Customer Reviews

XBox 7" Screen

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

...definitely not worth the 200 dollar asking price. I've used this screen because a couple guys I know bought it, but I'm much happier with my 7" DVD player, which with the addition of 8 bucks worth of adaptors can have an Xbox, GameCube, or PS2 (or for that matter, VCR) hooked up to it. Takes any RCA input. Total price for DVD player plus adaptors (which were just male to male RCA adaptors) : 208 dollars.

And it'll play 3 hours worth of DVDs on BATTERY POWER!

Not to mention that I bought the darn thing months ago, and now you can get similar ones for about 175 instead of 200. I don't know why anybody even buys these Xbox/PS2 screens anymore. But they do.

Hell, pay 175, get the adaptors, brings you to 183, and that leaves you 17 dollars towards the 30 or so it costs for the DC/AC inverter that will power the whole shebang in the car (or HMMWV, for that matter).

I brought my Cube, PS2, and Xbox over to Iraq (it's going to be a long year, gotta have the games!), and I'm glad I chose a screen that works easily for all three. If you have only an Xbox, and extra money, and really just want your screen to aesthetically match your Xbox, go for this...otherwise, buy a darn 7" DVD player...it's a no-brainer!

This screen is just plain awesome. it works in the car really nice. you have to buy a 300-400 watt power inverter for the AC DC power outlet in your car. I have a 400 watt and it works like a charm. So that is how you get it mobile. The graphics are great. Adjusting the brightness is not to bad but you don't recognize it while your playing the game. This is the cheapest price you'll get it any where and i got the screen in about four days with normal shipping. it costs about $25 bucks less than at the store too. This thing is a loud thing. you'll never need the full volume ever. It even has two headphone jacks witch are nice for dvds and not anoying the driver and passenger you can hook up other devices like vcr, dvd player and video camera. The set up is easy and attatches in seconds. It makes the family vacation trip go bye a lot faster!!

I bought this screen and contrary to one reviewer, you do have to plug in this screen into a power source, it does not get its power from the xbox; you have a power cord for the screen and the usual power cord for the xbox, both need to be plugged in seperately. Also, the photo shown makes the screen seem much larger than it is, the proportion of the screen to the diameters of the xbox do not correspond in actual size to the way they appear in the photo; the screen is really about 2/3 the size that the photo suggests. It can be hard or next to impossible to read text on the screen and there is no sharpness control. It's not a horrible picture but I'd bet that the new PSP will have a better picture and a screen about the same size. I love my xbox so I'm glad to have this screen to use, it's just too bad there isn't a better one available. Bottom line: this screen is way over priced.

Please don't waste your money! The picture is horribe. Most games cannot be played on this because the detail of the picture is so poor and grainy. I got burnt on this one please don't let it happen to you!

verry good.color and sound were exelent,but it should run on one power cord like the ps1 screen and it is a little thick,but it gets 4.5 out of 5.the 5 inch one was extremely lame. it had all that bulk and such huge speakers plus the color and sound adjusters that they forgot about the screen itself it was WAY to small.get the 7 inch yused not new its to spendy. i love xbox and all,but realistlickly i think its insane to pay that much for a littler screen

i found a $60 screen at EB games that attaches to the head rest, it has a bigger screen, runs off the xbox, and is much cheaper

Like the title says normally if you drop near $200 on something in the electronic/gaming section you get what your paying for, but this one doesn't follow the rules. I bought this for my xbox before my unit was heading out to Iraq, I thought, "Hey what the heck, it gets real boring out there why not have a screen for my Xbox and bring it out." man was I wrong. I originally bought the screen for the PS2 when it came out and I was on deployment in Asia and it was great, and I thought this one would hold up the same, maybe even better, but I couldn't be any more wrong if I tried. I opened up the box after I got home from Fry's and noticed right away that this huge chunk plastic was cracked in the front, (odd considering that its wrapped in Styrofoam) so I thought either it was tossed around a lot and dropped or it was a piece of crap or both. Then I tried to place it on the Xbox where it fit securely and the fasteners fit right into place (there are two in the back). The only bad part is that it's just a little difficult (trying to be delicate without braking it even more, considering that mine already was), so don't plan on taking it on and off a lot or it will definitely break. Now you will need another power outlet, and it comes with even more cords, this I did like. You have a special cord (looks just like the part that goes into your Xbox for audio/visual on both ends) that once the it's placed on you just plug in the short, roughly 6 inch cord into both the Xbox and the screen, nice way to lessen the hassles of multiple wires. Then I flipped up the screen and turned it (which has three settings; on, audio only, and audio & visual) and my Xbox on, I was slowly started to begin missing my $200.

If you "walk away" from this review with only one thing, let it be this; that picture on the front of the box is a total lie!!! The resolution is mostly green, I thought it was just the start up and the main menu of my Xbox but then I plugged in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and saw that it was, indeed, a crappy monitor. I then plugged in several other games to see, using games known for dark colors and others known for bright colors, and I proceeded to get the same result each time, everything has a green tint to it. The <cough "fragile"> speakers are alight as long as you don't turn them up too much and blow them out real quick.

Now the screen offers a few controls such as; `On'/'audio only'/and `audio & visual' (as mentioned above), `volume control', `contrast control' you can turn it from a green tint to black and white (ooh what options), `bass' for those of you who are ready to blow those crappy speakers out, and `treble,' this thing also includes two headphone jacks, which is actually laughably ironic considering if you are actually using them for headphones either you and your buddy can't see your screens due to it being cut in half and/or fighting at who's head is blocking the screen because you'll have to squint to read things, good luck with those long range snipings on your FPS (first person shooter) games.

All in all I really can't, in good mind, recommend this thing but if you really need a portable screen for your Xbox, but if you need a portable screen go for it. Don't forget that the other systems have portable screens as well, all you really need is one with an audio left & right and video [red, white and yellow end cords] to hook up something.

I bought this screen before I took off to Korea then Iraq. Its great to have on hand while you are traveling. However, i just wish the screen was a bit bigger.

If you want to take mine off my hands. [...]

This screen is quite good. After reading the reviews I expected it to be washed out, ugly, and not customizable.

This screen does however have a brightness control, and a color control.....no matter how low you turn the brightness it is still a bit too bright unless you hit it from the proper angle.

Otherwise it's a nice screen....I use it to watch movies on, and play a bit of games here and there...so it suits my needs.

Decent, but if it was a bit darker it'd be perfect!

I purchased one of these to take with me on a Thanksgiving Holiday so that I could bring my Xbox along with me. The picture on the LCD screen is grainy and horrible. I tried several games with the screen and it was borderline unplayable. Also, get this: Whoever put my particular unit together must have been losing hair...because there was a piece of hair embedded behind the protective cover against the LCD Screen. Gross. Needless to say, Monday...it is going back to ToysRUs and I will be out my 13$ of shipping. Avoid this unit at all costs!