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Posted at 1:32 PM on Sunday 06/29/08 by
Ben
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BestBuy.com has the Dynex DX-PDVD9 9" 16:9 Widescreen Portable DVD Player on sale this week for $120. Pick it up in-store to save on shipping. Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 and JPEG formats. [BizRate]
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    rennickhoek - Posted 2:13 pm PDT 06/29/08 (155 Posts)  Report Spam

    Can someone figure out why the prices of these things are going up? A few years ago, no-name portable dvd players were $79 bucks. I figured by now, they would be like $39 bucks. Why is this pos $120??

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    mz - Posted 2:42 pm PDT 06/29/08 (64 Posts)  Report Spam

    I would have thought similarly, but instead of lowering the price they've been increasing the screen size. You can still get the 7" screen models for around $79, but I don't expect to see any under $50 that'd be worth having.

    http://www.pricewatch.com/dvd_players/portable.htm

    Somebody is unloading a bunch of the older 7" screen versions on eBay for as little as $40 with shipping, but you don't get a battery with the unit.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Polaroid-7-Portable-DVD-Blue-DPA-07046Q-FREE-SHIP_W0QQitemZ120275131381QQihZ002QQcategoryZ15077QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZbacon

    Every now and then I think one of these would be fun, but then I think why not just put that money into a laptop instead.

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    superd00d3 - Posted 3:14 pm PDT 06/29/08 (3031 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 the prices have gone down substantially. One of my crazy co-workers bought a Panasonic portable DVD player for around $1000 back in 1999. He used to bring it to work and watch DVDs. Did I mention he was insane?

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