Sony DVPFX810 8-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black
Rating: 
- Not Reliable
Pros: This product has a truly amazing battery life, and excellent built-to-last quality. Screen resolution is nice (screen cover is too glossy which produces glare easily).
Cons: Sound. It's ability to consistently play DVD's.
We bought this at Radio Shack for a long day of plane flight for our 3 year old daughter. We charged it the night before, opened it up and loaded a brand new DVD, pressed play... "Disc Error". I thought "Must just be this DVD", so I tried 4 more DVD's all without any major scratches or smudges (I checked carefully!). Same error each time. Finally (days after the plane trip) I managed to get 2 DVD's to play. I thought "Ok, it's going to work now". Then the next time I tried it, "Disc Error". No rhyme or reason. It's like the player decides for itself when it is ready to play a disc!
I took this back to Radio Shack, exchanged it for another one expecting the first to be a fluke. It wasn't! Same errors and problems.
I was expecting way more out of a Sony since all my other Sony products have been great but this one really didn't hit the mark. In fact it failed miserably. I would have suffered through less battery life, screen glare, or low sound happily. But it's a DVD "PLAYER", meant to "PLAY" DVD's not have them all say "ERROR"! This was very disappointing. Thankfully, I was refunded all of my purchase.
I am not the picky sort of person so what you see here is what you will get if you buy this unit.
Buyer beware!
Rating: 
- Excellent Player
After alot of research and reading reviews I purchased this player, which im glad I did. I bought this DVD player to keep my 4 children occupied during long car trips, baseball games and practices. The sound quality is fantastic, battery life is great. The player runs very quiet much different from my old player. The only down fall is the screen doesnt have a mat finish therefore sometimes it makes it hard to concentrate on the movie when you can see your reflection. I plan to inquire into a cling flim that will go over the existing screen to reduce the glare hopefully there is such a thing.
All in all this is an excellent Player and I would highly recommend it.
Rating: - Battery Life is GREAT
I bought two of these for the kids for a recent vacation.The battery lasted through 2 full movies.Great for a long flight or drive.
Rating: 
- Lasted 7 months... about 30 hrs use.
I bought this portable dvd player about 7 months ago. The total useage is around 30 hrs (two long road trips) Now, after loading a disc the player tells the user to "check disc". I inserted numerous discs, and a new disc. It still didn't work, so I called Sony Technical support. He was helpful, and we attempted to fix the machine, but in the end he stated I would need to take it in for repairs. Since it was past 90 days the warranty for the labor repair had been exceeded. It would probably cost more to ship and have repaired than buying another product. Very disappointed in Sony.
Rating: - Great buy!
This Sony player is great and has saved us on our road trips thus far! Screen is great, audio is fabulous! Definitely recommend this product.
- Not ReliablePros: This product has a truly amazing battery life, and excellent built-to-last quality. Screen resolution is nice (screen cover is too glossy which produces glare easily).
Cons: Sound. It's ability to consistently play DVD's.
We bought this at Radio Shack for a long day of plane flight for our 3 year old daughter. We charged it the night before, opened it up and loaded a brand new DVD, pressed play... "Disc Error". I thought "Must just be this DVD", so I tried 4 more DVD's all without any major scratches or smudges (I checked carefully!). Same error each time. Finally (days after the plane trip) I managed to get 2 DVD's to play. I thought "Ok, it's going to work now". Then the next time I tried it, "Disc Error". No rhyme or reason. It's like the player decides for itself when it is ready to play a disc!
I took this back to Radio Shack, exchanged it for another one expecting the first to be a fluke. It wasn't! Same errors and problems.
I was expecting way more out of a Sony since all my other Sony products have been great but this one really didn't hit the mark. In fact it failed miserably. I would have suffered through less battery life, screen glare, or low sound happily. But it's a DVD "PLAYER", meant to "PLAY" DVD's not have them all say "ERROR"! This was very disappointing. Thankfully, I was refunded all of my purchase.
I am not the picky sort of person so what you see here is what you will get if you buy this unit.
Buyer beware!
- Excellent PlayerAfter alot of research and reading reviews I purchased this player, which im glad I did. I bought this DVD player to keep my 4 children occupied during long car trips, baseball games and practices. The sound quality is fantastic, battery life is great. The player runs very quiet much different from my old player. The only down fall is the screen doesnt have a mat finish therefore sometimes it makes it hard to concentrate on the movie when you can see your reflection. I plan to inquire into a cling flim that will go over the existing screen to reduce the glare hopefully there is such a thing.
All in all this is an excellent Player and I would highly recommend it.
- Battery Life is GREATI bought two of these for the kids for a recent vacation.The battery lasted through 2 full movies.Great for a long flight or drive.
- Lasted 7 months... about 30 hrs use.I bought this portable dvd player about 7 months ago. The total useage is around 30 hrs (two long road trips) Now, after loading a disc the player tells the user to "check disc". I inserted numerous discs, and a new disc. It still didn't work, so I called Sony Technical support. He was helpful, and we attempted to fix the machine, but in the end he stated I would need to take it in for repairs. Since it was past 90 days the warranty for the labor repair had been exceeded. It would probably cost more to ship and have repaired than buying another product. Very disappointed in Sony.
- Great buy!This Sony player is great and has saved us on our road trips thus far! Screen is great, audio is fabulous! Definitely recommend this product.