GoVideo DP7240 Off-Road Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD

by Go Video

Product Details

Product Manual [3.02mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002FP22E
• Item model number: DP 7240
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,889 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 5, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ready, steady, Go: you'll be set for whatever adventure the road brings your way when you pack GoVideo's DP7240 portable DVD player. The unit features off-road construction for the rigors of an active lifestyle, including anti-shock protection (ASP) and stylish blue Impact Shield rubber edges. The player's 7-inch LCD is configured in for 16:9 widescreen movies, and it'll spin your photo CDs and music CDs, too.

The DP7240 comes with a rechargeable battery good for around 2.5 hours of playing time and a credit-card-style remote that's small enough to slip into a pocket. The payer's optical-media compatibility extends from standard DVD-Video to recordable DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW, music CD, Kodak Picture CD, and recordable discs filled with JPEG images or MP3 music files. Is it equipped to show your custom slide digital-photo shows to relatives while you're traveling? You bet it is.

Connect a camcorder, video game or other external audio and video source and enjoy home movies and games while you're on the go. Or, take advantage of the unit's coaxial digital-audio output and route it through your surround-decoding AV receiver and multichannel speaker system to get the full benefits of its home theater abilities (coaxial audio cable not included).

Listen through the unit's built-in stereo speakers, or take advantage of its .125-inch headphone jack (headphones not included) to listen in private--or to confine gaming noises to the gamer's head. Additional supplied accessories include a car adapter/charger, an AC adapter/charger, and audio/video hookup cables.

The unit even sports a progressive-scan component-video output for use with your high-definition or HD-ready TV or monitor. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote battery, a rechargeable player battery pack, a DC vehicle power adapter, an AC/DC power adapter, audio/video hookup cables, a user's manual, a quick-reference guide, and warranty information.

Product Description

GoVideo 7" Widescreen Portable DVD Player DP7240 is an extremely compact portable DVD CD Player that's designed to be carried virtually everywhere. It has a stylish but rugged, rubberized exterior that withstand more of the shocks that may occur while carrying. Versatile Entertainment - Plays DVDs, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Music CDs, Kodak Picture CDs, MP3 audio and JPEG image files on CD-R/RW

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy another brand, July 28, 2005

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S. Rittenhouse "S Rittenhouse" (Lancaster, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GoVideo DP7240 Off-Road Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

Although I purchased a different unit, the GoVideo 8440 Portable DVD Player, it played exactly 6 movies before dying. GoVideo replaced it with a refurbished model, which arrived in non-working condition. In addition, the original 90 day warranty is still in force, GoVideo refused to extend it to the refurbished unit. Sitting on hold now with customer service waiting for a answer... I heartily recommend NOT BUYING any GoVideo products unless you are prepared for wasted money and time on hold with customer service.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor product, worse customer service, November 11, 2005

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ripped off consumer - See all my reviews

This review is from: GoVideo DP7240 Off-Road Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

This product is a piece of garbage and the customer support from GoVideo is pathetic. I purchased this product last November for my child's xmas present. Several times it just stopped playing, then resumed working a few minutes, hours or days later. Finally just before the warranty ran out it quit altogether. I contacted GoVideo for support, no easy feat as I waited on hold 45 minutes to 1 hour after no response by email (including 2nd and 3rd emails) for 1 month. They told me my only option was to send the unit back and pay $89.95 for a "labor charge" and they would send a new replacement. The replacement arrived yesterday, worked for about a minute and died. I am totally disgusted with this product and company. I would never purchase another product from them again.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible battery life and customer service, April 8, 2005

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M. Urban (Northern Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GoVideo DP7240 Off-Road Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

I had minimal expectations for this product: that it run for long enough to view one movie in its entirety with a decent picture and audible sound. Well, the picture and sound were fine, but that doesn't do much good if the battery won't let you finish your movie. The manual states the battery should last 2.5 hours, but I found it to be more like 1-1.5. Then, I tried to contact GoVideo customer service and received an automated reply, which was unhelpful. I tried again, and they never responded. Luckily, amazon accepted the product for a refund since it was defective. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get something else.