Initial IDM-830 Portable DVD Player

Pros: Great Bang for the buck. Long Battery Life

Cons: Bad design with the battery, see review

The Bottom Line: Low price. Big screen. Good battery life. So-so quality. Would buy again. Overall rating based on price/value only.

Review: After about 2 months of having a 7 year old using it about three times a week, we use it on the ride to swim team practice, the unit has been trouble free. The only problem is that the screen doesn't stay up very well in the car carrier I have for it. ...

Pros: Price, design

Cons: Nothing bad happens so far

Review: It is the best unit I have purchased so far on line. Nice looking, good picture and very reliable. The customer hotline was great and helpful. ...

Pros: Big Screen great picture great sound.

Cons: Battery is hard to put on dvd player

Review: My screen use to be working just fine but one day I was messing with the monitor brightness and color now I have it all screwed up and don't know what to do now the screen looks real dim and dark and I don't know how to fix it I also probably messed ...

Pros: brilliant screen,good volume,easy to use,easy to hook up to regular tv

Cons: spotted bar on top of screen at playback

Review: After much searching for a portable DVD unit for a fair price and a decent size screen I found this unit to work well with the exception of a spotted bar that appears on the screen with playback. The owners manuel says this is normal for this type of ...

Pros: Price, features

Cons: Quality, quality, quality, and quality

The Bottom Line: Research your purchase thoroughly before buying. I didn't and I am paying the price.

Review: On the advice of a Circuit City CSR (first mistake!) I purchased the IDM-830 for $374.00 with a $75.00 rebate. When I saw the difference between a 7" and 8" screen and the slight difference in cost, I chose the Initial based on features, perceived ...

Pros: Nice Picture when it works Nice size screen

Cons: Constant problems with product. Gone through 3 in 10 months, more maybe to come.

Review: I have now returned 3 in the past 10 months. This product is junk. After 1 month I returned one because it had these weird bars at the top of the screen. After 2 months, the next one did the same thing. A few months ago the screen stops on loading. ...

Pros: Nice design, good picture and sound quality (when it works), battery life adequate.

Cons: Extremely unreliable. Will fail to operate for no apparent reason.

Review: We got this as a Christmas gift, 2003. The picture quality and sound quality was fine for about one month of very occasional use. One time it just stopped playing...totally black, no sound. We took it back to Circuit City and they exchanged it for a new ...