Gpx PDL805 8.5 Inch Portable DVD Player

by GPX

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.8 x 5 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E9FQU6
• Item model number: PDL805
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,238 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

10-22-2007 - Brand New Item. Description - GPX PDL805 8.5" PORTABLE DVD PLAYER

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not excellent, not terrible, January 9, 2008

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CO772ER@HKG (HNL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gpx PDL805 8.5 Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I got this GPX brand portable dvd player a couple days ago and am so far satisfied. It does everything I expect it to. I would give this product 5 stars even were it not for one annoying feature, or rather the lack thereof. There is no menu button on the player itself! If you don't have the remote control or have lost it you won't be able to access the menu of your dvd while you're watching the feature. The only remedy I see to this is to skip to the very last chapter and fast forward to the very end forcing the menu to come up. But who wants to do this? I am a pretty responsible person and am anal about keeping the remote together with the player so this is not too big a problem for me given the remote continues to work. But I definitely see the potential for frustration.

Some things I like include the carrying case and the screen. The picture is pretty sharp, and the sound is decent. And I didn't expect there to be a carrying case in the box but it came with the player which is very nice.

So overall this product is okay. I don't regret buying it but if I knew of the menu button issue beforehand I definitely would've picked a similar player that had such a button ON the player.

And I don't use PAL discs so the player not being able to actually play those types of discs don't bother me one bit, false advertising or not. Too bad for that reviewer though.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice large screen, hasn't broken in 2 years, December 18, 2008

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Alain - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gpx PDL805 8.5 Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I think we bought this 1.5+ years ago, and my daughter uses this all the time... and I mean all the time! It's still working fine, unlike the other one we got before that broke down after maybe a year. The screen is big and clear, sound ok (althought it always defaults to very loud... maybe bacuse I don't batteries anymore - see below). Small enough that we carry it all the time when tarveling (god send with kids).

The only down side is that battery doesn't hold changes anymore (like 5 min max now) after no that long... so it's always plugged in now. Having a hard time finding a replacement battery....

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Gpx PDL805 8.5 inch Portable DVD Player, September 2, 2009

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Helpful (Wilmington, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gpx PDL805 8.5 Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I was mailed two brand new units from a vendor, and both units were defective. This unit has problems. The first one wouldn't play DVD's, and the second jammed up and would not reboot. Then, after receiving a refund from the vendor, I didn't get all that I paid. Spend a little extra and save yourself the headache.