Audiovox D1915 9" Portable DVD Player

Audiovox D1915 9

Audiovox D1915 9" Portable DVD Player
Manufacturer: Audiovox Electronics
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Initially, a portable DVD player is a miracle device for families planning long car trips. It has been found that placing one of these with your child in the back seat of your car significantly reduces in-car noise. That's because children love to view their favorite films and videos on a portable. But it's also great when you're sitting out on your porch or patio. You can take it with you on camping trips. The Audiovox D1915 can play DVD and CD disc media including CDR and CDRW with MP3 encoded music files. It can be powered at home, from your car's cigarette lighter adapter, or (for up to 3 hours) through its rechargeable li-ion battery. At only 1.5 pounds, the Audiovox D1915 portable DVD player boasts a 9" widescreen and built-in stereo speakers. Take it with you where ever you go and enjoy! Output port for adding optional earphone or headphone for private listening Plays DVD / CD / MP3 CD / CDR / CDRW / Picture CD Convenient Credit Card Sizes Wireless Remote Control Includes Rechargeable Battery, AC adapter, Car Adapter, and A/V connect cables; Audiovox 90-Day Limited Warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
Take your favorite entertainment on the road with you and keep your kids entertained during long car trips with the slim-profile Audiovox D1905 portable DVD player with 9-inch LCD screen. It features a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio for watching movies in the format they were made to be watched, built-in stereo speakers, and an AV (RCA) out connection for connecting to a TV. In addition to DVD movie and CD audio discs, it's also compatible with CD-R/RW discs that you burn with CD audio, MP3 audio, or JPEG image files. You can also view photo slide shows directly from memory cards via the built-in SD/MMC memory card reader. It has an integrated rechargeable battery that, when fully charged via the included AC adapter, has a battery life of approximately 2.5 hours.

What's in the Box
DVD player, AC adapter, wireless remote, carry case, car power adapter

Average customer rating: 3.0

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Franklin EBM-901 eBookman (Metallic Black)

Manufacturer: Franklin Electronics
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004WHFL

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Product Description

eBookMan series of new PDAs is a brand new device, so called "electronic book" that allows you not only to read thousands of titles available for the Microsoft Reader and Franklin's own library but to listen to audio books as well. 16-level grayscale display with 200 x 240 dpi resolution. In fact, it is a common digital assistant that will help you manage and store address-book, date-book, to-do list giving you a possibility of text entry via touchscreen. You can easily synchronize important data to Microsoft Outlook using Intellisync connection. MP3-capable music player enables you to use both a built-in headphone jack, or a speaker. Voice recording via microphone is also available.The eBookMan comes with 8 or 16 MB RAM, which can be expanded even further, with an option of screen backlighting, and with a number of book titles. A cradle with USB cable, stylus, and Quick Reference Guide are included. The device runs on two AAA batteries.

Amazon.com Review

One of the main complaints about the first few generations of electronic book readers is their cost--who wants to pay several hundred dollars for the equivalent of a few $3 paperbacks? Enter Franklin's new line of eBookMan devices, available in three different models. We got an early peek at the midlevel eBookMan, which features 8 MB of memory, a sharp 200 x 240 16-level gray scale display, and excellent versatility.

In addition to being an e-book reader, the eBookMan also plays audio files (both audiobooks and MP3s), records voice messages, and functions as a respectable PDA. A flip-up cover and hard rubber outer coating afford protection for the device. With a USB-connected cradle, transfers between desktop and the eBookMan proceed quickly.

While the eBookMan offers a date book, address book, memo application (using natural handwriting recognition), and voice memo recorder, its main angle is still as a book reader. The large screen and powerful backlight makes reading literature in the Franklin Reader format clear, though the backlight did seem to drain the batteries rather quickly in our demo unit.

Ironically, the eBookMan's versatility also draws attention to its limitations. While the unit will play MP3 files, it can only store two or three songs at once with its 8 MB of memory (the top-of-the-line model, the EBM-911, comes with 16 MB). However, if you pick up an optional MultiMediaCard with up to 64 MB of memory, it is possible to adapt the eBookMan into a more respectable MP3 player.

While you'll need to spend a little extra to money to get your eBookMan to reach its full potential, the unit's low original cost and variety of applications make it an excellent gateway into the world of electronic literature. --J. Curtis

Very versatile--PDA, e-books, audiobooks, and MP3s in one device

USB connection

Large display </ul> <b>Cons:</b> <ul>

Not currently compatible with Microsoft Reader

Short battery life

Gray scale only </ul>

Amazon.com Product Description

The Franklin EBM-901 eBookman is an 8 MB multimedia reader and content player in a pocketable format. With the eBookman, you can download and read or listen to thousands of your favorite books. For reading comfort, the eBookman has a large display that shows 87 percent more information than other handheld devices. The display is backlit and is easy to read in both dim and very bright light. If you need to check a definition while reading a book, the eBookman comes with an easily accessible Merriam-Webster dictionary. You can also listen to music by downloading your favorite songs in MP3 format. The built-in microphone allows you to record messages that you can play back anytime, or you can write quick notes using either the built-in stylus or the pop-up keyboard. You can keep your personal data organized wherever you go with the eBookman's calendar, address book, to-do list, and scheduler. The eBookman features state- of-the-art compression, highly sophisticated search, and easy-to-use hypertext.

Customer Reviews:

ebookman.......2007-01-04

For the most part I love my ebookman. You will go through a lot of battiers and sometimes it get hard to read the screen. Sometimes when you change the battiers you have to download your material again.

