Comments on: Toshiba SD-P1900 9-Inch DivX Certified Portable DVD Player

By: AbbyLane

AbbyLane — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:10:52 +0000

I purchased this unit for use in the car using an audio/video adapter. Since it played through the existing video system (VHS) in my van, I have no comments on the audio/video … never really used it. Having said that, we went through two of these units. The first one lasted probably 8-9 months. We had issues all along and would just get frustrated and change DVD’s or something. Eventually, however, it reached a point it would not play anything. The DVD would spin – very quickly – and the player would not read the disk. Realizing that you always can end up with a lemon, we returned it – we luckily had purchased the store service plan.

Player No. 2 was worse. We had the same problems right out of the box. It failed much quicker than the first – less than 2 mos from start to finish – and with the same problem as the first. Given two players that behaved the same way, I have concluded Toshiba just designed a crappy product. At the end of the day, we returned No. 2 for a Sony. We were out some money (for the extended warranty) but not as much as if we had no warranty. We just got the Sony and haven’t even tried it but I wouldn’t recommend the Toshiba.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:29:39 +0000

What a waste of money. This player never worked properly. Battery never did charge and Toshiba told me to send it back to them. I didn’t because for my purposes I could plug it in. Then, although it was only used a couple of times, it stopped reading DVDs. It kept telling me to insert a disk when I already had one in. I expected more from Toshiba. I’m thoroughly disappointed.

By: Nichole M. Hansen

Nichole M. Hansen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:40:54 +0000

We purchased this DVD player in September 2007 with the purpose of using it to keep our daughter entertained on long car rides. From the start, we had problems with it reading the DVDs. This past September, just a few days over the one-year warranty end date, we called customer service to complain about the poor quality. Once again, we were on a trip and it wasn’t working. Customer Service was of no help-we were told that we could send it in to be looked at for $100. That was the cost to send it in-to repair it would be an additional cost. This weekend, we again traveled and this time the DVD player wouldn’t even attempt to read the DVD. This was a complete waste of money.

By: V. Anto

V. Anto — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:33:34 +0000

I purchased this for my 6 yr old nephew due to its excellent picture quality and sturdiness.

By: Richard Brad Alpert

Richard Brad Alpert — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:09:29 +0000

Got this item in the mail for my daughter and it wouldn’t play the DVD. All we got was a “loading” message that never went away. Tried multiple tapes and ultimately figured it was defective and have sent it back. Amazon was prompt with the details about how to get a replacement and we put the old one in the mail the next day but have now learned it will take over a month to get a new one. I will update this when we get the replacement.