Sony DVP-FX730 7-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 8.9 x 1.8 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001TCHOPC
• Item model number: DVP-FX730
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,518 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #88 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Portable DVD Players

Product Description

Enjoy movies, music, and photos on the go with the Sony DVP-FX730 portable DVD player. This compact, stylish player includes great features like a seven-inch (diag.) widescreen display, five hours of battery life for extended viewing, and two headphone jacks for sharing in the entertainment, all at an incredible value.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

125 of 129 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Complaints At All!!, May 18, 2009

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Eryn Morris (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DVP-FX730 7-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black (Electronics)

My husband and I have several long road trips coming up, and purchased this player to keep me and our daughter contented on the long drives. We looked at a bunch of different units, and finally settled on this one. We are not disappointed.

Its excellent, especially in the price range its in! The picture is awesome and the sound is phenomenal for being so small and inexpensive. The battery has a good life, and its just a nice bonus that in addition to the AC adapter, it also comes with a car adapter. The construction is solid and the controls are well laid out and easy to use.

We're very happy with the purchase and would definitely recommend this little player to anyone looking for something quality at a decent price.

89 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good unit, but......, June 16, 2009

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Philip A.Cohen (Bay Harbor Islands, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DVP-FX730 7-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black (Electronics)

This modestly priced unit is built well and performs fine, but be cautioned, that though it can play DVD's with Dolby Digital or PCM soundtracks, it cannot play DTS soundtracks, which is a significant loss, because there are certain(relatively few) DVD's in my collection that offer only a DTS soundtrack, and these will play as silent movies on this player. The instruction book doesn't warn about this, so I must tell you.

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good player, but screen resolution could be better, November 27, 2009

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Scott D. Stephens (Chicago area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DVP-FX730 7-Inch Portable DVD Player, Black (Electronics)

This is a fairly good DVD player, but I am surprised that screen resolution of these devices, in general, is not better. We bought an 8-inch LG model about two years ago with better resolution. The LG still works perfectly, by the way, in spite of very hard use by two pre-school children. (LG models seem to no longer be available, unfortunately.)

This 7" Sony model has quite good sound quality, with good volume. The on/off switch is a little clumsy to use, but no big deal. And the "hold" button next to it can be accidentally switch on. Screen resolution may be better than average, but still not very good. Otherwise, this Sony DVD player seems to be quite high quality. We have had it about two months. At one point, it wouldn't play disks properly, but cleaning the lens fixed the problem.

Several people complain about the way the screen format defaults. I disagree. I think the device works just as it should. This Sony player's screen has "widescreen" proportions (16 x 9), like a modern HDTV. Therefore, when you are playing a typical widescreen DVD, there is no issue: The image fills the screen, and everything is in proportion. The issue is what to do when playing a DVD with "full screen" proportions (4 x 3), typical of an older movie or pre-HD TV show. This player keeps the image in proportion and leaves black bars at the sides. That is what I prefer. Some people prefer other options, usually stretching the full screen image out horizontally to fill the screen. I don't like the resulting distorted image but, if you do, you might want to skip this player. I believe that you can set the screen to that choice, but you will have to do it every time you insert a DVD, as it defaults to black bars.