Overalled Pleased.......2006-03-10

I am very happy with my ebookman-901, there are one or two things that I am not too pleased about. Number one being the MMC , once you load one that you have stored books on, back into your ebookman to read later on, is that its takes forever for it to bring the books up to read, also its makes up the ebookman infor., you end up having to download the os applications again or it won't sync. The second thing is its hard finding places that you can find to download music from onto your ebookman. But since I mainly use mine to for ebooks that's is great by me. Thanks again for this product I can carry so my books with me now to choose to read from now.

Here's what I think and what you should do..........2005-12-02

Straight forward: you should buy this.

Here's the pro's and cons

Pro's:

1 It has a nice screen, even though it is B&W, that would never get in the way. The screen is nice and large, perfect for the ebook-type person. With 3 different font sizes, you can see it in your way.

2 It has a lot of features. It has a book reader (Mobipocket Reader, a nice program), MP3 player, Date Book, To-Do, Calculater, Audio Book Player, and Address Book. Plus, you can download programs from places such as Windows Market Place or C Net downloads.com

3 It has handwriting recignition (or a touch screen keyboard). I always found this handy and while it's not always right, the people at Franklin really got this down.

4 The whole thing is touch screen. This means you can play games on it and not be restricted to only a certian area. I had this problem with my last PDA. This also means you can download games.

5 MMC cababilty. You can have gigabytes plus the 8mb on the RAM. The ebookman also allows you to back up data, a handy feature for battery drainage.

6 The software is easy to use. The simple drag and drop-download system is a breeze. While some people say that downloading the OS (operating system) from the site is a pain, they didn't mention that the CD already comes with the OS.

7 Convienient side scroll wheel with push in ability. You can use this instead of the scroll bars, and you can push the wheel in to enter. It's cool!
Con's:

1 The batteries go fast! I advise to have a spare set, and back up the data on an MMC. Don't use the backlight, that is what burns it up. The handy thing is that it has a battery indicator, so you know when it is time to change up.

2 Limited file types. The ebookman allows mostly its own versions of files, such as audio books and ebooks. However, it does accept .txt (Notepad) and .MP3 (music), plus a bunch more.

3 While it has a speaker, if you plan to lisen to something you should bring some headphones. The speaker is nice, yet quiet.

4 The date book's alarm is very quick. What is cool about the alarms is that there is over 20 alarms that you can choose. However, the alarm only does one cycle, and then it stops. It uses an internal speaker, so you can barely here it while it is in a pocket.

Otherwise, the ebookman is pretty good. While I got this from my aunt and didn't pay a penny, I think that if this is your first PDA, it's a good choice to get it for your money. And if it is true that this is your first time, you also want to get a case, screen protectors, and MMC cards (for more memory). This won't total up to more than $20.

Many say the batteries are drained quickly. This is true (in about 2 weeks for frequent users), however if you do not use the backlight much you will be ok. The backlight for the 7 inch screen is the burner of all batteries. Watch the convienient battery power indicator, and you should be ok. That's what I think; the desision is up to you.

Great device for the money.......2005-10-19

I bought one of these when they were on clearance for less than $30 and it works wonderfully. A lot of the complaints out there are because people don't know how to use this device correctly

1) You have approximately 30 seconds to change the batteries. Once the AAAs are out of the unit, the memory is kept alive through the use of a capacitor. I know, I've tried it myself. So don't wait until the batteries are dead to change them. That defeats the purpose. And as with any electronic device, you should have a spare set of batteries on hand. 30 seconds is a lot of time. If you can't change the batteries in 30 seconds, well, then...

2) The little humming noise that I've experienced is only when the backlight is on. This is nothing more than stepped up voltage powering the EL backlight.

3) There is an onboard file manager if you can't find the file you're looking for. You can even assign to each file the folder under which it should appear (to a limited extent - works better with program files). If that doesn't work, then the synch software should display your file.

4) I have a scr***le-like game, pacman, periodic table of the elements, a few songs on my 64MB mmc, some books that were free off the internet, and lots of other neat little programs. Everything works fine. Music quality is amazing for something that i think is slower than my 386DX. Ok, it's not THAT good, but for less than $30 it makes one cheap "mp3" player.

5) The character recognition system is in my opinion, much easier to use and remember than that of other PDAs (Palm comes to mind). It more closely matches how normal people write.

6) You can backup all of your files to a 64MB mmc. That way if you forget to change the batteries in a few months, you can always restore the system from the mmc, which is much faster and more convenient than reinstalling from scratch. Again, all it takes is a standard backup, like you would a PC.

All in all, this is a great device. There are a lot of free software out there for this device, and if you know how to use it correctly, it should be a joy to have.

Great Value and Impressive Features.......2004-02-10

I bought the Ebookman 901 without knowing anything about it, and I have been very pleasantly surprised at how versatile it is. Just add a 128 MB MMC card (which are now pretty reasonable on E-bay) and you can have 2 hours of music to go! I have another 64 MB MMC card in it on which I have all the books I have downloaded. A 64 MB card will hold almost 100 regular books! The MobiPocket Reader is great for casual reading, and the Franklin Reader has all the navigation features to make it great for references. I can read any book in HTML or TXT format, and there are thousands for free on the web. The Ebookman also has some nice accessories like a car stereo adaptor and an AC adaptor for home use. The PDA functions like Address Book and Memo Book and Date Book are very handy. There are some really fun games. I take this unit when I am traveling, and am never bored. I think if you read the manual and learn how to use it properly, you will love this device. And now you can find them on E-bay and Heartland America for less than 50 bucks. WOW!

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