Nextbase Portable DVD Player Review

By Ian Bell Published November 6, 2004

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“The format of DVD has been incredibly quick to usurp VHS as the standard of choice for watching films. It was circa five years ago that I got my DVD player, which at the time was hideously expensive, and extremely large. Not many people at the time had seen the digital glory of DVD and it would often get a lot of people exclaiming ‘wow’ at the quality of the picture DVD can produce.”

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This player caught us by surprise. Its definately a very small player and kind of looks like one of the new PMP portable media players that are coming out on the market. This would be great for traveling.

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