The menus on this look very similar to the KLH in fact, although this one supports the better ID3 Tag information (but not VCD/SVCD). The chipset appears to be the Zoran Vaddius one, which is used in the KLH 1220 and Toshiba DVD Players (although the Toshiba menus are customized for them so they look different). I also don't know if this unit is hackable, because again, it's no longer a concern for me. It doesn't unfortunately support VCD or SVCD (I get an "invalid disc" error), but honestly I've abandoned those formats thanks to DVD-R/DVD+R. In other words, this supports widescreen (which most DVD's are). Most of the players at this price point (except for whatever one Fry's had on sale today for $179) are only 5" or 4" screens, which means they only support 4:3 mode (like your average TV). The LCD screen is 6.5" (which is just shy of 7"), but *still* supports 16:9 mode. Even more surprising is that it supports ID3 Tag information for both mp3 AND wma (something I've only seen on more expensive players).Īs Shockazooloo pointed out, the picture quality is very sharp and this little thing can get really loud (not Bose Wave Radio Quality of course, but still the loudness surprised me).
I can safely report that it *also* supports DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW (sorry, no DVD-RW to test), and WMA, none of which are mentioned in the manual. The box claims that it supports DVD, CD, mp3, and jpegs. I bought one today after a glowing recommendation from Shockazooloo and carmann and I have to say that they are totally right.this thing is really cool.
Shockazooloo, carmann and I were discussing this DVD Player in another thread (that has since been locked), so I thought I'd point out that Target has a great little gem of a Portable DVD Player on sale right now for $166.88 (*edit* It's now back to regular price $179.99 - still cheap!) It is sold under the brand name "Kawasaki" and the model number is PVS166W.