Compact and slender enough for an adult’s pocket and easily toted in a youngster’s backpack, CyberHome’s CH-MDP2500 portable mini DVD/CD player provides a clear path to big-time fun for kids of all ages. Designed exclusively for 3-inch (8 cm) optical media, the tiny player is primed for spinning commercially available kids classics on mini DVD as well as your homemade mini DVDs (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW) and CDs—including MP3 music discs and JPEG digital-photo CDs. Everything you need is included: the player, a rechargeable battery, even headphones.

The 3-inch DVDs are those used by a lot of popular Camcorders these days and they can be played directly in this player. Also, if you do a search, you can find hundreds of movies made for this format on sale on the web. Another idea is to take your DVDs and use DVD-SHRINK to put those movies until recordable mini-discs (not that we would ever condone any illegal activities.)

Single-layer recordable mini DVDs hold up to 34 minutes each, while dual-layer discs hold more than an hour’s worth of content. These mini-discs are fully compatible with standard (5-inch) DVD players.

The player’s 2.5-inch active-matrix LCD is small but clear and very bright, making it perfect for on-the-go movie watching, digital-photo viewing, and music listening on planes, in the car, and at recess. The lithium-polymer battery lasts around 3 hours between charges, and a supplied AC power adapter lets you conserve batteries during indoor use.