computer dvd drives

It's a very good 'portable' DVD. Image quality is very good. At this prize for a mini machine, I think it's my 'best' buy.

I bought this since it could interface to both my laptop PC and my TV. Great concept, but poor execution. Massive artifacts/pixellation on DVDs with any kind of compression. Also, it does not play MP3 files at the correct bit rates. Back it goes!

Let's start with what I liked. The unit was small and apparently well manufactured. It had lots of setup options and was usable right out of the box. It is really nice to have a DVD player I can use on a computer as well as a TV. However some fundamental problems forced me to return the unit.

1 - The remote is cute but totally disfunctional. It is really small which seems good on the surface but it is just too small to use. The letters are so small you cannot read them without a magnifying glass. Furthermore, it has almost no range so you have to be very close for it to work at all.
2 - The picture is not great. There is lots of pixelization and artifacts.
3 - I didn't care for the open/close functionality or the position of the on/off button.

I would only recommend this unit for a person that didn't care about picture quality or using the remote control.