Since I'm not talking about the permanently-mounted kind, I realize this may not belong in this thread. But hey, I'm a moderator, so humor me here.

I'm looking into buying a portable DVD player. It would be primarily for personal use on a treadmill, but it would likely see a lot of action in the car on long trips, so I guess it could qualify as ICE (in-car entertainment).

Following are links to three I've found on Amazon. I've shopped the prices, and they seem to have the best connections. I like the looks of the Toshiba the best, but it's a little pricey. I'm probably going with the Magnavox.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009RTPT/qid=1078844793/br=1-3/ref=br_lf_etk_ce_av__3//103-2040755-8429462?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172521

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000AINEH/qid=1078844793/br=1-4/ref=br_lf_etk_ce_av__4//103-2040755-8429462?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172521

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B16F7/qid=1078844793/br=1-9/ref=br_lf_etk_ce_av__9//103-2040755-8429462?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172521

Any ideas or suggestions?

Amazon is one of the better sites to comparison shop and check out what people that have bought one think about it. I shopped around before Xmas for one and ended up buying 2 of the 5" APEX PD450's at Wal-Mart.com for $140 each. After reading the reviews on several at Amazon. I noticed that quite a few people ended with a lemon... So I ended up getting a 3 year extension on the warranty thru Wal-Mart.com for another $16 ea.

I probably would have gone for the 7" if I was only buying one. But I figured my 2 kids would be happier if they didn't have to share. As far as this thread qualifing for "in-car entertainment"... It works out great that both of my kids in-car entertainment systems plug in nicely to the cig-lighters located in the rear doors of my 2000 Deville. :lildevil:

Wednesday night I placed the order:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005OP2T/qid=1079321993/br=1-6/ref=br_lf_etk_ce_av__6//104-1207420-5228726?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172521

It should be in by the middle of next week.

It arrived today!

I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but from what I've seen, these things are here to stay.

This particular model didn't come with a car adapter. They want about $50 for the Panasonic version. I'd be afraid to use my Radio Shack adapter since I paid so dang much for this unit. I may go the power inverter route.

There's no case, either. But I have a lot of old laptop cases laying around, so I knew that wouldn't be a problem.

The screen is very clear, even at about a 60 degree angle. This would be great in a car, or for two people to share on a plane trip.