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5 out of 5
Enjoy sharp, crisp images with the high-resolution Sony DVP-FX930 stylish portable DVD player. The DVP-FX930 features a nine-inch (diag.) screen and six hours of battery life, allowing you to watch your movies from virtually anywhere for an extended period of time. Convenient touch-screen keys and a 180-degree swivel and flip screen make it easy to operate and watch your favorite movies. ....read more
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Sony 9″ DVD Player.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I researched a lot of small dvd players and I found that this has all the little things I like. The screen will twist so if anybody wants a better look at whats playing just twist the screen portion. The clarity is great. The volumn could have a little more power. That is the only thing I found that was lacking. Headphones no problems. You have 2 inputs and could possibly have 4 if you double up with a 2-1 adpter for each input. Money well worth spending. I did buy a second one so I could have one at home and one at the office. A little high in price,but I have had many sony products and will continue to buy Sony products. The Sony big screen is the next purchased. 52″750BXBR7,8,9. I am waiting for the deals to come out where the blue ray,Tv gets around $1500. It will be there sometime this year. Sony,when you start introducing prices like this,the volumn of people who will order from you,will be profitable due to the shear volumn of people who will and are waiting. Read the reactions of blogs that people will tell you the same thing. Amazon is a great place to start. Pricing is the number 1 conplaint due to the fluxuation in price from day to day. You might loose a lot of business in the mean time. SONY, Don’t hold out to long. John
Great Distraction for an 18 monther
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My wife and I purchased this product for my 18 month son before a six hour road trip. We didn’t have to use it in the car on the way but once we got to the hotel this DVD player was a great distraction for my son. We simply put in an Elmo DVD, locked the controls, swiveled then folded the screen and my son was completely entertained while we unpacked and unwound from the trip.
On the way home, when the little guy grew restless we gave him the DVD player and he held it in his lap and quietly watched Nemo. The picture quality was nice and the screen size was adequate enough for me to watch a movie on the player after my son fell asleep.
I would highly recommend this product for any parent who needs to keep their child entertained on a long car ride, plane ride, or even in a boring hotel room.
Sony DVP-FX930/L 9-Inch Portable DVD Player, Blue
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
It’s pretty nice but you can’t do fast forward or fast reverse without using the remote. The only thing that you can do on the unit itself is jump to the next scene or jump back to the previous scene. I hate having to carry the remote on airplanes etc.
high quality, full-featured, compact profile, with plenty of volume . . .
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The Sony DVP-FX930 is a full-featured, well-designed, player with great looking picture quality and ample sound output. The battery is rectangular, about 3/8 inch high, and designed to attach to the bottom of the player. This allows the player to retain its sleek rectangular shape. The rated life of the battery is an impressive six hours, but you are more likely to get closer to five hours of use.
The nine inch high resolution screen is capable of delivering sharp and crisp images. The actual dimensions of the screen are 7.8″ wide by 4.4 ” high. The screen can rotate a full 180 degrees in the clockwise direction. Since the screen can be positioned opposite of the base, the controls are located below the screen, where they can be easily accessed in this configuration. There is only one actual button, for the ‘Enter’ function, and it can be a pain to operate. The other controls are touch pads in a depressed concave band that runs across the display, just above the speakers. The controls are quite sensitive, and easy to operate with the tip of a finger, but being a bit recessed into the face, getting your finger to the surface sometimes takes a little effort. Fingernail contact works, but not as well. While you can jump scenes, forward or backward, you can’t fast forward or fast reverse, using the controls on the unit, which is definitely inconvenient. Pressing the screen may not be what many are used to, so naturally there is a remote. For better responsiveness, the player has multiple sensors. The remote control unit (RMT-D191) is full featured, although some functions the unit does not have are ‘Mute’, ‘Zoom’, and ‘Repeat A-B’. The layout of the buttons could have been designed to be more convenient, but that is not unusual. The required CR2025 battery is included.
