Initial IDM-750DX 7-Inch Portable DVD Player with DiVX

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 5.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007PZM6A
• Item model number: IDM-750DX
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,552 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 31, 2006

Product Description

Bring music, movies and excitement wherever you go. This versatile Initial portable DVD player plays multiple formats including DivX 5, DivX 4, and DivX 3. See all the action on a crisp 7" color LCD monitor. In addition to DivX formatted movies, you can play DVD, MP3, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, JPEG and MPEG 4 discs. Player offers built-in stereo speakers, AV output, headphone jack and coaxial digital audio output. It comes with an A/C adapter, car adapter, remote control and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great portable DVD/Divx player, October 18, 2005

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T. Tu (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Initial IDM-750DX 7-Inch Portable DVD Player with DiVX (Electronics)

I have both the 10" and the 7" players.

It plays everything that it says in the spec. For divx, it shows subtitle too if you have the correct file names. It is very compact. The construction is very good. I like the style too. The fastward goes up to 16 times, which I like. The images are nice considering the price and size. I haven't tested the battery life with this 7" player. The one in the 10" player lasts more than 3 hours. The speakers are pretty loud in a quiet room.

I gave 4 stars instead of 5 for the following 2 reasons.

The fastward controls are only on the remote. But all other portable DVD players have this problem. I lost the control for 10", unfortunately. Oh, the power brick of the power supply can be weak. I broke one; it doesn't charge any more, so I have to buy a replacement from RadioShack, which is only 1500 mA instead of 2.1 A. It is hard to find a 9V 2.1A power supply. The car power adapter allows you to use the player in the car, but according to the manual, it DOESN'T charge the battery.

Addition on December 27, 2005

I want to change the my previous review from 4 stars to 5 stars.

I found out that I could do the fast forward/rewind from the previous/next button on the unit. Just press the button and HOLD it. It will fast forward/rewind 2x. Press it again and HOLD it for 4x, then 8x, 16x, and 32x.

Because of that, I bought another 7" unit when it was on sale on Target website. So now I have a 10" and 2 7" unit. My family watches a lot of divx. So this portable DVD player has the best value = (quality & functionalities) / price !!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Consider the replacement plan, April 21, 2006

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G. Scott (Eugene, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Initial IDM-750DX 7-Inch Portable DVD Player with DiVX (Electronics)

I loved this DVD player the first four months...it plays everything, even files that make my Phillips Dvx player choke. The picture is very good, the sound from the speakers is tinny but adequate considering what it is. The picture when using the line out to a tv is extremely good.

Mine quit recognizing any disc in that fourth month, for no apparent reason. Since it was after 90 days, I couldnt get it fixed for free, but Initial customer service offered to either fix it for a fee or to sell me a new one with a 1 year warranty for slightly more. I took the new one, and so far so good. The fact that I put more money into getting a new one shows how much I liked this unit. Worth buying, but you might consider the product replacement plan as it costs less than the route I went. Normally I'm against those plans, but this is an exception...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beats the pants off the Philips DVP642, November 24, 2005

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red-renard (Austin TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Initial IDM-750DX 7-Inch Portable DVD Player with DiVX (Electronics)

A terrific little DVD player. Much preferred over the Philips DVP642, even if more costly, for three reasons: 1) plays certain XviD frames-per-second or resolution sizes that the Philips cannot; 2) does a better job of projecting very dark colors and picture appears more vivid (on conventional TV); 3) easier to tote around, ideal for in-car or vacation use. The aluminum casing is very solid and has not scratched to date, the remote is intuitive to use, and the replacement power brick from Radio Shack (for one left in a hotel room) works just fine.