Mintek MDP-1770KIT 7" Portable DVD Player Kit : Reviews, Cheap, Discount Tv Television

Average Rating: 3.60 out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Nice product, great price
My family loves having this little DVD player... we've mostly used it for the tv's without DVD players, and for our car. With the car kit (DC adapter, Y-splitter, headphones, case), it becomes the perfect travelling companion for my 2 young kids (2.5 and 1 yrs). They love watching their children's DVD's in the car, especially when a trip longer than 15 minutes gets to be boring! When we attach the case to between the front seats, they are both able to see the screen without any problems from each side in the backseat. Even the volume is loud enough for them to hear in our somewhat noisy car.

The remote control is easy to use, and I love that it is so small! (credit-card sized). The only complaints that I have are that the remote should include the On/off switch and volume control. I wish all remotes were this small and lightweight! The fast-forward and rewind features on the remote are really handy to have.

This kit also includes the cables to hook up your portable player to any TV, the battery, AC and DC adapters. It was awesome that they included everything you would need in the whole package. We didn't need to buy anything additional for our travelling entertainment package.

I did a lot of research for other (bargain-value) 7" portable DVD players, and I was trying to decide between an Audiovox 1730 or a Mintek 1770. With the $200 price on Amazon for the Mintek 1770KIT, this was a great buy!

Rating:

- loaded (including A/V input) and works well (so far)
My kids have been using this player for 2 months, including one very long road trip, and so far no problems. I am a bit nervous given the number of very negative reviews here at Amazon (most of which were done after I bought mine), and the fact that the manufacturer is a small company (that's the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars). (...) and the set includes a decent case, car power adapter, and 2 headphones with an audio signal splitter, not to mention the tremendous functionality, it's such a good deal that it may just be worth taking a chance on. Amazon is always so great about quickly replacing or refunding defective products within 30 days, that at least takes away some of the worry. As for battery life, I let Return Of The King run on it and the battery died at just over 2 1/2 hours (not great, but Amazon sells extra batteries for this unit, and for the price, it's hard to complain). One great feature that the product description doesn't include is the A/V input. You can play video games on this, or view your digital photos straight from the camera, etc, since you can plug an audio and video source in. Depending on the type of game console you have, you may need to get an adapter to convert the RCA output from your game unit to 1/8 inch miniplug format to plug into the DVD player, but these are easily bought on Amazon or other electronics stores (ie, Radio Shack) for less than $10. If your game unit or other outside video source has RCA jacks, then you're all set because this DVD player comes with a cable that has RCA plugs at one end and miniplugs at the other. But if you have a GameCube (no RCA jacks, just RCA cables), or a digital camera with a USB-RCA cable, then you'll need to get the RCA-miniplug adapter (again, it's cheap). Here's how you can input video to the screen on this DVD player. There is a switch on the side of this DVD player that toggles the A/V jacks from output to input, thereby telling the screen to display the DVD or an outside video source. Just make sure you switch the A/V back to output before you try to watch a DVD again. If the switch is on input and you try to watch a DVD, all you get is a black screen. I thought mine was broken until I toggled the switch back to output, then the DVD displayed fine. I wonder if any of the other people who said their screen stopped working accidentally toggled this switch to input? Anyway, I won't buy a second one until this first one proves its durability a bit longer, but at two months old, it's working fine and is definitely the most loaded player around for under $500 (...)

Rating:

- Buy with caution!!
I ordered this DVD player in the beginning of June. At that time, it had pretty good reviews. It seemed a value for it's price. Well...
1) It took four weeks to arrive (The estimate said 1-3).
2) The battery pack was defective. The customer service at Mintek (very personable...NOT!) said to mail it back. I wasn't in the mood to pay shipping on something that was defective out of the box. And God knows when they would actually send me a replacement.
3) I went back to read the reviews since I ordered it, and it was obvious that this is not a quality product. I didn't want to keep it and wait for when the display would go (like everyone elses).
**I would not recommend this product, but if you purchased it and it is still within 30 days, Amazon will take the return. You'll have much more luck with Amazon, than with customer service at Mintek**
By the way, I just ordered the Panasonic LS50.