DVD Portable Player – Let Your Kid forget the question – “Are we there yet?”

You are in the car for a long eight hour drive to grandma’s house and your two kids are in the back uttering the very first complaints about how bored they are.  “Are we there yet?”  The familiar phrase floats up to the front on the air conditioned air in the car.  This is when you whip out your DVD portable player and ask the kids what movie they want to watch.  Of course, your vehicle may come with a DVD player already installed and that is great, but what if the kids don’t all want to watch the same movie?  What if your three-year-old wants to watch Toy Story and your eight-year-old wants to watch Harry Potter?  What do you do then?

Philips PD700/37 7-Inch LCD Portable DVD Player, White

It’s true that DVD portable players are incredibly useful in many situations.  Whether you are travelling with kids or not, whether you are going by plane, train, or automobile, having a DVD portable player is by far one of the best things you can pack for your trip.  They are even useful at home if you have only one television and two or more children wanting to watch different movies.  In fact, a DVD portable player is a great compromise to having an actual television in a bedroom and gives a parent more control over what it is your child is watching on the screen.

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Features of DVD Portable Player

DVD portable players are easy to buy these days and have come down in price considerably over the past couple of years.  They can be purchased for under $100, although the higher end ones may run you closer to $200.  Some things to pay attention to when choosing a DVD portable player is how long the battery will stay charged, whether you can plug it into the car if it needs to be recharged, and the refresh rate, which will tell you how much clarity and continuous feature you will get when playing movies.  Be sure to check these specifications because the last thing you want is to lose your movie playing ability half way to grandma’s house. Also, there are several kid themed DVD portable player types on the market that are designed to be a bit more sturdy and last a bit longer than those designed solely for adult.s

Panasonic DVD-LS86 8.5-Inch Portable DVD Player

The purchase of a DVD portable player is a wise one when you have more than one child and/or you travel a lot.  In fact they are affordable enough that you can easily have two or three on hand (or you can buy double screen portable dvd player or simple dual screen one), which allows different family members to watch different movies at the same time.  Just think about it – no fighting over what to watch!  And a peaceful drive all the way.  Isn’t that worth the price of a DVD portable player?  It is the price of sanity! In fact, the purchase of a DVD portable player or a portable DVD car player makes a great gift , as each child or member of the family can each have one identical to the other.

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