I bought this for my 9 yr. old son for Christmas 2004. It lasted about 8 mos., then quit working. Not a good buy.

First of all this DVD player was part of the my search for "portable DVD's". i was looking for a portable to take on a trip this summer with my daughter. When I saw it I ordered it immidiately, when I got it I was like "this is big for a portable ;-). Anyway it is not a portable and it does not look like the DVD that is displayed. What I received looks like a cheaper version of what I saw online. The Sponge Bob is painted on not etched in/molded in as the pic. Mine is not square but more of a rectangle, the buttons are not round or are at the front but are square and are at the sides. Mine also has these "photo negative" looking stripes down the sides. Come to think of it ...........I am not sure that I got what I paid for.

This unit must be plugged into a monitor; somehow, I thought it was self-contained when I ordered it. Not all was lost, however, as I donated it to community services for a needy child at Christmas.