- Portable 7" LCD DVD Boombox
- Built in Digital ATSC TV Tuner
- Built in USB/SD/MMC Slot
- 3 Way Power: UL/ETL Approved AC Adaptor, DC Battery Power & DC 12V Car Cord
I had three main intended uses for this boombox and this one device appeared to have it all, plus it was the only one I could find that had battery, AC, and car adapter DC power options (a huge plus for our intended uses). It turned out to not be particularly good for any of our three main purposes.
First, we wanted it to play audio cds upstairs where we have no stereo. Though it is billed as a boombox, the dvd player does not play audio cds! This may be the unit's biggest flaw and it is hard to fathom it not playing an audio cd but playing dvd. I know cds are on their way out and digital downloads are in, but it has a disc player already installed! And it is a boombox!
Secondly, we were going to strap it to the console of our van for the 12 hour trips we take to visit family and use the dvd to keep our daughter's attention when she got road weary. The sound for FM radio music seemed okay, not great but listenable without wincing, but when playing a dvd the male voice dialogue was hard to discern. They sounded muffled and the only solution was to turn up the volume more than we wanted it. We could find no tone or EQ settings to try and boost the mid-range and figured it would be nearly impossible to understand dialogue over the road noise in our van. The screen image was also brighter and better than the other two models we tried.
The third reason we wanted this was for emergency tv/radio. While we never bothered to attempt the tv because we knew it was going back, the analog FM tuner was very touchy and difficult to dial in stations as if it was an afterthought in the design. But the battery power was a plus for emergency tv and radio if you need them for that.
Comparing the NAXA and the GPX, the build quality appeared reasonably stout on the NAXA and didn't scream cheapo electronics as badly as the GPX model, which is odd because the two models share several design elements and probably schematics for the button controls as they were nearly identical. These probably come from the same Chinese contract factory. The GPX was flimsier but to it's advantage it has a front load disc drive and the NAXA is a top loader after you flip the screen up.
If you don't care that it does not play music cds or may be hard to hear in a moving car, it might work for you. It has a lot of features for the money, but the quality will obvious challenge a long life for this device.For what it worths you won't be disappointed and it made a wonderful 12-yr old boy's birthday gift...guarantee to be better than sliced bread. My reason to puchase this particular item was preparation for emergency items since our last experience with San Diego's blackout and with this plug in batteries and you will be uptodate with the Jones's (radio is good and this will be better). Also a magnetized base for TV antenna is provided so it will be in place for better reception. Bad thing is the volume drop lower in tv/dvd mode but compare to the price it is okay. Hopefully the next one in the market will be better.this Naxa NDL-400 7-Inch TFT LCD Display Portable DVD Player with Digital TV TUNER, AM/FM Stereo Radio, USB Input and SD/MMC Card Slots is nice looking and nice sounding and work great love it!I'm using this in my workshop as a radio/dvd player with the occasional live football on tv thrown in. Does the job great. The plastic is a bit brittle as indicated in another review, but doesn't feel cheap. My only wish would be for a better out of the box TV antenna and maybe a digital radio tuner instead of an analog one (so I could use the remote to change radio stations). All around, not a bad little unit!
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It picks up stations pretty well in a major metro area of Southern California, but it does better in the morning than at night. I've tested the 8C battery usage for the DVD player, and the batteries 'lasted' (using DURACELL'S with a remaining shelf life of 3 years, which were bought 2 years previously), a total of 3 hours of DVD playtime. In another test on another product, using (in that test), a BRAND NEW SET of Duracell's, hot from the big box store, and never stored, I tested a Magnasonic boombox DVD player for DVD playtime (which had no TV). But in that test, I used 'super-fresh' (never stored) Duracell batteries which give me 6 hours of DVD playtime. But we're comparing apples to oranges here. The Naxa was tested with never used, but 2 year old Duracell's; the Maganasonic was tested with super-new, fresh from the big box store, Duracell's. Maybe the Naxa would have played longer if I had used super-new Duracell's like I did in the Magansonic test. (You'll have to draw your own conclusions from those above facts.) Note also: a word of caution about the remote....in 'my' Naxa, the battery does not make good contact with the lower contacts inside the 'remote'. I had to slip-in one thin sheet of aluminum foil (without putting-in the foil TOO far so as not to touch the front battery contacts as well...to prevent creating a 'short'), in order for the remote to activate each time I pressed a button. All-in-all I'll keep this unit as the digital TV stations were pulled-in so well in my area. I'll use the Magnasonic to play DVDs in a power outage. [Oh, one more thing I just found out: this unit's TV works even better with the SuperSonic Flat Digital Antenna VHF/UHF that Amazon sells for about $14. It enables the TV to pick up the lower frequency channels in my area much better than the NAXA supplied antenna. And, at least those 'lower' channels(which are CBS; NBC etc.) stations, and are broadcast in the language that 'I' speak'...while the higher frequencies/channels are mostly non-English speaking channels in my area.]
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