Shinco SDP-1720 Review

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Shinco SDP-1720
4.3 stars
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001's Review of Shinco SDP-1720 Portable DVD Player

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Battery Life
    4.5 stars
  • Time Portable DVD Player Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Sound Quality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

1. Compatible with recorded DVDs: DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
2. Natural color and good resolution
3. Aluminium casing: cheap but with don't looking cheap
4. Super slim and light weight, only 1" thick


Bad Points

no S-video output


General Comments

Shinco developed a whole range of Portable DVD player with 5" -10" TFT LCD screen,and this Shinco SDP-1720 is the current top selling unit.

Unlike other cheap portable DVD players, SDP-1720 comes with Aluminium casing, which makes it looks much better than other plasticky models.

The contrast ratio and color depth is much better than the Mustek PL207 I had previously. The picture looks natural, not bluish or redish or greenish which is typical with other cheap models.

Shinco also spend hugh effort in improve the reading capacity of their DVD players. SDP-1720 also showed good results when playing movies recorded on DVD-R and DVD+R discs. DVD-RW and DVD+RW is also supported but I noticed it freezes near the end for a few discs, however if you used Ritek DVD+RW there is no problem. For disc with scratched surface, it also manage to read without too many blocks.

The battery life is also good, it can last just around 3 hours even after I have recharged for around 60 times. Also the spare battery is locally available at very reasonable price. So most other portable DVD players, you are expected to pay around £100 to get a spare battery, and a long waiting time.

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