Coby Portable DVD/CD player

I just got off a 5-hour plane ride with the family, so even though I try to limit TV for my kid at home, I see the real benefits of portable media players for occupying kids on long trips. I really could have used something like Coby's new portable DVD/CD player (the TF-DVD560), which will be available in March for $120. My wiggling toddler immediately sat still when I put on the Elmo DVD on my Apple laptop as a last resort, but after 20 minutes, she wanted to play with the keyboard and touch the screen, which is a no no at home (computers are for mom's work only).

If you do a lot of travelling and rely on CDs and DVDs to entertain and distract your kids, it makes sense to give them their own media player so they can handle and play with it all they want. The TF-DVD560 has a 3.5 inch color screen, plays DVDs and CDs, and includes a remote, headphones, and a stand, but it also includes 12 classic Sega games to keep the kids busy. The games aren't the latest, slickest games, but if your kids are a certain age where they aren't hip to the the newest cutting edge games, they won't care.

via New York Times (thanks Camilla).