Customer Reviews

Audiovox D1500A 5-Inch Portable DVD Player with Car Kit

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

The player is everything that it claims to be. The instruction manual is simple and accurate. The picture is crystal clear and the controls either on the remote or the player itself are easy to operate and understand. The battery has given about 6 hours playback time and will charge whilst the unit is playing and connected to an external power source in the car or at home.
It is a go anywhere machine, so far I have only played DVD discs, but the sound is excellent, but when it is piped through my minivan's sound system, then the performance really qualifies as outstanding.
It is hard to see how a unit this size could be better - why pay more?

This is a great unit for the price. I've watched 2 DVD's while on a flight using battery power. The picture and sound are clear and the unit is very user friendly. I also hooked up our video camera and game counsel to it. This unit is a blast with all the options. I have not used the car adapter yet, but I'm glad it is there. I held off on giving it a 5 only because I would have liked a larger screen, and the unit is thicker than the others. It doesn't fit well in the Targus DVD case very well. I'd recomendd getting all the stuff you want to cary with it, headphones and DVD's and trying out the fit at a camera shop. I eneded up using a video camera bag and it all fits fine. If you are a frequent flyer I highly recomend Noise Canceling headsets, I'm sure Amazon has some for you to chose. Over all, a great little item.

I bought this portable DVD because of the reviews that I read on Amazon.com only. I bought one previously from Wal-Mart (Cyber-Home) and found that it got horrible reviews so I returned it, got my money back and ordered the Audiovox D1500A from amazon.com's store.

For $177.00 bucks total, the D1500A can't be beat. Great picture, great sound, not too big, not too small. Overall a great product, and since I bought it from the amazon.com store, it arrived in a very short period of time and I have no fear of replacement if that becomes necessary. I do suggest that you buy a set of good airplane headphones and an extra battery.

ATTENTION: Six months after writing this glowing review, the thing died on me. Skips, hangs up, voice does not coordinate with picture, battery gets so hot on long plane trips it burns your lap. Change the 5 stars to one half star. Don't waste your hard earned money on this thing, check the Panasonic DVD-LS 50 Portatble DVD Players.

Although this 5" is a bit bulkier than some, it sure makes up for it with it's clear quality picture and great sound!!
Battery life has been great with it going longer than the 2 movie life the manufacturer suggests! I LOVE IT !!
Great to have the car kit come with it! Nothing to buy extra!
Great perk to be able to use it with the video games as well!
A great buy~~ I'm VERY pleased !!!

I've had a terrible experience with Audiovox. We received this as a wedding gift off our Amazon registry. The screen blinked an hour into the DVD. Turns out it was a battery problem. I had to pay to ship it back myself. When it came back, we charged it up again and tried to watch the DVD again. It stopped in the same place.

I called Audiovox. Its customer service reps are useless and completely unempowered. The supervisors are never there and don't return messages. After repeated phone calls, I finally reached one who told me that because Audiovox sells through Amazon and not directly to customers, you can't get a refund. Period.

I had to send it back again (they would not refund me money for any of my shipping costs). After a decent wait, it came back. We charged it for two days just to make sure, DVD battery died again. We are so frustrated and apparently have no recourse with Audiovox so we're going to try and deal with amazon. Next time, we're going to ask people to just buy us a gift certificate to Best Buy and be done with it.

Audiovox does not stand behind this product at all.
I am having the same issue that other consumers have had: picture freezing, scratchy sound, screen goes dead.
Unfortunately, I am seeing a trend for this small DVD player.

After calling customer service and explaining that I bought this thing 6 months ago they responded with "the policy is 3 months" if you would like to get your product fixed, it will cost $96.00.

If you are in the market for something that will work for 3 months and then break - this is your product. However, a company like Audiovox should stand behind the products that they put out in the market place. Shame on Amazon for continuing to support this dirty little company.

Arrived defective -- bad screen. Audio quality also poor, very tinny: the speakers are not nearly as large as they appear. Volume had to be adjusted frequently during a movie, as did brightness. Vertical viewing range was very limited, had to re-tilt the display if I sat back in my chair.

Note that with the battery pack attached, the unit is about twice the thickness of the one in the photograph. Any features beyond stop/pause/play require the remote, and the infared receiver is in an awkward location on the front of the unit. Finally, I don't know if I'd call a cigarette lighter power cord a "car kit."

Overall I wouldn't recommend this unit. It's a shame -- it looked really good in the description.

I bought this player because it was affordable and cheap. The video quality was good for the 14 DVDs I've watched so far the sound quality was okay. When I hooked my playstation up to it there was lines going across the screen. I tried many solutions but none of them worked. But when I hooked a VCR up to it there was no lines probaly could have been the Playstation. The size of the player could have been smaller and the battery pack a be a little less bulkier and heavier. When I took it on a car trip the car adapter worked just fine. Battery has a long life. Overall A pretty good player

I bought this player for airplane/car use for my child four months ago. For the first couple of months it worked just fine. However, in the last month, I have had nothing but problems with it. At this point, it will not successfully load any DVD's; stops playing and shuts off automatically with the error "unknown" disc. My biggest complaint is with Audiovox's customer service policy. Because the 90 day warranty is up, they want another $93.75 just to fix the obviously defective product. And the worst of it is how it comes on the heals of just paying $165.00 only 4 months prior! I would definitely think twice about buying this product.

I don't think I'll buy any more Audiovox products at all. I've now -- at my error -- purchased 2 Audiovox portable DVD players in the last year alone. This one didn't even last 7 months. Now the one I just purchased only 2 months ago is having problems, too (model #D-1420). I'm beginning to now think that Audiovox products in general are just crap. And the warranty is only 90 days.....guess I should have known. Don't buy!