Customer Reviews

Audiovox D1812PK 8-Inch Portable LCD DVD Player with Car Kit

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

I bought this unit at Sam's club and did not have high expectations after reading all the reviews for the ones costing 3 times as much, but I was taking a cross country trip and wanted to have it to while the time away. It was great! I'll be honest, it is hard to hear some dialoque on airplanes, but I think better headphones would help. I decided to play foreign films so I could read along with the subtitles and that solved that problem. I watched one and a half movies on a trip from Raliegh to LA and it was the nicest time on a plane I have ever had. The pictures is amazing, and if you aren't on a plane the sound is great. When the battery dies (after about 3 hours), it makes a horrible sound, and the games included are loud and archaic, but I didn't buy it for games, so I don't mind. I really like this system and it was a great price. I bought a year long extended warranty just in case after reading the reviews. I've had it a month and have seen about 8 discs on it. I love it. I figure if it lasts 2 years, I have more than gotten my money's worth.

I very carefully looked for a product with a minimum 8-inch screen. The price on this was great, and the screen is awesome! DVD's on this look better than on my television. I have had no problems yet, but bought the warranty just in case. The speaker quality sucks, but I kind of expected that for the price. It sounds fine with the included headphones. And being able to buy EVERYTHING you need in one fell swoop is so convenient.

We bought this portable DVD player for a road trip with our two sons ages 11 and 9. While we don't generally encourage watching a lot of movies, this was the best purchase we had made in a long time. It was a long trip, with many traffic and weather delays, so this product certainly helped keep our boys busy. It has two headphones so noone was complaining that they couldn't hear. It kept it's charge the entire trip-over eight hours- and comes with an easy adapter for recharging in the car or in a hotel. My husband and I also used it when the boys were asleep. The headphones let us watch without disturbing their sleep. I would certainly recommend this to anyone.

I spent $400 16 months ago on two very similar portable Audiovox DVD players for my kids, for long roadtrips. They were handled with care, never abused or exposed to severe temperatures. I think we got about 6 trips out of them, then the screens went blank while in use and both units died within 24 hours of each other. Circuit City informed me the product is no longer on their shelves and referred me to Audiovox, who will do nothing since the product is now out of warranty. Extended warranties are useless on this kind of product -- who can wait 6-8 weeks for repairs? Parents, find another brand!

We purchased this portable DVD player for a trip which included a connecting flight and a five hour drive with our two year old son. The car seat hook-up was pretty simple, the quality of the picture was great. My son did not want to wear the earphones and the sound was heard perfectly well with all the road noise. We even used it on the plane trip and had to lower the volume quite a bit so as not to disturb others. Did I mention how great having a remote for it was. It played through an entire movie and we had no problems with the battery. And guess what? It comes in it's own carrying case which fits all the straps, battery and attachments. It was perfect and absolutely well worth the money. We've used it on about 10 occassions already and no problems.

I recieved this DVD player as a gift for Christmas from my wife. I used it 5 times- done - screen says no disk with DVD in machine. My wife got the ex-warranty through Amazon.com . NO GOOD UNTIL 1 YEAR AFTER DATE OF DELIVERY> THEY HAVE AUDIOVOX as HAVING A 1 YEAR WARRANTY -- AUDIOVOX HAS A 90 day WARRANTY on this DVD. I ASKED for Help ..... NO response. I was told to wait until DEC. 2006 and then reply.. I suppose I'll recieve the same at that time to--- NO RESPONSE -- BOTTOM LINE DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF *%**^%^&&^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got this dvd player and used a couple times and put it away for a while about 3 month's later I took it out charged it and put in a brand new disc it didnt do anything tried about 6 diffrent times with 6 diffrent disc's still nothing...
Dont buy it trust me

I bought this for my 2 yr old for a car trip from VA to WI and it worked great on the trip. Once in WI however it started to freeze up every once in a while. Either the screen would just go dark and I had to turn it off and back on to get it to do anything, or would say it was loading the disc and just not do anything else after that. Like it didn't recognize the disc even though I played the disc in 3 other players so I know the disc worked. That wasn't the worst.
The worst is the company's warranty and customor service. One month after buying this I tried opening the lid and I couldn't get it to open. In the process of trying to figure out what was wrong, why the lid wouldn't open, one of the hinges broke. Then I realized that one of the small metal spring pins had come out from under the lid and was preventing me from opening it. I called the 800 number to find out what I could do, since the player won't work without the lid closed and they said I could pay to send the unit in and pay the flat fee of around $100 dollars to have it fixed. That is half of what I paid for the whole package...not worth it. The hinge being broken is considered "cosmetic" and not covered under warranty even though the player won't work now unless I rig it like tape down the button that indicates the lid is closed. Something like that should be covered under warranty, I've only owned the thing for one month! I would take it back to the store I bought it at except the store in VA and I'm in WI for a couple months. I guess I'm glad I found this out about the company; they lost my business.
I would have only given this one star because of the company but the player actually worked quite nice for the month that it did work.

Bought it for the kids to use while traveling Thanksgiving weekend. The car kit with case is convenient and packs well, and was no big deal to carry through airports. The remote and unit controls are well laid out and easy to use. The picture quality when watching animated features was more than adequate. DVDs loaded quickly. The battery did not run out over a bit less than 2 hours of use. The included folding headphones are cheesy, but provoked no complaints. There are not 2 audio jacks built into the unit - an adapter is included instead, and functioned without any problems. We also used the included a/v cables to connect the unit to a television, and it functioned great as a DVD player.

This is a great product! My family and I took a long flight overseas to the Philippines and I knew my 2 year old would be a nightmare on the plane. With this DVD player, I kept him busy watching "Nemo" over and over.