With a Portable DVD Player you’ll never have to be stuck in a car, airplane, or hotel room bored again!

Though buying the biggest screen size can enhance your viewing experience, what good is a Portable DVD Player if you can’t carry it around with ease?

Selecting a Portable DVD Player

If you want to watch a movie while travelling by road, or while undertaking air travel, or if you want to keep your children occupied with a movie for the duration of a long drive, bring your portable DVD player along! To use it, all you need to do, is to plug your headphones into the set, and relax with your favourite viewing to pass time on the journey. Most portable players have a built-in LCD screen and speakers that can give you a miniaturised home theatre experience.

Screen Size and Weight

Many people buy Portable DVD Players based on a single attribute, such as the screen size of the player. The player size is the probably the first aspect to be considered when you venture out to select a player. Those with larger screen sizes will correspondingly weigh more. The ideal screen size is generally held to be 7” making it handy and easy to carry. Bigger screens give you better clarity, but the sets are more expensive than models with smaller screens.

There are also low priced portable DVD players without screens, if you intend to plug the player into an existing television set or perhaps an old LCD screen from a car video system. These are easier on the purse than those that come with a screen but be sure to check that the player you choose has outputs that are compatible with the video inputs of your screen.

Portability: You may want to consider how “Portable” the DVD Player is before making a purchasing decision. If the DVD Player is too big and bulky, it might be difficult for you to carry around. Though as technology advances, even Portable DVD Players with large screen sizes are becoming extremely compact.

Included Accessories: The accessories that come with the Portable DVD Player should have a big impact on your purchasing decision. Consider accessories such as AC/DC Adapters, Remote Controls, AV Cables, S-Video Cables, Car Adapters, Car Mounts, Headphones, etc.

S-Video (Separated Video): An analog video signal that carries the video data as two separate signals.