With a set of large (for a DVD player) speakers, the level of sound produced is quite high, good for movies and concert videos. Besides standard DVD’s and CD’s, the Sony will also play burned CD’s with MP3 files, but there is no tone control, so the sound will probably be trebly. Most DVD players are really slow at displaying large JPEG files, and that is true of this one as well. There is a sideshow function, which could be more convenient, and less frustrating, than trying to scroll through images. When you pop the cover, a detent stops the disc from spinning. The player has two headphone jacks, and audio in/out and video in/out jacks. There is also a ‘Hold’ switch which locks the controls on the unit, but allows the player to still be controlled by the remote. The cooling system is outstanding, as there are no major hot spots on the housing.
Standard accessories include the remote control, AC adapter, 12V auto adapter, and AV cord. The player has a non-glossy brushed metal finish, and is available in several colors. The screen frame, and top cover where the DVD is loaded are plastic, which helps to keep the weight down, but also means the unit will be prone to scratches and wear. Recharge time using the AC cord is listed at six hours. Use of the auto adapter is recommended with the engine running. With good image quality, high volume sound, and long battery life, Sony has delivered a winner. Great for travel, just pick your color. And in case there are any problems, get it from Amazon.
Pack and Go
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Crystal Clear Video viewing, very handy for travelling and easy setup or setup on any TV box. Very much recommend this product for families on a busy schedule or huge family. Display is adequate for any one viewing pleasure…..A+
Great DVD player for the money
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love Sony products and this one meets my expectations. It is very compact. I love the touch controls at the bottom of the screen. I also really like the swivel screen that can be rotated a full 180 degrees and laid flat. The picture is really top notch. I had a Phillips 10″ player that cost $400 (before my dog chewed it up)and the picture on this Sony is just as good if not better. The speakers on this are very good, although most of the time I use it with my Sony studio headphones. For the price if this player last two years and dies I will more than got my $ worth out of it. I highly recommend it. The only drawback, and this is minor is that you have to use the remote to fast forward or rewind. You can only advance from chapter to chapter using the controls on the screen. However you can use the remote with the screen turned around, so that’s not a biggie. Get one, you’ll like it.
Best in it’s category
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Pros:
I had been looking for a good portable dvd player for quite sometime. My criteria were simple. I wanted a dvd player that i can easily carry in the car or flight and yet be able to play at least one moovie fully for my 2 and half year old daughter. So battery life was one of the major requirements and of course other features like remote, screen size(9″) and wide screen etc were next set of requirements. When i saw the sony 9″ DVP-FX930/L dvd player i fell for it. It not only had all my features but was very good looking too with bonus features like swivel screen, resume disc, touch screen keys so on. So i baught this player and it did not disappoint me at all. It works great. I have been playing it for my daughter most of the time in the car and some times at home wihtout any issues. After it was fully charged i have been able to play continuously for 2 hours. But batter life is supposed to be 6 hours for this player. I have not been able to test that part yet. But very shortly i will be on a flight for more than 20 hours. So i hope to test and feel good about it. Given the features that i have enjoyed so far with my daughter i highly recommand this product to any one looking for a good high qaulity portable dvd player.
Cons: The dvd’s i burnt using roxio media suite 9 did not play that well with this player even though those dvd’s aer played well by another non portable dvd player.
Sony DVD Player
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Product proved easy to operate and reliable. 2 head phone outlets came in very handy, with 2 kids sharing much of the time. Screen display clear and good resolution.
Excellent Product
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Most of the electronics I own are Sony products. Ihave never been disappointed with any of them. The Sony DVP-FX930/L 9-inch Portable DVD Player is no exception. It is an excellent product.
Sony DVP-FX930/L 9-Inch Portable DVD Player, Blue
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Before this one, I bought an 8″ GPX for 100.00 but I returned it because it wouldn’t play movies that I recorded. It kept saying no disk. No problems with this one, I like it. I hope on the next model, they would add an SD & XD card reader. Would also be nice if you could turn it on and off by remote. I use it alot as a monitor that I have hooked up too my HD Video Camera. I put my Video camera next too the window, so now, I can watch the traffic go by while I’m at my computer desk. Would also be nice if it could record onto disk. But if it could do all of that, it would cost alot more than 150.00. But, the way I have set this up, I can still record the Images I see on my HD Video camera. Like they say, you get what you pay for. I also got the 2yr. extended Warranty, just in case. I’ve only had it for about a month, but overall, I am happy I bought this one. Dave G. from Maine.
