Mintek MDP-5861 5'' Portable DVD Player

Mintek MDP-5861 5'' Portable DVD Player

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Mintek's exceptionally affordable, slim-bodied MDP-5861 portable DVD player lets you enjoy your movies and music on the road or in the home. The MP3-friendly player features a 5-inch LCD configured in a widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio whose dimensions closely approximate those of your favorite contemporary movies. A high-capacity rechargeable lithium battery (included) keeps your discs spinning for hours between charges, and the player also comes with separate AC and DC power adapters for use indoors, in cars and boats--you name it. Using it on the go? You'll appreciate the player's anti-skip protection for uninterrupted viewing or listening.

The MDP-5861 also offers built-in stereo speakers for headphones-free listening and compatibility with DVD-Video (either PAL or NTSC), CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3-encoded discs. Watch slideshows of your digital photos on Kodak Picture CDs. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's optical digital-audio output for direct connection to a compatible audio/video receiver.

A choice of S-video and composite-video outputs simplify hookup with other components, making the MDP-5861 as suitable for home use as for portable viewing. A supplied wireless remote control is just as useful within your home or without. Headphones are not included.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote battery, rechargeable lithium battery, car cigarette-lighter power adapter, AC power adapter, an audio/video interconnect cable, and a user's manual.

Product Description:
When does the movie start? It can begin whenever and wherever you want it to with this Mintek 5" Widescreen Portable DVD Player. Enjoy your favorite movies on-the-go with a 16:9 widescreen 5" LCD screen with built-in stereo speakers and an anti-shock system. Features: DVD, VCD, MP3, CD, CD-R, CD-RW and Kodak Picture CD compatibility; 4-speed fast forward and reverse; 3-speed slow motion; frame by frame viewing; multiple angle playback and zoom; full-function remote control; RCA video cable; 1 pair stereo RCA cables and a high-capacity 2-hr. rechargeable lithium battery.

Mintek MDP-5861 5" Portable DVD Player
Average customer rating:

ZERO STARS! Replaced 3 Times!

Do NOT waste your money!

Works Well So Far...NOT

Output to television too dark (0 IRE instead of 7.5 IRE)

What A Piece of Junk

Mintek MDP-5861 5" Portable DVD Player

Manufacturer: Mintek
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Portable DVD player with 5-inch widescreen LCD, stereo speakers, and anti-skip protection for active use

Plays DVD-Video (PAL/MULTI/NTSC), MP3 CD, and Kodak Picture CDs

Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround output through optical digital-audio connection facilitates hookup with an audio/video surround receiver

Includes rechargeable lithium battery, vehicle DC power adapter, AC power adapter, and audio/video interconnect for use with home theaters

Measures 5.4 x 1.4 x 5.6 inches (W x H x D)

ASIN: B00009OLLN

Amazon.com Product Description

Mintek's exceptionally affordable, slim-bodied MDP-5861 portable DVD player lets you enjoy your movies and music on the road or in the home. The MP3-friendly player features a 5-inch LCD configured in a widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio whose dimensions closely approximate those of your favorite contemporary movies. A high-capacity rechargeable lithium battery (included) keeps your discs spinning for hours between charges, and the player also comes with separate AC and DC power adapters for use indoors, in cars and boats--you name it. Using it on the go? You'll appreciate the player's anti-skip protection for uninterrupted viewing or listening.

Product Description

PRODUCT FEATURES:DVD/MP3/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/Kodak Picture CD;5" 16:9 TFT Widescreen Monitor;Built-in Stereo Speakers;Built-in Anti-shock System;Optical Output;AV Output;High Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Battery;Multi Function Remote Control.

Customer Reviews:

ZERO STARS! Replaced 3 Times!.......2005-09-23

This DVD player is the pitts! I have replaced it on 3 different occasions and it breaks with in 30-45 days. I will not replace it again. Before it broke it would load S-L-O-W...save youself the hassle pay 50.00 more and avoid the frustration, Unless you prefer frustration then by all means Buy Mintek!

Do NOT waste your money!.......2005-04-16

This DVD player is a piece of JUNK!!! Broke after about 5-6 months and my friend's broke even sooner (we bought at the same time in the same store) We were "lured" by the price - $170, but you get what you pay for, right? And no, the kids weren't playing with it in the car. The customer service is.... well there IS NO customer service. The worst company I have ever dealt with. We purchased more expensive unit, by a different manufacturer of course, and it's working great (with the same kids in the car, so I doubt THAT was the problem). I really wish I read the reviews before wasting my money on this ...#$^&^%$#...

Works Well So Far...NOT.......2005-04-11

Update: Broke a few months ago! Well, you all warned me. But it was good while it lasted.

The best thing about this player for us is its ability to play a variety of formats. Practically any video that you can burn on your DVD burner or CD burner can be played on this thing.

Of particular value to us is its ability to play regular DVD data disks with MPEG video files burned onto them. This means that you can grab any .MPG file off the Internet (from sites sharing non-copyrighted material, such as indymedia.org), burn it directly to a DVD (e.g., using Nero) with no time spent transcoding data to regular DVD or VCD format, and play it on this player. We keep it hooked permanently to our TV and use it to view all sorts of content that we download from the Internet. In addition, we have a PC-based Video Recorder that works like a VCR and that generates .MPG files, so we just burn those to DVDs in the manner described above and play them on our regular TV.

Not only does this player read video files burned onto standard ISO DVD+RWs, but it can also read UDF-formatted DVD+RWs. Unfortunately, while UDF can handle files larger than 2GB, and ISO cannot, if you have a very large video file you can put it on a UDF disk but only the first part of the file will play on this player (after which it simply stops playing). But who would have expected it to work with UDF at all?

We have so far not had any quality issues, other than a quirk that it has of freezing up sometimes if you are fast-forwarding (using the remote control) and then go directly to play. The way around this is to always hit pause to exit fast forwarding and then go to play. If we follow this rule, there is never a problem.

Sorry to hear about all of the quality issues and am running with the lid closed to save the LCD now, so thanks for the warnings.

Output to television too dark (0 IRE instead of 7.5 IRE).......2005-03-20

In addition to everything else, it's bad for playing DVDs out to a television. The video that it outputs is too dark. I was puzzled so I tested it on a professional video monitor. Instead of outputting a video signal with the "black level setup" value at 7.5 IRE (the standard for American NTSC televisions), the Mintek is outputting a signal at 0 IRE (the NTSC-Japan and PAL standard). This is not changeable. What a pain. If you were ever thinking of hooking this up to an American television, think again. Yes, I know that some DVD players pretend it's a picture-enhancing feature to allow 0/7.5 IRE switching (some manufacturers call it "black level expansion"), but really that switching is just to allow better compatibility with different TV systems. This model flunks.

What A Piece of Junk.......2005-02-12

Got one for my birthday. Broken right out of the box. Returned it to my friend. Took six weeks for a replacement. Opened the box, still broken. Returned it to the Mintek company and that is the last I have seen of it. It has been three months of long distance phone calls to a company that really does not care. KEEP AWAY from a Mintek!!!

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