I think you’re missing the point that this unit is portable and has wireless headphones, car mounting kit, TV tuner, and a set of inputs. It wouldn’t be a good price for a TV to set on the counter at home, but that’s not what it’s for. I’m still tempted on it, but I think I’ll pass. A small cabinet mounted LCD TV for the kitchen is more of what I need right now.
Pretty cool and with a couple of different options for mounting in the car. This would be great on long road trips. If it had a battery pack I’d be sold but can’t justify buying this after big spending on BF.
C’mon Wootsters!@# Lets get some useful information:
Bought one about 2 years ago and it has worked great! Goes in and out of the van quickly and easily for road trips and then back into the house for regular use. The kids have been kind of rough with it and it continues to work great. The only negative I’ve found is the viewing angles for in home use aren’t as big as I’d like but it has caused no problems. I think it’s a bargain!
Guys, I love the image you put on this TV sceen. That little summo guy is getting owned. Nice song too. Love the sense of humor. You guys rock! Can’t wait to get my next random bag of crap. Keep up the great work. WOOT!
got one. broke my woot cherry on this one.
been shopping for something just like this. have seen 7 inch and 8 inch screen players in the same price range. some have two 7 inch screens. not sure why you’d need two… but anyway, the clincher for me is the built in tv tuner. stuck in traffic? bored with the dvds you brought? check out the local traffic on tv. fricking cool.
I agree, Audiovox is junk… Everytime I get tempted by their low price gear I get screwed. My Audiovox garage stereo made it only 2 months, and I dont even use it that much!
Thumbs down to Audiovox…
General consensus from most resellers that have customer reviews is that $299 is a good price, but the ratio of bad:good reviews is about 2-3:1. Doesn’t matter if it is less than 50% of market price if it stops working after a few hours.
Caveat emptor.
Awesome woot! Bought the original 10.2" over three years ago for $900. Put in the mini-van, and has never left. Still operates flawlessly. Would love to have another backup!
Just to note some things:
- the LCD is 800x600 resolution. If you watch widescreen DVDs primarily find a widescreen unit.
- the thing weighs 8 pounds! this is not your compact portable, but then again it’s 12".
- the angles of visiblility are only rated at 90H/40V. That’s a pretty bad screen if you want it for home use. Add to that 180:1 contrast and 180nits brightness – on a sunny day, you might have problems seeing it out in the car.
- the inclusion of two wireless headsets and the car adapter is nice.
BTW, the Audiovox FPE1505DV mentioned earlier at Target is actually $369 direct from amazon, free saver shipping. That’s only $65 more…
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00081K4CU/
While not a ‘luggable’ car unit, it shows what a little more can get you for home:
- 1024x768 15" LCD
- 120H/100V visibility (the vertical makes a lot of difference if you’re say standing in the kitchen cooking…). 500:1 contrast, 450 nits brightness - HUGE difference in the picture ‘quanitity’ ;).
- backlight rated at 50K hours (versus the portable 10K hours – for whatever reason)
- in addition to composite and RF inputs, it adds s-video and VGA – and packs in a VGA cable (use it for computer and TV).
- and, it’s wall mountable (VESA compatible)
… all depends on what you want from a unit. 
This woot ain’t bad, but there are better-suited smaller-portable (or bigger-home) units available. As always with woot, do your research!
we knead more hwoots like this!
I need this!
I am being given a motorhome, since my home was flooded in Slidell, Louisiana. This would be perfect for the motorhome.
AND
today is my Birthday!
Im going to work now… I am now in Austin, TX (since Katrina)
Send one to me if its on your heart.
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Thanks,
Jared Farnum
I already have one, and I paid $450 on sale at FRY’s for it.
Use in the car to play the xbox when we go on trips, works great for that, My son puts on the headphones and I can still listen to the radio. When we get where we are going we bring it inside as a second tv/dvd player vary handy,
couldn’t do that with the laptop. so many people are comparing this to. Have yet to see a laptop you can hook an xbox box to in a car.
no laptops lately huh?
LIB, sold out already.
NOOOOOOOO! I wanted 3 more!
from the stats page.<BR>
percentage of sales per hour<BR>
8%+3%+3%+2%+3%+7%+6%+14%+17%+10%+10%+10%+9% = 102%<BR>
Am i the only one who is a little confused?<BR>
–steve
Thats because of the rounding off to the nearest integer. For example, lets say that there were 3 items and one item sold every hour. So the sales would be 33%+33%+33% = 99%.
Still confused?
nah not really. i figured it would be somthing like that.
–Steve
Looks like a new trend is emerging. Usually the greatest amount for any item sells within the first hour. Not the case today though. Are people becoming bored with woot?