Customer Reviews

Protron 8 Inch Portable DVD Player

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Pros: Nice size screen for the price with nice clear picture. Takes movement without skipping. Battery lasts for about 2.5hrs. Comes complete with carry and carseat mount case, home and car adapter. Has worked with purchased and recorded (dvd-R) movies. Battery charges quickly.

Cons: Volume without headphones is very very low. Volume is ok with headphones. It comes with earbud headphones with a splitter so two people can watch at once but I have not used the ones that came with it. With my own headphones the volume is fine and the sound quality is good.
The dvd door is pretty flimsy. Due to this alone I would not recommend this unit for operation by a child. As long as you aren't abusive it should be fine though. The unit itself seems as sturdy as any of the name brands that I've checked out in stores.
Some features (like fast forward and turning on/off captions) only seem to work by using the remote even though there seem to be buttons on the unit itself. I do admit thought that I haven't bothered to read the manual and I simply may not have set up some features properly.

Overall I am satisfied with my purchase and it seems good value for the price.

I purchased this DVD for my son on 12/30/07 and it is now 7/22/08, just less than 6 months and it does not work. The DVD player does not show movies but it plays CDs. It makes a horrible noise when it is loading. I called Spectroniq four times with no help at all. They had me try four different things which did not solve my problem. Their workers are from a foreign country therefore the communication was poor and customer service was terrible. My daughter had the same problem with her Philips Portable Player and the company told me to just ship the DVD back and they would replace it. I purchased this DVD for $140.00, so take my advice, don't waste your money purchasing this player.

SpectronIQ has a 90 day warranty. How bad would your electronics have to be to break within 90 days? My DVD player lasted about 5 months of light use, then the battery bulged and would not stay in the unit. Look at the companies web site before you buy. To me, it seems they are counting on making money off the people who will buy non-name brand because it is super cheap. In the case of this company, I would say definitely think twice.

i like the dvd and for the price it is great my girl is very happy to be able to take dora on the go