Audiovox D1710 7-Inch Slim Line Portable DVD Player

I bought two Audiovox D1710 DVD players- one for each of my daughters for Christmas. Both arrived defective- one kept shutting itself off after only about 30 minutes of viewing time (this happened whether using the battery or the 110 volt power supply). The other failed to recognize about half of the DVDs we tried to view- it kept giving us an error message which stated "Wrong Disk" (these were brand new DVDs- not old or scratched ones). Additionally both units had poor picture quality and had very distorted "pixelated" video on some new DVDs. The troubleshooting section of the manual was useless. The "Customer Service" portion of Audiovox's website was even more worthless- there was no troubleshooting information even remotely related to the problems we were having. The Audiovox Customer Service Phone Number was even less helpful- you cannot talk to a real person, and after a lengthy menu we were instructed to leave our name and number only to hear that "the mailbox is full"-...Read more

My wife and I had been thinking about buying a DVD player for home use. We do some traveling year-round and go camping in the summer, so it seemed like a good idea to get a portable DVD player, but we thought they were very expensive. We chose the D1710 for its portability, appearance, features and mostly its price range. At $200. or less, we weren't expecting much. Smaller 4.5"-screen players were only $30. to $50. cheaper.

The D1710 reads DVD's, CD-ROM's, MP3's, JPEG's, TIFF's, and possibly other types of disks/files. It has audio/video and coaxial outputs so you can watch movies on your regular TV, and it comes with a credit card-sized remote control, which works well. The screen is as clear as other players we saw on display costing twice as much, and the sound is typical for such small players with little speakers; it sounds good, but tiny. When using headphones or plugging into a TV or home stereo system the sound is crystal clear and as powerful as a home-based...Read more

I was given the player for Christmas. The first one did not work and I returned it for another. It worked for 5 months and then started freezing either 10 minutes or a hour into a movie. The warranty is only 90 days and then they charge $100 to fix it. Plus, the Audiovox customer service people were totally rude and unhelpful. They would not even listen, they just kept telling me to send them money. When I went to try to return it at the store the honest saleman did tell me that this was the DVD player most returned. DO NOT BUY AUDIOVOX