VideoNow Color Personal Video Player - Sapphire

by Hasbro

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 5.5 x 11.7 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• ASIN: B0002L9IFA
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,889 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #23 in Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Personal Video Players & Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 13, 2005

Product Description

This colorful, sapphire VideoNow Color Personal Video Player really brings handheld movies to life. Now in color, these pint-sized video players match your lifestyle with on-the-go entertainment and high-styling hues. Watch a variety of high quality PVDs (Personal Video Discs) at any time, any place. VideoNow Players have traditionally played only black and white discs, but with VideoNow Color, you'll get an entertainment experience that really packs a punch. With its backlit display and stylish design, you won't want to go anywhere without one. Features: Larger screen than the original VideoNow Player - a whopping 2.5 inches Play VideoNow Color discs (sold separately) that feature the hottest names in youth entertainment Compatible with the original black and white VideoNow discs Contrast and volume controls and a backlit display Speaker to deliver crystal clear sound DC power jack and headphone jack (headphones and DC power adapter not included) VideoNow discs can only be played on VideoNow players; VideoNow players can only play VideoNow discs Play VideoNow discs for up to five hours at a time - requires 3 "AA" batteries (not included) Regular DVDs cannot be played on this system

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea if you could find any discs for it, January 27, 2005

By 

Leslie "mommy2hk" (SC USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: VideoNow Color Personal Video Player - Sapphire (Electronics)

Both of my kids got these for Christmas - great idea; not as expensive as a DVD player for the car (especially for those of us who don't want the portable one/plan to get next vehicle with built in) and the picture was really better than I thought it would be.

However, I only got my children two discs a piece to start. Now, NO discs worthwhile can be found anywhere. The only ones that are ever on the racks/online en masse are the Star Wars 3 pack (none of today's kids really want that), the Tony Hawk Skate Park (obviously they aren't interested there either) and Fear Factor (let's face it, if you let your kids watch FF you need to take the VideoNow player and hit yourself in the head - HARD).And even if I do find a couple on Ebay, the selection is so limited. I wish I'd just bought a cheap portable DVD player. Hasbro really missed the boat on this one - it could have been a great thing but they didn't make enough discs of the ones they do produce and need to put more shows out for the kids. My advice: Don't buy it. I am very disappointed in the disc selection - this is already at the bottom of the toy box.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon Best Buy, November 21, 2004

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Horlbeck Family (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: VideoNow Color Personal Video Player - Sapphire (Electronics)

I shopped Kohl's sale on this item and Radio Shack and Fry's Electronics and Amazon's sale price was THE LOWEST even with shipping and handling. My daughter loves this toy and shares it with her sisters when we take long road trips.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 3 times the charm, December 29, 2004

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D. Vaughan (Maine) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: VideoNow Color Personal Video Player - Sapphire (Electronics)

My six year old wanted this toy last year, and we held off in hopes that they would make it color and improve it. He got it this year and it is color, but I have yet to make it work. The first one that we got did not work out of the box. It jumped and skipped so badly that you couldn't watch it, so I returned it for a second one. The second one has a good picture, but no sound! We also got the headphones to go with it, and we can't get them to work either. I'm going back to the store one last time, and not leaving until they prove to me that the one I leave with will work. I'm not anticipating that this will be a toy that lasts long.