input, I was thinking about getting one of those atari joysticks with the built in games to go with it. Still, she is supposed to be resting her arm not playing games with it so probably for the best.

All the best

Gerald.

I`m thinking of getting a portable player myself


This seems a good one for the price, anyone got one?