Customer Reviews

Audiovox D8000IP 8-Inch Portable DVD Player with Built-in iPod Video Docking Station

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

If you have one of the newer video iPods (Apple is marketing them with the label "Classics"), they will not work with this product.

Apple has inserted a chip in the 30-pin connector that prevents you from using anything other than Apple's video connector to push the video out to another screen.

Third party vendors can purchase the technology from Apple to enable this in their products for a price...

So unless you have one of the OLD video iPods from 2-3 years ago, don't get this product.

This system does not work with 5th generation 30GB ipods either.
I contacted the company about my problems (the video only showed in black and white) and was told this is "an Apple" issue not theirs. But NO where on the box on on this description does it say not compatible with 5th generation 30GB ipods.

BEWARE!

We purchased this DVD player for the kids to use during the extensive traveling that we tend to do. It worked really great at first: decent enough quality viewing, good compatibility with our old iPod, the DVD tolerated lots of bumps on the road without skipping, etc, etc. However, it is sort of a low-quality build overall. The hinge on the cheap plastic cover that closes on the DVD itself inevitably snapped off at the hands of our toddlers after just 3 months of use. The DVDs will not play if it senses that the lid is open: we can't figure out how to over-ride it and trick it into thinking it's closed, so it's now use-less. When calling Audiovox to fix this cheap little lid the cost to fix was quoted at $99 plus one-way shipping. Clearly not worth sending in, so now we have to buy another one. Lesson learned: overall, this is not a tough and sturdy player for use by children! Adults only, and gentle at that! But if you aren't a rough and frequent traveler, it would have otherwise been great!

Works as expected. I use it for my kids to watch iPod videos. The picture could be clearer, but that is more a function of the iPod... Have not tried the DVD player yet, or any other inputs. I have thought of buying a second one, but I would need to buy another Generation 5 iPod Video (anything later, ie. 80GB iPod Video (Generation 5.5 ??) will not play video on this unit)....

I would like to add to the review i previously wrote, about a month later we are not able to get this DVD player to work at all. We have only had it about 6 months and it is dead. DO not buy this DVD player.


We got this DVD play for my daughter to use in the car. It worked fine for a week or two, but then the battery just quit, so now we have to use it plugged in or it will not turn on. Also sometimes the screen gets gray lines through it and I have to turn it off and on until they are gone. I wanted to get one with the ipod dock and this was the least pricey. Now I'm wishing we spent more and got a better one. The dvd player over all is flimsy, the picture is good When it's working.

We bought this DVD player for a long car trip (over 1000 miles) with the hope it would distract our 2 1/2 year old. I was concerned about volume issues that I had read about in previous reviews, so we took little speakers to attach to it. It was a wonderful surprise that we didn't need the speakers at all. Even with all the car noise, which is considerable with the air conditioner and the engine noise associated with pulling a travel trailer, it was very easy to hear the videos. Our son loved watching his movies and allowed us to travel with relative quiet and to cover more miles per day.
This is a great player it never skipped even on the roughest roads and was easy to use.

kristi with 2 under 3 on a 1000 mile car trip.

This product is great its everything you need in a dvd player. I just got it because of the Ipod connection but when i got it and saw every other type of connection i was very impressed. It has input\output, flash drive, photo memory card connections and much more. Very good product at excellet price. Its a steal!!!!

We recently took a road trip to Maine with our two children ages 11 and 14. I purchased 2 Audiovox DVD players and 2 cases that attach to the head rests. It was great! We took quite a few movies with us and the trip went so fast for the kids. They were easy to operate and the bonus was the ipod doc. I recommend these Audiovox DVD players to everyone with kids. They are fabulous. The screen quality is excellent and the sound is too. Oh and the kids love having thier own remotes to operate it. As I always say....happy kids...happy parents! Thank you. Mrs. S. Brown - Tenafly, NJ

This player is a good DVD player for the money. We use it on long trips so our daughter can watch movies. I have also used it personally. I bought it because I had an iPod but found it does not work with the 5th
generation iPod. The picture is black and white. I was not too concerned about it because I don't rent or buy a lot of movies from iTunes. Because of the problems I had with the iPod I rated the product with 4 stars instead of 5.

It wasn't the first portable DVD player I've owned, so I expected something better for $100. The player is very bulky. It's as thick as a regular 15" laptop. The battery attaches to the back (not shown on the photos) protruding quite a bit. The display is a low resolution grainy kind. It has also poor colors and contrast. I tried a couple of SD cards. Small 2GB card worked Ok, 8 GB player couldn't read. Apart from those shortcomings the player works fine.