Haven’t portable DVD players come a long way really quickly. These handy little pieces of technology are a great way to keep the kids occupied on trips, are very cheap and portable.

They are also a very cheap alternative to using a laptop computer for multimedia purposes thus saving having to carry one around on trip and such. As you can probably tell I love them. There is a huge range of units available with a great choice of options including Dual screen, Clamshell design, flat pad design, they can plays CD’s, DVD and other video formats. There are many models available with extended battery life. Gee there are even Blu-Ray units available ( The one to get if you’re looking at this range is the Panasonic DMP-B15. But that’s still a little expensive at the moment). I have been doing some homework on the subject and have found a number of cheap portable DVD players with different features in different price ranges that I believe are the best on the market at the moment.

If your looking at a good sized screen for the kids to watch a movie in the back of a car then the Audiovox D8000IP which has an 8″ screen and is a really great little player with a great price. But I would recommend if you can afford a 9″ or 10″ model to go for that. The screen size is better for overall viewing and usually the quality of the units and warranties are better. The Sony DVP-FX930/P 9″ and the Audiovox D2016 10″ models are excellent well priced units that will never let you down.

Dual screen Portable DVD Players are Great for the kids where by two of the little darlings can watch Dora The Explorer on their own screen. Currently Coby brand has best priced dual screen models on the market especially the 7″ screen models with excellent playback quality.

Personally the best player for design, quality and purpose is the single screen Panasonic DVD-LS86 8.5″ and the Panasonic DVD-LS90 9″. These are widescreen displays with pivoting screens for free-style viewing so you can adjust the position for optimum comfort and image quality. You can also adjust the screen brightness to get the best view of your DVDs in all kinds of light conditions. This unit is excellent value and supports all formats including DVD and CD variants. They are also leaders in battery life for viewing movies, a very important feature for portability.

There are even Portable DVD Players with a hard drive option. These are great in that you don’t need to be carrying around heaps of DVD’s you just copy them onto the hard drive and watch them when you want. The only drawback is as with the Blu-Ray units they are still expensive and in a way that defeats one of the main purposes of getting a portable DVD Player. As with all of these units mentioned The quality of construction, reliability and security is excellent.

So if you are looking for a road trip a good market for entertaining children and return books on display family photos and watch a movie in bed instead of reading a book and bought a portable DVD player are well market and you want to use them all the time.