Coby TF-DVD8500 Portable 8.5" DVD Player

(Progressive Scan - MPN: TFDVD8500)

Description: TCoby's TF-DVD8500 8.5" TFT PORTABLE DVD PLAYER with SWIVEL SCREEN provides a 16:9 ,Color TFT Display, ability to play and view DVD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/JPEG, Multiple Subtitles/Viewing Angle, Slow/Fast Motion Play,and Composite Video Output.

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Date Reviewed: 07/03/2006
eric4227 Member Since: Jun 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Weeks	TF-DVD8500 Portable 8.5" DVD Player (Progressive Scan). Strengths: Great product!! Weaknesses: na Summary: The unit is pretty flimsy, mostly composed of lightweight plastic, but this is a boon if you're looking for a featherweight device. On-Off slider switch is clunky at best. The opening latch is not intuitive and requires the attention of a few more brain cells to get this clam to open up. The latch for the external battery pack is similarly designed. With a fully charged battery, I was able to get through Aeon Flux twice (about 3 hours). Screen resolution is only about 410x230 for this 8.5" display, which yields very large pixels. The documentation states a resolution of 1440x234, but I don't believe that for a second. Each pixel is about 3x the area of a pixel found on a typical computer monitor, so edge artifacts are easily discernible. Compare this to the gorgeous 320x240 pixel resolution of a 2.5" Apple Ipod. The slow LCD response time causes choppy motion on fast action sequences and the black levels look dark gray at best. On Aeon Flux, Charlize Theron, lacks her normal, vibrant glow. This unit also does not auto-detect the format of the movie, so you'll need to manually switch from 16:9 to 4:3. This is easily accomplished with the push to two buttons, but that's unless you prefer a more portly Charlize. On particular DVDs, the unit has this habit of skipping and momentarily freezing while it's trying to reacquire the track. 81% of People (13/16) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 07/14/2006
mariefarson Member Since: Jul 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 7 Days	Awesome, versatile portable DVD player Strengths: good screen size, good volume on speakers, all accessories included, multi-region capability, non-bulky battery pack Weaknesses: weak plastic materials used in construction Summary: Finally decided to buy a portable DVD player for the kids on long road trips in the car. This player provided the best features for the most value. Travelling in Europe and the USA we were looking for the ability to play multi-region DVDs. All accessories we needed were included: dual headphones, 110/240 DC power supply, car power supply cable, viewing case which suspends from car headrest, AV cables to hook to TV in hotels, Li-ion rechargable battery with 2+ hours per charge. The speakers seemed louder than similar portable DVD players and the 8.5" screen size is better than the 7" screen size for the same price as most 7" players. 78% of People (7/9) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 08/20/2006
cindy0586 from CA Member Since: Oct 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Months	TF-DVD8500 Portable 8.5" DVD Player (Progressive Scan) Strengths: Worth the value Weaknesses: Na Summary: Excellent features and nice accessories included. After comparing few portable DVD players in Best Buy and Circuit City, Coby is very good. Picture quality is much better than Insignia and Audiovox. Of course Sony and Samsung had little better picture quality than Coby; it's not worth paying twice the amount that I've paid for Coby. After all it's your portable DVD player, not your primary entertainment system. Audio volume is excellent compared to any other portable DVD player that I've checked. Also works great when connected to the TV. This is my second product from Coby and I'm satisfied with it. 67% of People (2/3) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/26/2006
sonchen from CA Member Since: Mar 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 7 Days	TF-DVD8500 Portable 8.5" DVD Player (Progressive Scan) Strengths: Good picture and good speaker volumn Weaknesses: Vulnerable material and noise when reading disk Summary: Overall it is a good product comparing the quality and price. The only thing I didn't like much is the noise when reading disk. But the noise isn't heard when using earphone. 50% of People (1/2) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 02/03/2006
Moogurr from MO Member Since: Feb 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 6 Days	Mooggar Strengths: Good picture quality,easy to use,price and exceptional speeker volume. Weaknesses: Warranty,battery life. Summary: I have been playing around with this DVD player for a week now. I am happy about this product it pass my expectation, it is good design the only thing i got concern the matterial of this product constructed. 27% of People (4/15) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.