# Recommend a portable DVD player?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-portable-dvd-player/300184>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-portable-dvd-player/300184 "2005-04-20T03:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-portable-dvd-player/300184/1 "2005-04-20T03:11:02Z")

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I want a portable DVD player. But I do not want to get screwed. And I don’t want to spend $300. And I don’t want to get screwed.

I was looking at the reviews for players on Amazon. On each model, half loved it and half got a lemon that broke down after 2 months.

So, any dopers have experience they’d like to share?

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-portable-dvd-player/300184/2 "2005-04-20T03:48:29Z")

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I’d bought a no-name (MinTek, I think) player from Best Buy for about $200 + ~$20 for the “you break it, we fix it” Best Buy extended warrenty.

The DVD player worked for 3 months, then died. Best Buy replaced it with a new Polaroid DVD player that’s lived 10 months so far and performed well. And it has a larger screen than the other model.

Extended warranties are usually a ripoff and unnecessary. For a portable electronics purchase – or an electronics category with as bad a reputation as low-end portable DVD players – the store insurance may not be a bad idea. YMMV.