Choosing a portable DVD-player

What is a portable DVD - player, and how to choose?
The yard has long XXI century and we are not surprised by the portability of new devices entering the market almost every day. The size and power consumption has decreased to almost impossible targets. Now, these devices play the role of fashion accessories and highlight your image.
It must be understood at once that the portable DVD-player is several times more expensive than their stationary "brothers." If you are not afraid, and you want to become the owner of such exotic goods - this article will help you choose what you want. I'll tell you about the characteristics that need to pay attention to when choosing a particular model.

Screen
One of the main parameters of a portable DVD-player is the size and resolution of the LCD screen.
The larger the screen, the more comfortable watching video, but it also leads to an increase in the size of the player, as well as a decrease in the time of the device from the battery. 7.8 inch screen would be enough for watching movies and photos, for those who are not enough, there are 9, 10 and 12 inch.
The image quality depends on the resolution matrix, the bigger it is, the sharper the image on the screen. For example, for an 8 inch screen, the preferred resolution of 800 * 480, but it is less, which obviously will lead to a deterioration of the image.
Not less important is to set the number of gray levels, which will adjust the image contrast for you. The brightness of the display device can be used even in sunlight. While all this task can not handle the present day, no portable DVD-player.
Equally important is the viewing angle both vertically and horizontally (for example, if you watch a movie or two photos).
 Going to the store, bring your CD with good quality, so you can evaluate and compare the quality of the screens you are interested in models whose parameters are not always in the price lists and catalogs. Evaluate a grainy screen, and visibility.

Sound
Most portable DVD-players are equipped with built-in speakers. They certainly will not be able to describe three-dimensional picture of the screen.
The Board of MirSovetov! When you purchase is important to assess not only the sound quality, but its maximum volume. On portable players, even at an average level of ambient noise (such as a train), the volume is not enough.
For this reason, many people use headphones. Complete headphones do not have good performance in sound quality, but for watching movies more than enough. If you consider yourself a music lover, likely have to purchase something more substantial. Good to know that some players have two portable headphones - in some cases it might be useful.
If you connect this player, such as home acoustics, sound quality, of course, can not be compared with the top fixed lines. And though the sound in almost all models perfectly balanced in frequency bands at the edges are distorted. Fans of the militants and rock music is just hoping for a less high-quality bass. Only those portable DVD-players that expensive, feel confident and as a music player.
Do not forget that the player can be connected not only to the home system, but also to the car audio system, if the radio has the appropriate inputs (or in the presence of FM-transmitter in the player, as we say below).

Supported formats
The standard model of every modern DVD player supports formats such as: DVD/VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/JPEG (MP3 - music files; JPEG - a popular image format) is a positive option, reading formats - Mpeg4 / DIVX, since movies in this format is very common.
The Board of MirSovetov! If so you will take the disk to make sure the player can arrange another little test. Almost all portable players work equally well with DVD-format, but that when viewing movies recorded in the formats Mpeg4/DIVX, may not work for rewind. This is inconvenient if you did not have time to watch the movie till the end, or did not have enough battery power - will the next time to watch from the beginning.

Power
All portable DVD-players are designed for "mobile" as well as for stationary use, so the network are completed (and often car) adapter. If we talk about the time of the device from the battery, then there differences in the large model lines - the minimum time of the device around 3:00, and the maximum can reach even 15-18 hours. This is of course a bit, but still help you while away your free time (for example in the way to work).

Input / Output
Modern technology uses many sockets.
Audio connector. The most common currently - Coaxial RCA (in the life of the "tulip"). If you want to connect the player to the TV, then you need to transfer a stereo pair of connectors (they are marked L / R, as a rule, red and white). To connect to the 5.1-acoustics you'll need three RCA-connectors: one for the front speakers (FR / FL), one for the rear (SR / SL) and the third for a subwoofer and a center (CNT / SW). For digital audio transmissions fit, coaxial connection (S / PDIF is usually orange, rarely white) and connect an optical cable (TosLink), they are used for transmission from a DVD player, digital multi-channel audio stream that is recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS (ie . that you could connect the player to your home system, for example, to the receiver).
Always there is a headphone jack mini-jack (3,5 mm), as already mentioned, in some models there may be two.
Video connectors. To connect a portable DVD-player to a TV using composite RCA, they are equipped with all of TV (connector has a yellow label). S-Video signal suitable for transmission, divided by the brightness and color, which allows you to send a higher quality video.
And, of course, as we all knew would connect the USB set of external devices, for example, USB-drive. And the memory card slot allows you to view newly captured pictures.
The Board of MirSovetov! If you buy a portable DVD-player for the car will be a very useful feature such as FM-transmitter on. This will provide an opportunity to connect the player to the car radio tuned to a specific frequency (connected wirelessly).

Management
Almost all models can do without the remote, because equipped with multifunction buttons and joysticks, you can use them to quickly access frequently used functions and go into the settings menu. Usually, somewhere on the road you will use the control buttons on the body. In such cases, the illumination is very useful control buttons, which makes managing comfort in any lighting condition.
If you use a portable DVD-player at home, connecting to a TV, there is no control panel you will be, at least, uncomfortable. Feature remote controls for all these players are small, and as a consequence, all the buttons are small and they are very tight - get used to them is not easy.

Construction
Each DVD-player has its own characteristic structural features. Very handy is the ability to not only change the angle of the monitor, but also rotate it or move it to the body.
Also, there are more custom designs, such as a "slider" or even made in the whole body.
Case material is not of great importance in the selection, especially to dwell on it will not. We note only that the metal casing looks stylish, but it weighs more than a player. In the hands comfortable rubberized case is, well, plastic case is light, but fragile.

Completion
In almost all standard portable DVD-players include: network and car adapters, audio/video- cable, headphones, battery, remote control and carrying bag. In some cases, the kit supplied such thing as a convenient pouch for accessories and a bag for mounting on the headrest. There are also more unusual accessories, such as game joysticks and game discs.

More options
Additional options include built-in FM / TV-tuner, allowing you to watch TV programs and listen to radio anywhere. Another nice little thing that might please the gamers, some recent models of portable DVD-players come with a game joysticks and have built-in games that will not let you get bored on the road.

Prices and final specification
The price range for portable DVD-players is large, ranging from 3.5-4 thousand rubles and up to 15 thousand
You are finally able to make the right choice, you first need to decide how and where you're going to use it. This is necessary because according to this more or less important will be to get those or other settings. Obviously, the picture and sound quality is always top in the list of criteria. But the media with equal qualities and the same value of two different portable players, involuntarily pay attention to other options.
If you plan to take it with you on vacation, then there could be battery life and compact size to be one of the first places in the selection. Surely, many will be interested in this and the availability of slots for memory cards.
If you want to use it for watching videos in the car driving to work and home, here is the criteria are not so important. More interesting for automotive use case is an option, as the FM-transmitter that allows you to transfer the sound to the acoustics of a car through a cassette recorder to the radio.
When using the portable player is not only somewhere on the road or on vacation, but also at home as a hospital would be a significant ability to output sound system 5.1 (Even if the system does not now, it is possible to purchase such plans). Although such a little wanting, but there is a certain group of people that this functionality is very much interested.
As you can see when you select many features that the first time a few confused, what is the model still is best for you. But with the understanding that you really want to get, buying a portable DVD-player (you need at least overshadow less important and necessary function), the choice becomes more obvious.
MirSovetov only reiterate that the product brand, which has proved its positive feedback is the name of the current users should certainly be considered in the first place, but not as the only option.
You always have a choice!