Toshiba SD-P1700 Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 4.8 x 7.5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F1YF9Q
• Item model number: SD-P1700
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,768 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take your favorite entertainment on the road with you and keep your kids entertained during long car trips with the slim-profile Toshiba SD-P1700 portable DVD player with 7-inch LCD screen with 180-degree flip and swivel functionality. Its active matrix TFT LCD has a 480 x 234-pixel resolution with a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio for watching movies in the format they were made to be watched, built-in stereo speakers, and a single headphone jack. You can view movies on an external TV set via either the AV or S-Video output connections. It also provides Dolby Digital surround sound decoding via the digital coaxial audio output connection.

It includes dual headphone jacks so you can share your movie experience with a partner, a rechargable battery with up to 4 hours of battery life, and a cigarette lighter adapter for powering the player while in the car. In addition to DVD movie and CD audio discs, it's also compatible with DVD-R, CD-R/RW and VCD discs. You can play discs burned with MP3 and WMA digital audio files, and it's also DivX Home Theater Certified--meaning that it's compatible with video burned to disc using both the DivX video format. You can also view photo slideshows from Kodak Picture CDs with JPEG images. The integrated multi-format memory card slot is compatible with Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia (MMC), Memory Stic, and XD Picture Card formats, enabling you to view JPEG images and unencrypted MP3/WMA audio.

With the Digital Picture Zoom interactive feature, you can select an area of the picture you want to zoom in on and magnify it. It can also be used to expand letterbox-only films to increase the viewable area on-screen. Other convenience features include slow motion (1/8, 1/4, 1/2), parental locks, and 3D virtual surround sound. It includes both input and output composite AV jacks.

Tech Talk
DivX is a compressed digital video format (like MP3) that's based on the MPEG-4 video compression standard. It can reduce the video from a DVD (MPEG-2) to around 10 percent of its original size while still retaining good video and audio quality, enabling you to store several two-hour length movies on burned DVD media.

What's in the Box
Portable DVD player, remote control (with battery), car power adapter, AC adapter, AV cable, rechargable battery, printed operating instructions

Product Description

7" PORTABLE DVD PLAYER

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice, July 3, 2006

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Jacob Z (Richmond, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba SD-P1700 Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

This is actually my third portable DVD player, the first two being cheap brands. I can now say that brand name electronics are definitely better.

The first noticeable difference is that the unit itself is smaller and sleeker than the cheaper ones. I like that the exterior is black and the interior is silver. Also, the way the battery mounts on the bottom is much better than the ones that stick out the back.

The battery life is rated as 4 hours, and I would say it is a very accurate if not somewhat modest claim. I took a trip 4 hours away and it lasted all the way there and halfway back, and I didn't even have time to fully charge it.

My only gripe is that the volume decreases slightly when using two pairs of headphones, and it can be hard to hear in a car. However, it is minor, and I would highly recommend this player over the cheap brands. Also, you can't go wrong with Sony, Panasonic, or Philips.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice machine, but..., December 23, 2006

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Amazon Buyer (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Toshiba SD-P1700 Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

I bought this player to replace my cheapo chinese Initial 5.8" portable dvd player. My application is straightforward (no DIVIX, memory sticks, etc), just viewing movies on the plane to kill time. I tested the units with 3 movies: "Miracle", "In Good Company" and "Black Hawk Down". Here's my take:

1. Build/ quality
The Toshiba is stunning. Beautiful metal top and control panel, nice buttons, high quality throughout. Although my Initial has served me well over the years, it is all plastic and looks dated and junky by comparison.

2. Design
I love the fact that the battery fits on the BOTTOM instead of hanging off the back like most portable DVD players. It's much more compact and seems more secure. Battery lasted about 4 hours as advertised (very impressive!) Buttons are intuitive and well placed. The entire size and weight of the thing is nearly identical to my Initial, despite having a larger 7" screen.

3. Sound
A little low using the speakers, but I'm primarily a headphone guy so it doesn't really matter.

4. Picture
Here's the surprising part: the Toshiba is MUCH grainier than my cheapo chinese Initial 5.8" unit. It almost seems as though they increased the screen size without increasing the pixel count! Very disappointing.

5. Reliability
I dont' know how well the Toshiba will hold up over time, but I had to exchange the Initial player 3 TIMES before finding a unit that did not freeze up. Quality control with the no-name brands is spotty at best. Having found a working unit though, it's been 100% reliable over the years. The Toshiba unit worked flawlessly out of the box, no freeze ups.

THE VERDICT:
The Toshiba is a beautiful unit, but I have to say the picture quality leaves something to be desired. The fact that a cheap chinese brand purchased 2+ years ago has better picture quality is laughable. In the end I chose to keep it, but the decision was marginal-- really based on the larger screen size and nice compact design (my Initial has too many batteries, chargers, cords and cables to lug around). I am happy... but not thrilled!

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sent it right back, November 15, 2006

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Amighty "Celebrity Poker" (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD-P1700 Portable DVD Player with 7-Inch Widescreen LCD (Electronics)

I actually meant to order the Philips 7-incher (brighter screen, $20 cheaper, bulkier), but somehow I got confused when I placed the order...this one looked beautiful so I was pretty psyched anyway and was definitely going to keep it. I was planning on using this for work, as I get a lot of DVD's from clients - so I popped one of those in and guess what? It came up as "invalid disc". It's supposed to play the majority of formats, and I triple checked the disc in my other dvd players, and it worked in my Panasonic DVD/VHS combo player. A store-bought DVD worked fine (although I didn't play it much more than the first menu) so I know it's not broken.

The first reviewer also noticed that it doesn't play a bunch of homemade DVD's, so I will confirm that here - if that's gonna be a deal-breaker for you then stay away. BTW, the DVD I was trying to play was made on a Philips burner. I didn't bother to test it with any others.