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Traveling Consultant Oct 28, 2009 10:03 pm
Another vote for the Panasonic
 
We have this DVD player as well and love the fact that the battery can get up to 6 hours, which although is overkill for this flight is good if you are also planning on longer flights in the future

Originally Posted by GBeckman (Post 12663685)
I picked up this one at Costco last fall for an extended car trip. It's been great for both in the car and on planes. If you're going to use it in the car at all, I like that it came with a bracket to attach it to the headrest.

arnold_chen Nov 8, 2009 12:49 am
What about for Transpac?
 
How about recommendations for player to take on transpacific flight? We're heading SFO-HKG-SIN with our 3 YO. Same recommendations but just bring lots of batteries?

Traveling Consultant Nov 8, 2009 9:48 am
perhaps an alternative
 
Originally Posted by arnold_chen (Post 12786680)
How about recommendations for player to take on transpacific flight? We're heading SFO-HKG-SIN with our 3 YO. Same recommendations but just bring lots of batteries?
I personally use the panasonic above with a backup battery (universal battery). However if I was going to buy a new one for long flights, I would consider the
Panasonic-DVD-LS86, it claims up to 13 hours of playback; although that is probably at a very low level of screen brightness. Still might be something to look into

themicah Nov 9, 2009 8:32 am
Originally Posted by arnold_chen (Post 12786680)
How about recommendations for player to take on transpacific flight? We're heading SFO-HKG-SIN with our 3 YO. Same recommendations but just bring lots of batteries?
Get a cheap mp4 player (as suggested above) and load all your movies on it ahead of time. The battery will almost certainly last longer than any DVD player, and it'll be smaller, lighter and you won't have to worry about losing or scratching discs.

ck2003 Nov 17, 2009 11:02 am
Originally Posted by themicah (Post 12792518)
Get a cheap mp4 player (as suggested above) and load all your movies on it ahead of time. The battery will almost certainly last longer than any DVD player, and it'll be smaller, lighter and you won't have to worry about losing or scratching discs.
Our 4 year old used an ipod nano loaded with Dora, Handy Manny, and other favorite shows. He didn't mind the small screen size. And it was so nice to just put it in our pockets when we were done. But I do agree with the other posters that you'll be better with headphones. The little earphones we had occasionally fell out of his ears during the flight.

edited to add:
The one thing I didn't like about the nano was the plug for the earphones was on the bottom of the device so he couldn't set it level on the tray. He held it most of the time and when he set it on the tray we just rigged a baby blanket or sweater to hold the nano upright and level.

AAaLot Dec 14, 2009 4:21 am
We made the transition from a DVD to an iTouch a few years ago. Would strongly suggest this. DVDs are dead.

Furthermore, the iTouch has a lot games as the kids get older.


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