The Best Picture Quality of all Portable Players
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
For the family looking to put a DVD player in the back of the minivan, or in children’s hands, there are less expensive alternatives that are probably a bit more rugged. Look to brands like Coby, Toshiba, Audiovox, Philips, and the lower end Panasonic players.
For the person looking for unparalleled portable picture quality, this is the awesome, outstanding player. It will work just great in the minivan, in fact the fold flat feature with the right hanging on the headrest case is a fantastic combo. But in their hands, on their laps, kids will likely destroy this player’s hinge.
The reason for this recommendation, Sony’s hinge is a bit fragile compared to all the other players. There is a single pivot point on this player, little hands getting frustrated twisting the screen will likely turn the screen the wrong direction or push too hard and break the hinge. All the other players have dual hinge points that are much harder to break. An older person – teenager, adult – will have a lot less trouble and will likely never break this hinge.
The great about this player:
The dimensions are about the same size as netbooks, in fact a netbook carrying case is the perfect case for this player. Set this down next to an Acer Aspire One, its hard to tell the difference. The Sony is thicker, the Aspire One is wider. They are about the same weight.
The screen, oh the sumptuous, gorgeous, screen. I have owned three other portable players starting about 10 years ago for my first (three Panasonics). I have never seen a better screen on a portable player than this one. Those extra lines of resolution, almost double the vertical lines, pays off huge. DVD’s are crisp and sharp, detail is amazing. Watching side by side with any other player; this player is like the difference between standard def television and high def. No, this is not a high def screen, it simply packs in more pixels and more resolution to show off what a DVD has inherently.
Almost all players give you, color and brightness controls. The Sony goes way farther, backlight brightness, contrast, and hue. I can actually come close to calibrating this monitor.
Viewing angle is pretty incredible. Left to right of the screen, well near 170 degrees with absolutely no compromise in picture quality. Vertical viewing angle is a lot narrower (but infinitely wider than most LCD’s I’ve seen) maybe 45 degrees off axis. It is very easy to adjust the screen for perfect viewing.
The speakers are very clear. For normal listening in a quiet room, the volume goes up to 20, 4 is perfectly loud. This is no home theater, its an inexpensive portable player, so high fedlity is not expected. Considering those constraints the player sounds really good.
It plays everything. DVD’s with full face labels. DVD-R, DVD+R. And most importantly, DVD+R DL, or dual layer. Portable players have a lot of difficulty with dual layer DVD’s. Commercial discs play perfectly. CD’s, yes. MP3 and JPG discs, yes. DiVX, NO. That is about the only format it doesn’t play.
Disc load time – very quick. Much quicker than my Panasonic players. On par with my standard full size DVD players.
The remote control is very nice for portable size. There are two IR sensors for the remote – on the screen and on the main body. I was able to pretty much point the remote anywhere near the machine and it worked.
A bonus – this player will accept video input. That’s hugely rare in this business. So you could potentially feed an iPod or iPhone into this. In addition to the proper cable out for your iPod; you will need three female / female RCA adapters (I don’t believe anyone sells an iPod video / audio out cable that is mini connectors on both ends). This is the type of connector, (Female to Female 3-RCA Coupler). The other option, you could use a 3.5mm male jack on both ends cable, and use the player as iPod speakers. That would work very nicely for audio only (Cables To Go – 21062 – 6ft 3.5mm M/M Stereo Audio Cable (Black)).
There are: Two 3.5mm headphone jacks. Video and Audio line out jacks. 9.5V DC input. Power on slide switch. Hold switch so the power doesn’t turn on or off accidently.
The Mediocre:
The video controls are touch sensitive surfaces just below the screen (in the photograph, the band is just below the Sony logo on the screen), and there is a four direction toggle / nub with a press in to accept, for navigating menus. They are touch sensitive surfaces, not capacitance (thank goodness). That means you can touch the button with a fingernail, a press does not require a damp fingertip.
The screen hinge design. Already mentioned, but this hinge just begs to be broken. The screen hinges all the way back so that the player lays almost flat, with the DVD player part open and the screen above it, like a book. If you tilt the screen up to about 90 degrees, the screen can be rotated 180 degrees clockwise. So the screen now faces backwards from the DVD player. Turn the player around 180 degrees to face the screen, and the screen angle can be pushed back all the way to the player. The player now looks like one of those PC tablet computers. Its complicated to explain, and it does, after some learning, allow you to put the screen about any direction you want it. With all that twisting and turning, the hinge still feels fragile. Its also easy to accidently touch one of the control buttons while you are doing all this movement.
