Hi guys. so I need some help please.
It is my fathers birthday coming up and I know that he wants a portable DVD player. Thing I want to get a very good one, and I can not find a single site that caters to this. Plenty about home theater but nothing about these portable players!

Now I need some help. I would like it to have a relatively big screen I guess at least 8"
Also divx/xvid capabilities are a must. This way I can load a bunch of episodes on one DVD and have fun on vacation.
In addition it needs to have video and line audio out so that if he goes somewhere he can hook it up to a TV and have good quality sound and video. now can you guys please help me find something like this. I would really appreciate it , thanks in advance.

I bought the Toshiba SD-KP19 from Costco for $170. It has an 8 inch screen is DivX certified, but best of all it also plays off an SD or MMC card direcectly increasing battery life. I have nn't time how long the bettery lasts reading SD cards. It has a stereo audio out as well as composite video.

The photo viewing sucks, but I am happy with the video quality and unlike many other portable DVD players the volume actually does get pretty loud. On the down side it does automtaiccly stretch the picture to fit in to the 16:9 form factor.

See some discussion here
http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31353

Specs below copied from here
http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/dvd/product.asp?model=sd-kp19
(note it outputs composite video - not component as written here)
The Toshiba SD-KP19 Portable DVD player features an 8" Widescreen, with invert display mode (dm)TFT LCD Display with 480x234 Pixel Resolution, that is great for viewing standard, letterbox and anamorphic DVDs. The SD-KP19 is DivX® Home Theater Certified and allows playback of DivX, AVI and MPEG4 (.ASF) compressed files downloaded from the internet from a personal computer and stored on a CD-R/RW. The convenient Audio/Video Input and Output provide connection to an external monitor or using the SD-KP19 screen and speakers as the display device. The built-in 4-In-1 Card Slot accepts Secure Digital™, Memory Stick™, XD Picture Card™, and MultimediaCard™. The SD-KP19 also features a JPEG Viewer that enables a user to display digital photographs on the LCD screen or a television set in the JPEG digital format.


peter
ps. I don't often read this group, so PM me if you have more questions

I was sick and in the hospital durring the holidays, so to pass the time my parents bought me a portable DVD player.

They got me the Philips PET724/37.

I love this little gadget!!!

It has a 7" screen (which I realize is smaller by today's standards, but), the quality of image on this thing is outstanding! It easily beats several other 8" players! The sound quality on this player is also amazing! No volume issues here what so ever.

It has a battery life of 4 hrs which is pretty decent. The price is very affordable too...

Overall, I am extremely happy with this player!

Note that Philips also makes a "higher end" model which has an 8.5" screen instead and a battery life of 6 hrs.