Customer Reviews

Mustek PD77C Dual Tablet Portable DVD Player

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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.

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!!

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.

My kids love it! Only complaint would be the cord connecting the two screens needs to be longer... a lot longer! I had to buy an extension for it and only could find the extension at Radio Shack. The screens do scratch easy so keep the protective stickers on them and you should be fine. We keep the main screen on our center console so we do not have any trouble changing DVDs. If you have to put the main console on the back of a seat you might have some trouble. This is a great product, and would recommend this to anyone!

REVISED-It stopped working (playing discs) after 11 months. Luckily we bought the extended warranty. We got the full price back and bought the 9 inch Philips dual DVD player from Best Buy for the same price ($150.00). I like Philips more except for the fact that the Philips does not have a remote control. OLD REVIEW-Portable DVD players are very easily broken. This one has been good to us. Pros-inexpensive, decent picture, alright sound. Cons-picture quality on second screen is reduced (very common with these things) and volume control is a manual dial (no volume control on remote). I have an infant and a toddler. One faces forward, the other back. What's nice is that I can have a screen for each one. You can get a screen for a rear facing seat otherwise.

We bought this item to replace an older player and were initially very pleased. However, that is no longer the case. The minor flaws of this item (can't pick up where you left off in a DVD, Can't use battery when mounted in teh car, etc.) are annoying but we were willing to live with them. However, the player stopped working within four months (just outside of the 90 day warranty period) and the Mustek Customer Support is lousy at best. After ignoring my diagnosis and insisting I test the player with the car adaptor (easy to do on the phone, right?) I was basically told that I should hope it's the DC adaptor so I could buy a new one of those since the player is out of warranty.

Let me be clear; I had no problem with the seller of this item (Price Pros) the problem is with this specific DVD player. It is a piece of junk and should be avoided.

Its not bad but there are some things that you should know.

1. The remote
The remote cannot power off the unit. My car's cigarette adapter actually works while the car is off so instead of trusting the kids to turn off the units themselves, I need to physically unplug the charger from the car. It would be nice if I could do that via the remote instead. That brings me to another point. The remote doesn't work unless you are directly in front of the unit. It would be nice if you could use the remote (somehow) from the front passenger seat a bit easier. I don't think that my small kids will know how to use the remote yet.

2. The cable between the two screens is too short.
If you are going to try to hide the cable going from one screen to another by dropping it down between the seats and running it across the floor...forget about it. The cable is about 2-3 ft long. I've been looking for a longer cable or an extension for it without much luck. It seems that it is a special cable since it is 3.5mm male to 3.5mm male that carries both audio and video. I feel like some sort of digital camcorder cable might work but I haven't found one yet. If you can find one...please let me know where to pick it up.

Other than that it seems pretty good. I just got it and these issues were obvious.

Worked great. Nice picture on both screens. Very easy to set up in the car.