Customer Reviews

Audiovox Electronics D2011 Widescreen Ultraslim 10-Inch Portable DVD Player

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

 

 

I bought this DVD player because Audiovox has a reputable name (compared to brands such as Mustek, Coby, etc.), however, my experience with this unit has brought the Audiovox name down a few notches.

Besides having very poor sound quality, I had to return the player because it would pause in the middle of the CD. Then, after a few seconds, it would restart. It did this about 15 times per DVD. As time passed it would not even restart and I would have to reboot the machine. Not good. Though the picture quality is good (not great) the sound quality and the playback problems makes this a machine that you should pass on. For the money range consider the Polaroid or Sony. Happy viewing.

We have not had this item for long but we have enjoyed it so far. The picture is beautiful. My daughter was looking at a movie in the backseat. Someone in the movie was pouring water and it sounded so real I had to turn around and make sure it was not my daughter pouring the water. We have had other portable DVD and Video Cassette Players and this one has the better picture and sound by far. She did not need to have on headphones in order to hear the movie while in the car.

My sister has a portable DVD player that messes up every time it is moved. That was my first test of the the Audiovox D2011 and it passed with flying colors!

It is user friendly. My 10 year old was able to figure out the machine and the remote without consulting the owners manual. I love the feature that it will resume play where you stopped the movie (as long as it is connected to power source). That has been a big drawback to DVD's for me up until now since many DVD start out with mandatory commercials that you have to sit through before getting to the menu.

The only drawback for me is a bag to carry it and the remote and various cords in so we can keep everything together. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go shopping! (smiley face)

I really feel good about this purchase and getting my money's worth.

Amazon's product description incorrectly states that the D2011 is compatible with DVD+R/DVD+RW. According to the owner's manual (can be downloaded from the Audiovox website), the D2011 plays DVD Video and "most recordable DVDs in the DVD-R format." If you need to play DVD+R discs, you will probably be out of luck.

We bought the D2011 thinking it would be a great thing for our 16 month old, however, it actually frustrates him more than entertains him. We were at first unable to get the DVD player to work in the vehicle. We took it out and set it down on a horizontal place (countertop) and voila, it worked like a charm. When we placed it back in the vehicle (vertical), it would not load up the DVD's we tried to play. We finally figured out that the black angled cloth piece with cardboard? insides was required to be placed on the back of the player in between the back of the player and the seat back. Even when we placed the adjuster? in between the player and the seat back, we still had problems getting the DVD player to load up.

On the plus side, when it does decide to play, the picture quality is very nice, and the sound quality is as expected with such small speakers. We're taking ours back and we'll research these type of products more before we buy another one.

I originally was going to purchase another brand, but the "epinions" were bad. I really wanted the 10" screen. What I like best about the machine is its simplicity. You just put in a disk and it determines whether it's jpeg, dvd or cd. Movies look good on the screen, too. However, be prepared for a tinny sound. The dvd's are o.k., but the cd's won't break any records for sound quality! But in my research, I found that the greatest complaint on these little, inexpensive machines came from expecting too much of them. For the price, I'm real happy!

love it, love it, love it! it shipped so quickly!

I couldn't get the Mintek player I wanted--it was on backorder. I was going out-of-town and I watch dvds notstop when I am away from home, and Audiovox is supposed to be good. I had had two Mintek dvd players in the past and they were great; the last one died from old age, and over-work. I received the Audiovox three days after Christmas. I watched TWO dvds and 1/2 way thru the second dvd, it died. Nothing-no audio, no video, nothing. I removed the battery, the power cord. Rebooted everything. Nothing. I let it cool off 2 hours. Restarted the Unit. Nothing.

I returned it Amazon for an exchange---same unit. I was all excited. Here I was, out-of-town again, in the same situation. Blasted thing died 1/2 way through dvd NUMBER TWO. Same problem. I used the same remedy. Nothing.

Stupid me. I thought I would go for NUMBER THREE---the old "THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM". NOTHING. The old third time, the same crap happened in the same place. Give me my MINTEK back. I will never purchase anything by Audiovox ever again.

We bought this in Sep and I have waited to se how this was going to perform before writing a review.
I am happy to say that after several family trips this player is still playing.
I had read some reviews on this and was a little worried but we have had no problems so far out of it.
I did give it one less star (4 out of 5) because, as many have said, the sound quality is poor, we fixed this by hooking up a MP3 FM adapter (if you have a cassette player you could use an adaper for it as well) up to it and running the sound through the vehicles speakers. This works great becuase I have the control of the sound :)
One word of warning, if you do this,(running the sound through your car speakers) be careful when putting movies like "Cars" in it, with the "suround sound" I swear I thought a car was about to hit me while I was driving.
Over all I give it a 4, my son loves it, it plays shows that I have recorded from TV, it has a good picture (not HD quality of course), and its simple enough to use (although the cover that comes with it has clear plastic over the buttons, wish it was cut out for the buttons to be pressed better, but thats minor)
I did remember one other thing, the remote is credit card size an was lost in no time, but that is no big problem.

All-in-all, this product is exactly what I was looking for in a portable DVD player. The screen is large enough and bright enough to use in day light, but not direct sunlight which seems to be a problem with all units of this type, not this specific unit.

Got a D2011 at BJs. It was packaged in the durned tuff blisterpack like plastic. Had to be real careful to avoid damaging the product getting the packaging open. Takes a relatively long time to "load" a disc. Picture looked great but the sound at full was barely above a whisper. Plugged it into TV input jacks to check sound; and there too was very low even with both the D2011 volume control at full and the TV volume at full. Plugged into my sound system, it too had to be up so far that background hum was very loud.

Note: Went to Best Buy on line, ordered a Toshiba SD-P1900SN for the same price, picked it up an hour later, and it works great. Screen an inch smaller, and the sound isn't particularly loud, but at least it works well plugged into an external amp and it "loads" the disc much quicker. The Audio[non]vox goes back to BJs.