Ok ill be honest as I can with only owning the player for a couple of weeks
Im not going to restate the features or whats included in the box since those are already listed.
Movies I have watched on the player:
Horton hears a who
Parts of spiderman
Wall-E
Okay first off ill give you the warnings. This is a widescreen player, buying a widescreen movie will not fill the screen like you are expecting. It all depends on what the movie was shot in(what ratio) widescreen is 16:9 if it wasnt shot in that you WILL HAVE black bars on top and bottom. Also I for fully movies it will have vertical bars. You can stretch a full movie and it will fill the screen. It looks semi wider but not very noticeable.
Other notable things to mention
-remote does not have on and off located on it.
-some people say you can only skip frames with the arrow keys on the player, this is not true, you have to use the little directional pad for normal reverse and fastforward
-If you turn off the player completely it will not keep your spot you were at.
-only turn the screen to the left!! You may break the hinge if you try moving it to the right
-sound is much better in headphones then on the player but the speakers on the player itself are quite nice, I suggest for low to medium noisy environments its fine, very high volume it gets a little distorted.
Thoughts on the video quality.
-For animation movies its beautiful, definetly perfect for the kids
-for spiderman like I watched it looks a slight bit pixelated from 6-12 inches away so just be prepared for that.
-Fast moving it has small ghosting but nothing you will hardly notice, I am a big fps game player and it doesnt hurt my eyes or take away from the movies for me.
-The colors look very sharp and beautiful on the screen
Thoughts on the sound and noise level
-sound level is decent for the small speakers that come with it
-the noise level when the player is searching for a scene is audible but not annoying, while playing the movie its near silent
Heat and battery
-Very minimal heat coming from the battery pack. Also very sleak looking battery attachment, not great idea having it become the bottom of player because if you drop it chances are you will damage the battery clips.
-Watched horton hears a who which is about an hour and half long and have 2/3 of battery remaining.
Other options and information
-Battery charging takes about 3 hours from completely dead
-When you adjust the screen zoom level to full or normal and you go to a new scene or pause and return it seems to skip back to last level not a huge deal but it gets annoying.
-Lack of usb port and or sd card slot was a dissapointment to me.
-Havent watched anything burned off of tv or used looked at any pics on the player yet.
All in all I think the player is worth the money, if you are like me and want something to just enjoy on a trip and don't have huge expectations on 1080p quality this player is fine. If you are looking for a higher resolution player its hard to find in this price range. Also this is one of the best looking players in picture quality from what I have read in reviews.
Problems and concerns.
-Lack of menu settings
-lack of sd slot or usb port
-doesnt rotate both ways
-More realistic real life films look a little washed out or grainy at times but more then acceptable for a portable player.
-only a 1 year warranty and ONLY a 30 day labor warranty.. WTF?for what the price point is I think its unacceptable specially being a portable unit, you want something to beable to last.
-price a little high considering some laptops are in 4-500 dollar range and do far more.(I only wanted to spend 150 so it wasnt worth it to me to shell out that kind of money.)
Its a great buy but I suggest getting a case for in the car, if I find one I LIKE and try it out I will update the review.
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