Customer Reviews

Audiovox D1812 8-Inch Portable DVD Player

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I had this unit as a gift from my brother. Its been over a year now and had no problem with it what so ever. I use it almost everyday specially when i'm in bed and it is working just fine even with my back-up movies and my mp3 CDs. the battary can almost playes two movies or a one three hours movie when its fully charged. I even dropped it coupl times thnking there is no way its gonna work again but it suprised me. the down side of it is the sound quality comming from the built-in speakers which is a common thing in all Portable DVD players and for some reason the bottom of the player heats up and gets warm. I dont know if the same thing happens in all Portable DVD players or not. otherwise this is a good unit to invest your money in.

My daughter received this DVD player Christmas 2005. It seemed to work just fine for a few months. Then, one day it just seemed to be in an eternal "Loading" position. I bought a name brand DVD lens cleaner to see if that would rectify the problem. It did not. Thus, it is "loading".

I purchased two of these DVD players and both of them have stopped working. My daughters used them each about 6 times on long road trips so they are like new. However, the last time we tried to use them, the DVDs would not load. You can actually hear the motor grinding and grinding. What a rip off! Audiovox will fix them for $93.00 each. I already spent close to $400 for two pieces of junk! Anyone ever try to report businesses like this to The Better Business Bureau or anything?

Purchased back in May 2005. Worked great for a few trips, even went overseas with it, then put it away for a few months. Going on another trip, took the player out, and when I insert a disc, it just spins and spins and spins, displaying "Loading disc" on the display. It never gets past this step.

I would definitely recommend anyone looking at this product to stay away.

Like some of the other reviewers, worked great until a few months later and now the DVD's just spin with the loading icon displayed. A total and complete waste of money.

I'm surprised that so many people have had trouble with theirs; ours lasted five years before having its first problem and considering its been used by kids hands (i.e. mildly sticky hands) for the past three of those years, I'm surprised it has held up so well. We ran into our first problem today which my husband was able to fix, thankfully, but out of curiosity I thought I would check online to see how much they cost these days (We received ours as a gift, but its still good to know in case you ever need to replace one) and was surprised to see such negative reviews.

So here's one positive review: It does what you want it to (see: play movies for your kids on long car trips) and in our case, lasts at least five years. Controls are easy enough for a child to use and brightness is easily adjusted.

This was a present for my daughter. The product arrived on time and wrapped well for shipping. Thanks for the great service.

I got a used(secondhand) Audiovox D1812 a year ago. It works perfectly everytime, never a problem. And I've used it alot!
It even plays homemade DVD's that my Panasonic(NOT portable) DVD player (hooked up to my TV) refuses to play. I would recommend this item to anyone. The tiny remote control that came with it works real well too.

This player worked for about 6 hours of play. now it either refuses to load or when it does it starts an endless skip/freeze routine. biggest waste of money, don't buy it. run from audiovox, buy a real name brand like sony or toshiba. makes a nice paper weight however.

I received this DVD player, with carrying case, cables, headphones, and remote at the end of 2005. It has served me well on trips, and at home for almost three years.
The only things I dislike about it are that the DVD lid sometimes reads 'open' when I know it's latched closed. This probably because the sensor switch is worn or out of position. The other is that the player sometimes freezes on scene-select menus, or manual advance to the next scene.
Both of these things have only shown up in the last few months.
On a plane, on the road, or at home, this little unit has worked well for me.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy another of these D1812's.