Heading to Italy for 10 days in May

[Sentrosi2121]

We're going over to visit my in-laws. I have a family of four. My kids are 6 and 2. Looking for a good portable DVD player. Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

[OBLAMA2009]

youre going to go to italy and youre going to waste that time watching dvd's?????

 

[zerocool84]

youre going to go to italy and youre going to waste that time watching dvd's?????

Flight over there, trains, etc

 

[TheStu]

youre going to go to italy and youre going to waste that time watching dvd's?????

I think it is for the children.

OP, I think that the technology has reached the point where you aren't going to see a significant quality difference between all the various models. So, I would look for something with decent battery life, and a larger screen. It looks like 7" is the main screen size, and they can be had for under $100. If you want a larger screen, like 8.5-10, then you are looking at something above $130 or so. Honestly, once they start getting close to $200 I would almost opt instead for a netbook.

This is $260, has XP SP3 (not crazy about that), and a 160GB drive. You could rip the movies to the drive ahead of time, and use Plex or XBMC as a front end. Then you and the wife could also use it to check email while you are there.

 

[Kanalua]

Just get something cheap with a battery. Most portable dvd players will only last a few hours on battery. Maybe purchase an iPad and rip/download the movie to it before/during your travels. Would last the hours long flights.

 

[Oyeve]

I did away with portable DVD players years ago. I just bring a laptop and pop DVDs in.