<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by nologic:
We also would use it when travelling with the kids...so it would need to have two slots for headphones...</font>
You can buy an adapter at Radio Shack or wherever to make a single earphone adapter connect two sets for the kids. My friends bought one when they borrowed my portable DVD player for a trip with the kids this year, it was T shaped.
I bought a 7" Audiovox lightweight portable DVD during the holiday sales last year for around $300. I use this for my personal trips (no laptop) and its been great. The battery lasts between 4 and 5 hours.