The bad:
The disc and laser transports make a lot of noise. When you first load a disc, the spin up sound is louder than I expected. None of my Panasonic player ever made this much wind up noise. The laser head starts searching for the lead in track, and it makes a strange, not 100% pleasant sound moving. Once the movie is playing, the sound level goes down to normal levels.
There is no S-Video, HDMI, or Component video output possible. Then again, S-Video connections on televisions are getting rare these days. And the DVD format resolution is on S-Video high; way below HDMI or Component standards, so Sony would have had to build in an upconversion processor at great cost; and for what? The rare time this is connect to a television. Still, somebody needs to make an HDMI out portable player to connect up in hotel rooms (Hyatt Place and many Holiday Inns now have these simple connections).
This beast is heavy. Its not the battery – in fact the battery is fairly light weight. It is much heavier than anything Panasonic. I made the choice to trade off the weight and slightly shorter battery life for a gorgeous picture. You’ll have to decide what is important to you.
Battery life – this is neither good nor bad. Sony reports 6 hours. Nobody will ever get that many hours out of a full charge in the real world. That 6 hours is at the lowest backlight setting and the lowest contrast setting; with headphones. This player will easily show two movies with battery to spare. After two moveis, best to do something different for a while anyway. Recharge time is long, 6 hours from fully dead battery.
One wonderful thing about this battery – it is the bottom portion of the player, nice and flat. There’s no wart sticking out the back or the bottom.
In the box – the player with battery, a remote control with battery, A/C adapter (which is 110-220V input, so it will work in Europe), a 12V cigarette lighter adapter, and A/V composite video / audio adapter. There is no carrying case in the box.
All things considered, the image quality, the battery life, and the screen size sold me on this player versus everything else available. Just hope you never have to buy a replacement battery, it alone is the almost the same price as a whole new player.
This review is posted under all five colors available for the DVP-FX930 Sony Player. There is no difference between these models, save the body color. It comes in Blue (the model I own), Pink, Red, White, and Black.
YAHOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have this model in red. I looked at many models for a couple of weeks before purchasing this portable DVD player. I am absolutely thrilled with it! I knew I would be as soon as I opened the box, but decided to wait until after our vacation to see if it held up. It is FANTASTIC!!!
First of all, the picture quality is awesome – as is the volume. It gets LOUD. I bought it for the purpose of keeping an 18 month old entertained on a plane ride and on a driving tour of California; it exceeded my expectations. I first had to use it in the airport waiting for the plane, and I am not joking or exaggerating when I say that it received compliments from people around us about the picture and sound quality (I didn’t have the headphones in use at that time). On the plane, the sound is so good that we could hear with or without headphones, but for courtesy’s sake, we used our headphones (had to purchase separately). No, you cannot rewind it just a little bit with the buttons on the player, but you CAN with the remote (which I neglected to pack). So, it was a blessing on the plane.
Secondly, we drove up Highway 1 from San Francisco to Crescent City in CA. If you’ve never driven the road, it’s not particularly smooth and it is probably the curviest road in America. The DVD player was simply sitting on the console between the front seats in the Nissan Exterra so my son could see it since we didn’t have a car mount, and it didn’t skip once!!! Again, the volume was so good that he could hear it perfectly, and the picture is great from any angle. The swivel feature is sooooo convenient, because you can fit it in virtually any space and still watch it. Also, the pictures don’t show it, but it not only swivels around, but it will fold back down on itself so it’s flat and you can still watch the screen.
If I could love an inanimate object, I would love this one. It is absolutely worth more money than the others. It is made of good quality materials – not plastic. Just don’t touch the screen (the wonderful 9 inch screen – it will get dirty with the slightest brush, but it’s easy enough to clean – even when it has milk spilled on it. That’s my only negative; otherwise, this is absolutely perfect.
Oh, almost forgot – the battery life is wonderful! That was the primary reason I decided on this one. The plane ride/travel time for the first day was 6+ hours, and this lasted as long as I needed it to. I love that it came with a car adapter, because that really helped, but the battery didn’t run out as long as we were out there, and that’s exactly what I needed. Finally, it is a true red. Maybe the guy who’s saying this is a feminine color accidentally ordered the pink one.
