Mustek PD77C Dual Tablet Portable DVD Player

by Mustek

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.3 x 10.9 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001OOTQWE
• Item model number: PD77C
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,345 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Portable DVD Player with Dual Tablet 7.0-inch LCD Widescreens

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, with a few minor flaws., July 18, 2009

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Somebody - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mustek PD77C Dual Tablet Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

First let me say I am in fact very pleased with this unit. It includes everything you need for two kids in the back of the car. And unlike a couple other portable units I've had it seems to be pretty well built. We just finished a 5500 mile road trip vacation and it performed flawlessly. Now that said there are a few things to note.

First, I got this specific unit because it has a) two screens and b) a video input. One goal for our trip was to be able to bring the Xbox along for the ride. The issue here is that while the main unit will pass the DVD signal via it's video out to the secondary unit's video in, it will not feed the video input from the main unit back out to the scondary screen. While not a major issue it did require me to pick up some Y cables and an extra RCA to 3.5mm cable to split the signal at the Xbox and feed it separately into each unit.

Second, the AC adapter can only power the main unit. Again not a major issue as we don't plan to typically use it outside the car, and on the one occasion we did, using just the main unit was fine. (The 12v DC adapter for the car has two power cords running from it so you can easily power both units in the car)

My last complaint is that there does not seem to be any way to attach the battery to the main unit while using the straps that attach it to the headrest. Maybe there's a way, but if so it's non-obvious. Every way I tried the straps cover one of the slots that the battery attaches too. This makes no sense to me since in the car attached to the headrest is the only place I would normally use the battery. Fortunately the battery pack has a short cord that attaches it to the main unit so I just wedged it in between the main unit and the headrest. You really do need the battery pack because on restoring power the DVD will not resume to the place it left off as some portable DVD players do.

All in all I'm happy with this DVD player. If it weren't for the issues listed above I would have given it 5 stars instead of 4.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Buy!!, July 13, 2009

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Sue R. "avid watcher" (Elgin, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mustek PD77C Dual Tablet Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

This is the best Portable DVD player I have ever had. There was no problem with volume, or the picture quality. I could not be happier. It was great for the 10 hours of driving time, plus the stop and go driving once we arrived. Since we have been home, I have not taken it out of the car, and I have had no problems. I wish I had found this player before I Purchased the one on sale last year for $99.00. That one stopped working before we got back from our trip.
Could not be happier!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Keep looking, October 23, 2009

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Erin C. Dement "erinpt28" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek PD77C Dual Tablet Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

This machine player broke in less than 5 months with only being used on long car trips (maybe 5-6 trips). The customer service rep (whatever middle eastern country they are from) were of no help (once you understood what they were saying). No repair place in this large city were able to help either because this is apparently a no name brand. Don't bother with this product. THere are much better ones out there with I'm sure, much better assistance offered in the event that their product bites the dust.