High-Quality Mobile Entertainment: Sony DVP-FX820 8-Inch Portable DVD Player

Do you do a lot of waiting while traveling?  Do you spend a lot of time waiting in line?  There can only be so many buttons on your cell phone you can press to keep yourself entertained.  Try some mobile entertainment from Sony DVP-FX820.

Overview: Sony DVP-FX820 is a portable media player that lets you watch your movies even when you’re waiting at the laundromat, at the airport, on a train, or anywhere else you might be so bored you’d think watching a movie – even J. Lo’s bomb Gigli – is the only thing that will keep you sane.  It is also great for college students with no TV in their dorm rooms.  This life-saving device comes in handy when you’re bored to death camping out in the woods or just want a little peace and quiet on your own.

This portable device has a high-resolution, eight-inch screen.  It has built-in speakers, as well as an audio-out jack for your headphones or external speakers.  It plays all kinds of movies and supports the most common video formats.  It can also play MP3 and other music files, and has support for audio CDs as well.

What You’ll Love: The screen is wide enough for some high-definition good times.  This gives you the best picture yet on any transportable DVD device.  Picture quality and resolution may not compare to that of a 46-inch high-definition TV, but try lugging such an HD TV around (not to mention its full complement of media players and speakers) and you probably won’t have enough energy left for watching a movie.  For a portable device, this one definitely has superb picture quality and image resolution.  The Sony DVP-FX820 is a definite step up from its predecessors as well as its competitors.

This device also plays music files and audio CDs.  This is therefore a complete audio-video entertainment unit in one insignificant-looking box.  As if multi-functionality is not enough, it also gives you the convenience of remote control.  Through its long-lasting battery, you can watch up to 6 hours’ worth of movies, as opposed to the usual 5-hour life of other similar products.  It also comes with a car charger so, when you run out, you can easily use your car’s battery to recharge your unit.

Convenience, mobile charging capability, multi-functionality, endurance, and high quality – what more can you ask for?  A word to the wise:  reduce your screen’s brightness to get the maximum life of your batteries.

Full Disclosure: This device is definitely portable – but we also call our monstrously heavy laptops portable.  Those who expect this device to be as light as air will be grossly disappointed.  It’s a little on the heavy side, weighing around 3 pounds.  Just think about it as your daily work-out; carry it on your left hand for ten minutes then shift it to the other hand for the next ten minutes.  Do this repeatedly until you reach your destination and you can revert back to couch potato-hood.

Lack of a USB port could prove to be a little irksome to others; and it can’t read your flash cards unless you get your own card reader.