Naxa NDL-400 7-Inch TFT LCD Display Portable DVD Player with Digital TV TUNER, AM/FM Stereo Radio, USB Input and SD/MMC Card Slots Review

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(More customer reviews)I had no idea how hard it would be to find a satisfactory boombox that also had the tv/dvd player built in.This looked the best of the three models I could find on Amazon and was the first of the three devices we tried, each with frustrating shortcomings in the design or quality.The other two were GPX BT780B 7 Inch LCD Portable TV/DVD/AM/FM Boombox and the Coby TFDVD7091 7-Inch DVD/MP3/CD Player and ATSC/NTSC TV Tuner, BlackAll three could be harshly described as cheap chinese junk, but for the money we were not expecting audiofile quality and manufacture. But design decisions torpedoed all three at fullfilling what we wanted from the devices. I don't like hassling with sending stuff back to Amazon, but all three were returned and we ended up settling on separate devices for the portable cd/tv/dvd functionality that we wanted. If these could have been examined in store we likely never would have bought any of them.

When first using it, I really, really tried to like this NAXA unit and justify keeping it, but sent it back for several reasons. To be fair, some people will probably find this device suitable to their wants and like it.

I had three main intended uses for this boombox and this one device appeared to have it all, plus it was the only one I could find that had battery, AC, and car adapter DC power options (a huge plus for our intended uses). It turned out to not be particularly good for any of our three main purposes.

First, we wanted it to play audio cds upstairs where we have no stereo.Though it is billed as a boombox, the dvd player does not play audio cds!This may be the unit's biggest flaw and it is hard to fathom it not playing an audio cd but playing dvd. I know cds are on there way out and digital downloads are in, but it has a disc player already installed!And it is a boombox!

Secondly, we were going to strap it to the console of our van for the 12 hour trips we take to visit family and use the dvd to keep our daughter's attention when she got road weary. The sound for music seemed okay, no great dynamic range but listenable, but when playing a dvd male voice dialogue was hard to discern. They sounded muffled and the only solution was to turn up the volume more than we wanted it.We could find no tone or EQ settings to try and boost the mid-range and figured it would be nearly impossible to understand dialogue over the road noise in our van.The screen image was also brighter and better on the NAXA than the other two models we tried.

The third reason we wanted this was for emergency tv/radio. While we never bothered to attempt the tv because we knew it was going back, the analog FM tuner was very touchy and difficult to dial in stations as if it was an afterthought in the design. But the battery power was a plus for emergency tv and radio if you need them for that.

Comparing the NAXA and the GPX, the build quality appeared reasonably stout on the NAXA and didn't scream cheapo electronics as badly as the GPX model, which is odd because the two models share several design elements and probably schematics for the the button controls as they were nearly identical. These probably come from the same Chinese contract factory. The GPX was flimsier but to it's advantage it has a front load disc drive and the NAXA is a top loader after you flip the screen up.

Some pros for the NAXA:
1) The multiple electrical inputs are great and surprisingly hard to find on a portable tv/dvd combo.
2) The screen image for the dvd we tested, "Charlottes Web", was pleasant
3) It is compact

Bottom line on the NAXA: if you don't care that it does not play music cds or may be hard to hear in a moving car, it might work for you. It has a lot of features for the money, but the quality will obvious challenge a long life for this device.

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Naxa NDL-400* 7" Widescreen LCD Display * ATSC TV Tuner* AM/FM Stereo Radio* Top Loading DVD Player* Built-in SD/MMC Card Slot* Built-in USB Input* Audio/Video Jack Microphone Input Jack(s)* Audio/Video Cable* Full Function Remote Control* 3 Way Power: UL/ETL Approved AC Adaptor, DC Battery Power & DC 12V Car Cord* UL or ETL Listed

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