Initial IDM-1731 Portable DVD Player with 7" LCD
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Big Disapointment
  • Initial Portable DVD Player IDM-1731
  • Like the Energizer Bunny!!! Keeps going....
  • Not worth the price
  • Worth to buy
Initial IDM-1731 Portable DVD Player with 7" LCD

Manufacturer: Initial Technology
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • 7-inch LCD with 16:9 widescreen display to match the aspect ratio of your favorite movies
  • This Region 1 DVD player plays DVD-Video, VCD/SVCD, and MP3 CDs
  • Antishock system ensures smooth playback during active use
  • Coaxial digital-audio output for Dolby Digital and DTS surround passthrough
  • Optical Digital Audio Output

ASIN: B0000C83IH
Initial IDM-1731 Portable DVD Player with 7" LCD

Product Description

Initial creates cutting-edge digital entertainment products with the highest standards of quality and affordability.PRODUCT FEATURES:Versatile playback formats: DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD;7" active matrix LCD screen (TFT);S-video output;Composite video output / input;DTS sound output;Digital coaxial audio output;Dolby digital sound output;Optical digital audio output;Audio output / input;Hi-Fi stereo headphone output;Built-in stereo speakers.

Amazon.com Product Description

Watch movies, listen to MP3 CDs, or review camcorder footage--all from one portable device. Initial Technology's IDM-1731 puts a world of entertainment at your fingertips. The built-in seven-inch widescreen TFT (thin-film-transistor) LCD displays favorite movies in their native aspect ratios, and the player's onboard antiskip protection--a surprisingly rare feature in portable DVD players--paves the way for media enjoyment during more active uses.

What's in the Box
DVD player, full-function remote control, AC adapter, high-capacity rechargeable lithium battery, composite-video interconnect, analog audio interconect, and a user's manual. Spare batteries are available by contacting Initial's customer service; headphones are not included.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Big Disapointment.......2007-04-20

When I first purchased this portable DVD player I was quite pleased with it. The picture was clear and the sound came thru nicely. However, after just 6 months of use, it just stopped working. It keeps telling me "no disc". It has only been used by my daughter while sitting in the car so it has not been dropped or abused in anyway.
Now I know why it was on sale. I won't buy this brand again.

3 out of 5 stars Initial Portable DVD Player IDM-1731.......2007-04-02

Sorry to say, my husband has not even unpacked this DVD player! He wasn't too happy that our daughter bought it. We both told him to hurry up & make up his mind whether we should return it, but he hasn't done that either...

Sorry I can't do better than this.

Genie Olson

5 out of 5 stars Like the Energizer Bunny!!! Keeps going...........2006-08-29

Bought this 3-4 years ago before Portable DVD players became really popular. (I paid like $250+ for it.) It has taken a beating from my 3 yr old..kicking it many, many times, dropping it, etc. and it just keeps going. We mostly use it in the van, but also use the plug in adapter once in awhile. We've never used the battery. It has never skipped (only if the DVD is dirty so not a player problem). The only problem we are having right now is we need a new car adapter and will order one. I bought a second player for my older DD so she can watch her own movies (a Panasonic-only because it was really cheap) so I hope that one lasts just as long. I basically just use mine in the car. There were times that it didn't cut on, but I never power it off so what we do is turn the power button off and then back on and it's good to go. We really got our money's worth.

1 out of 5 stars Not worth the price.......2006-03-27

My mom bought this DVD player for my kids this past Christmas. She paid $179, with the promise of a $30 rebate. It stopped working after a month. It runs and runs but nothing appears on screen. Unfortunately, she had purchased it two months in advance of giving it, so that the 90-day warranty had just run out. I called the company and explained that we had only had it since December. After a lot of back and forth, the only solution they offered is for me to give them $49 to fix it, or $79 to replace it. I would rather put $79 towards a real name-brand DVD player. (And the rebate has yet to arrive, two months later...)

4 out of 5 stars Worth to buy.......2006-02-25

Sound and Picture clarity is good, I dislike the batery usage, not good for more than 2.5 hours movie.

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            Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
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            Manufacturer: TRENDnet
            ProductGroup: CE
            Binding: Electronics

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            Customer Reviews:

            1 out of 5 stars Worst Customer Support Known to Man.......2007-12-18

            TrendNet quite possibly has set the bar for the worst technical support level ever. After reading reviews on several sites regarding this exact issue, I still decided to purchase the device thinking that my mid-range IT capability might stand a chance. Big mistake so far.

            So far, I have called TrendNet six times. Twice, they have told me they would call me back and never did. Once, I was on the phone with an technician that I could barely hear or understand. Once, they hung up on me after holding for 17 minutes. And most recently, I was told I would either have to hold for 30 minutes or get a call back.

            With the one call that was successful, I managed to get my Windows XP computer up and running. I then made the mistake of hanging up and trying to get my Windows Vista computer up and running.

            Still no luck, although I haven't yet tried calling the seventh time...

            No chance of buying a TrendNet of any kind in the future.

            1 out of 5 stars Terrible.......2007-03-11

            I would rate it 0 starts if I could. It is functionally exactly what I wanted. I have two color printers, a laserjet, and a scanner. My old computer that was relegated to a print server gave up the ghost, so I bought this to replace it. Great idea, terrible implementation. First of all it was very sporadic, so I called Trendware customer service and they agreed to send a replacement. The new one was more stable, but I could never get it to support bi-directional printing, so I was unable to see the printer color cartrige status (a requirement), and it didn't support the scanner for the same reason. Then it was so slow, I could have literally gotten out a typewriter and beat it to the punch. It went out to lunch for 5-10 minutes when I sent it a print job. I returned it.

            Save yourself a lot of grief and go buy an old computer from the classifieds and use it instead. I wasted about three days with this thing.

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