Sony DVP-FX930/L 9 inch DVD player
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Good quality machine. Hard to open. Seniors would have trouble with controls which are hard to read.Long lasting battery.
So far so good…
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Purchased this DVD player to keep my 21 month old happy on the airplane to Mexico. It worked like a charm! While she doesn’t watch a ton of TV/movies it kept her happy when she started to get to figety.
When we didn’t use it we stored it in the seat pocket and had no problems with it.
Sound and picture quality was what I expected it to be and I was very pleased. I have heard the horror stories on these machines. This was my first time purchasing a personal DVD player and I’m happy with my choice. I know Sony is a name usually indicitive of quality and they measured up so far.
Only think I was a little frustrated with is the power button is a slide on the side. It got turned on once in our carry on but the battery still held for the entire trip. After that I just learned to make sure it was put in the carry on so the “slide” wouldn’t be disturbed.
I would buy this product again, especially if Sony added a lock on the power switch.
Sony FX930 DVD Player 9″
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Really great dvd player. And by purchasing through Amazon I saved $25 — cheaper than several local stores in my area. PLUS — FREE shipping. Amazon also gets 5 Stars!
Very Disappointed
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I purchased this dvd player for my 5 year old son. He previously had a Coby 10 inch portable dvd, that lasted 3 years. I regret not repurchasing that model. THis dvd player does not utilize the full 8 inch screen. Most all the videos play at a reduced 5 inch size (letter box). The Coby 10 inch always filled the entire screen. I have to go into the settings and “stretch” the picture manually to have it fit the whole screen. If you watch the movies in “full screen” mode then the battery life is less than the 6 hours.
The buttons are at the bottom of the screen and often times get inadvertently pushed since they are so sensitive. I don’t advise watching it in a dark car because you will never hit the right buttons. I’m very disappointed. If you are purchasing this for a child, I don’t advise it. I highly suggest the Coby 10 inch. The Coby was a nice dvd player, very easy for a child to work, and the price is [...]–much less than this one.
Early product failure
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I bought a Sony DVP-FX820 portable DVD player in July of 2008 and it has already failed after light usage. I liked the player a lot, but the video now ceases to work after two minutes of playing a DVD (the audio still works).
While Sony customer service answered the telephone quickly and they were very helpful in concluding it was a hardware failure, I am disappointed with premature failure of this DVD player. Clearly, this product has not lived up to Sony’s reputation for relability.
Finally, potential buyers of similar Sony products should remain mindful of their crappy warranty, which is 90 days for labor and 1 year on parts. I wonder if this is indicative of Sony’s lack of confidence in their own products? The labor alone will be $30 to $40 in this case, so I suggest using a credit card that doubles the manufacturer’s warranty.
Perfect for a toddler…
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This item was purchased for my two year old daughter. Our family takes long trips which she has enjoyed this item each time she used it.
Money well spent…..
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought 2 of these on June 30, 2008 (1.5 years ago)– I pink and one blue. I came to write this review today because my son is in his room watching something on his and my wife is in our room watching something on the other.
Some history– I purchased a “dual” brand for the back of the car’s seats before I bought these. We never even took those out of the car and they broke within a month without the kids even touching them. I purchased these ones for our ’08 summer vacation/long road trip. My kids use them in the car, at home, at sleepovers, on airplanes…everywhere! We don’t even have cases– they just hold them and move along.
The picture is super clear, the sound is great, the battery lasts forever…. No complaints. And it’s still kicking after all this time. The kids drop them, stand on them, lose them at the bottom of the toybox…. you all get the idea.
I’d buy it again in a heartbeat!
Great Product
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this product for a trip to Hawaii; my son and I used it on the plane both ways and we loved it. The picture is great, the sound is great, it has two jacks so we could use our Bose headphones and didn’t need a splicer. It’s small (but not too small, you still get a great picture) and not too heavy; will easily fit into a large purse. You can also still see it when the bozo in front of you throws his/her seat back into your lap…..It was simple to recharge, too.
The only thing I wished it had is a longer battery life — I think it has 6 hours, 8-10 would be ideal.