Accurian APD-3955 7-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player

by Accurian

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• ASIN: B000I1TG1K
• Item model number: APD-3955
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,008 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

This 7" portable DVD player from Accurian lets you see all the action in widescreen format. The display delivers crystal-clear images and also offers built-in stereo sound. Listen to your CDs, MP3 CDs and watch your favorite DVDs easily, plus with the built-in rechargeable battery, it's easy to take your entertainment on the go.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great player, but has some slight flaws., December 5, 2006

By 

Shinde Kudasai "Kitsune Youkai" (Des Moines, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accurian APD-3955 7-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

After buying my Coby portable 3.5 inch DVD player at Suncoast I saw this at Radio Shack for the same price ($99) it has a -7 INCH- wide screen! I didn't like how hard it was to read subtitles and MP3 song names on the Coby (I watch ALOT of downloaded fan-subbed anime, and I had a Rio Volt which scrolled song names like Winamp does) I ran back to my place, grabbed my Knight Rider dvd and an MP3 cd and ran back to the Radioshack and the guy let me test it out. Here's some opinions:

Pro's:

1: Plays burned DVD's, VCD's, and MP3 cd's.
2: Has a 7 inch screen that isn't too dark or too bright.
3: Big -BOLD- fonts for adjustment menus and Mp3 selection.
4: Comes with built in speakers and optional headphone ports.
5: Comes with everything you need to use it with your RCA-capable TV.
6: Screen can turn off with the player still running Mp3 discs or CD's.


Cons:

1: No directional cursor button? (Ok, its on the remote, which takes a BATTERY)) You can't get by on just Play, Rewind and Fast Forward alone!
2: With all that extra panel space, they could have easily included Subtitle and Audio switching buttons on the player ITSELF!

3: Couldn't get any mp3's to play due to no Directional button, would've been nice if the titles scrolled and were not cut off after 2 words.

4: Proprietary batteries, this means you can't just hop off the Greyhound, run into a gas station and slap some fresh AA's into the player.

Getting something like this for $99 is a helluvalot smarter than getting an I-pod Video for $200 as you can simply BURN movies and music videos to discs with a CD or DVD burner drive (mosta the movies and music I like is FOREIGN, and would probably be impossible to find on I-tunes or whatever), definately shop around and see if there's better models out there. ^^

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great portable DVD player, July 13, 2007

By 

Kathleen J. Shuyler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Accurian APD-3955 7-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I bought my Accurian DVD player at radio shack I read everything I could before I used it I think it said to charge it before you use it i'm not sure. So i did then I turned it on and put a dvd in and it worked perfectly. I then burned a dvd and data disk with around 120 songs on it it played both with no problems now i have had it for about a year and it still works very well. I very suprized it got such low ratings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for playing any region DVDs!, October 19, 2007

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Cybergal (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accurian APD-3955 7-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

Got this DVD Player from Radio Shack for only $90 at the same time as got a $200 Sony DVP-FX810 DVD Player as a gift..
was later sent some DVDs from England of a family wedding and was happily surprised to find that whilst the Sony DVD player would not play the foreign DVDs this one does!

I then tested both players with various DVDs and found that this one plays any DVD I put in :) Bargain!

On the downside, it doesn't have directional buttons on the player itself (to skip around menu options), only on the remote.