Coby TF-DVD8503 8.5-Inch Widescreen TFT Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player with Swivel Screen, Black

by Coby

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 9 x 2 inches ; 4.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0014L6UAI
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: TF-DVD8503
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,126 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Coby TFDVD8503 8.5" widescreen TFT Portable DVD/CD/MP3 player with swivel screen 180-degree rotation, 8.5" TFT color display, DVD,DVD+R/RW, CD,CD-R/RW, JPEG and MP3 compatible, anti-skip circuitry, Dolby digital decoder, digital and analog AV outputs allow for use with home theater system, audio/video input jack for video games,VCR's, or other AV sources, headphone jacks for private listening (x2), multiple languages, parental lock control, black

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coby 8.5 inch portable dvd player- review, January 9, 2009

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Giovanni 2179 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coby TF-DVD8503 8.5-Inch Widescreen TFT Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player with Swivel Screen, Black (Electronics)

When the dvd player arrived I was really impressed with all of its features: 1. car mount for the headrest, 2. remote control, 3. swivel and 4. car charger.

Major Advantages: 1. extremely functional; 2. battery last for over 2 hours and if the battery runs low, you can always plug it into the the car charger; 3. the screen is large enough to view across the room; 4. you can use the remote from nearly 8 feet away and 5. most of all it works!! :>

Disadvantages: 1. you can not control the volume with the remote and 2. for the price, the material of the dvd player does not appear to be of quality (it feels like plastic).

All in all it is a great product and so far so good. My 2 year old received it for Christmas and he never leaves home without it!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great looking, poor production, April 2, 2009

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J. Lindsay "Travel Dad" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coby TF-DVD8503 8.5-Inch Widescreen TFT Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player with Swivel Screen, Black (Electronics)

I bought this DVD Player for my 4-year old to watch in the car. When we got it, I was impressed by all it had to offer. However, when it started playing, the slightest jolt would cause it to say that the cover was open or cause the movie to re-load. Needless to say this didn't go over well with my daughter. I ended up sending it back because of the poor quality.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST PORTABLE DVD, September 4, 2009

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Mike Silverman (Milford, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Coby TF-DVD8503 8.5-Inch Widescreen TFT Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player with Swivel Screen, Black (Electronics)

I've tried several portable DVD players and this was the best. It ran smoothly right out of the box, playing older DVD's , newer DVD's, CD-RW disks of music and video files, everything I played in it worked perfectly. The built in screen is clear enough and big enough to display all aspect ratios crisply, the built in stereo speakers are more than adequate to produce the full range of audio, and the unit comes with all the cables you will need for hookup to a stereo receiver and/or to a TV or monitor if you want. I used this unit both ways, as a portable player using its built-in screen and features, and also hooked it up to my 20 inch television and technics stereo. The image was excellent on the television and the sound was very deep and full through the stereo receiver. The remote is very slender and feels a little too light, but it worked as it should as long as I aimed it directly at the front of the unit. I was about eleven feet away and it worked fine. Still, I would treat the remote carefully, don't accidentally sit on it or leave it to get stuck between the sofa cushions. I say this because the buttons on the DVD player itself are a little awkward to use. The are under the built in screen and not positioned very well. The buttons on the unit do work, I've tested them all, and they function as they are supposed to, but it's much easier to control it with the remote, so you want to make sure you don't damage the remote. The built in 360 degree swivel screen is great. It functions well no matter how far you have it turned. Though the screen is large enough to watch comfortably from about ten feet away, you will do better sitting about eight feet or less from it. All in all, I have not been able to find anything negative about this unit, except as I mentioned with regard to the buttons on the unit itself. I highly recommend this portable DVD player.

- Mike S.