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RCA BRC3109 10-Inch Portable Blu-Ray DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: RCA
Category: CE
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $299.99
You Save: $50.00 (14%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 10519
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery: 1 Lithium Button Cell
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 12.4 x 9.8
MPN: BRC3109
Model: BRC3109
UPC: 062118431091
EAN: 0062118431091
ASIN: B003AQYR7I
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 10-inch widescreen LCD portable player for Blu-ray and DVD | | • | Built-in rechargeable battery - for use anywhere | | • | Outputs: HDMI 1080p and AV jacks; USB ports | | • | Ethernet for accessing BD 2.0 and BD Live | | • | AC adapter, car adapter, carrying bag with headrest attachments, and remote control included |
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Product Description
Imagine watching your favorite high def movies as you?re lying comfortably in bed, as you?re sun bathing by the pool, or during long road trips. Now you can turn your movie-watching dreams into a reality with the RCA BRC3108 portable Bluray player. The crisp playback on the widescreen ten-inch LCD display coupled with the smooth refresh rates provides the ultimate viewing experience - on the go. The player features built-in stereo speakers and a headphone jack so you won?t have to worry about packing any ?extras? to enjoy movie entertainment abroad. The portable player is compatible with Blu-ray discs, DVD?s, CD?s will even display JPG files. Use the portable player at home by hooking it up to your TV via the HDMI 1080p output or AV output jacks. The BRC3108 comes with all the extras you need to use it at home or abroad including an AC adapter, car adapter, carrying bag with headrest attachments, and remote control. Your movie-watching venues will be endless.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best value portable BD player August 17, 2010
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This player is very nice, works quietly and easy.
I like it very much.
It lets me to use same player both at home and on the go.
At home it provide perfect 1080P quality, and on the go it lets me to use same disks that I have at home.
It plays regular DVD as well.
Best value, recommended!
 My review! August 11, 2010
A. Fischer (az)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to say I was very worried about buying this item and regretting it. I was never able to find a demo model. I am happy to say I really like it. A LOT.
It has a fantastic picture. While I am sure that it is not a 1080P LCD screen it is far better than any portable I have ever owned. I have owned about half a dozen or more portable DVD players and this one is FAR superior in the picture catagory. It is stunning. I did some research before my purchase and was not able to get the specs for the LCD and that was my one worry. I am very glad that it was not an issue. And I am VERY piccky about picture quality. At 10" it is one of the largest screens in the portable catagory and it is great.
Sound wise we have an issue. There are no buzzing, humming, or beeping sounds out of this unit, but the volume is too low. I think some people will be upset with how low it is. It is very crisp when played through the speakers and is OK if there is nothing else going on in the background. I figured headphones would be better. And, they were. Barely. I will have to pick up some headphones that have a volume control on them. Don't get me wrong, with the headphones the sound is perfect but sometimes you want a little louder that what this unit can produce. It came out of the box and the volume was already maxed out. I thought maybe it was low and I was wrong. Not a deal breaker for me simply because headphones with volume controls can fix that.
I tested the unit with BD, DVD, and DVD-R and they all played great. BD takes a little long to load but not too bad. I am just too used to the PS3 loading immediately. I did notice that DVD does not look nearly as good as BD does. That is a great indication that the screen is far better than 480P. BD is extremely crisp.
If not for the low sound volume I would have given this unit a full 5 stars.
At this price this unit is well worth the purchase.
UPDATE: I am now on my 3rd unit. The first one stopped playing Blu-ray altogether after a few hours. It would still play DVD but not BD. I exchanged it for a new model.
The new one died within 2 hours. It stopped my movie at the very end and turned off and then back on. It became a cycle where it wouldn't stay on. It also made a loud noise like the motor was stuck. I exchanged it this morning for yet another unit.
I immediately noticed several things with the latest one. It was very quiet compared to the other 2. I don't mean volume either. The unit was very quiet and loaded my BD fast and with no strange noises. Second thing I noticed is that the volume was greatly imporoved over the last 2 . It was plenty load out of the speakers. I have no complaints about the sound now. We'll see if this one lasts. I will be purchasing the 3 year service plan from Target if this one lasts the next couple of days. I just think the Target I went to initially received a faulty batch. I still stand by my 4 star rating.
watch your blu ray collection on the go August 11, 2010
JCHO (Fremont, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This player has a nice LCD and looks great, you can tell you are watching blu ray in high definition, I usually don't use computer animation to test picture quality but can't help but to admire how "crisp" they look.
I have a few disc playing DTS-HDMA and it was able to decode or at least grab the downmix from it. I have tested the HDMI picture it works just fine, 1080P compatible. But I have not tested the HDMI audio whether it can pass the downmix or bitstream (I think not likely), there appears to be no options to toggle this. In most cases this is not an audiophile's player.
I noticed it seems to load BDs faster than my standalone BD player, which was Sony's 2009 model.
Although it may seem pointless, one of the reason I bought this player is because it comes with composite A/V cable output, which is important to send the picture to a car A/V system, or you go to a hotel with an older TV. It also comes with home and car adapter and a nice fitting carrying case/bag. You can convert the carrying case to strap behind a headrest in the car; I think it's a pretty crude setup, and there seem to be no room to plug in the side connectors with the unit sitting in the bag. A little flap that opens on the side of the case to make these connections would have been nice.
The built in speakers is a bit weak, as in not very loud, but still stronger than most laptop speakers by a margin, and it should work fine in a quiet environment. There are 2 headphone jacks which is a nice touch, be prepared to crank the volume control all the way up, the player plays full dynamite range so the dialogue is a bit soft and explosion is still loud, as intended. But I am concerned if the volume might be too soft on an airplane, but then again you are stuck on the plane with your own 10" screen and watching blu ray, I figure you are already ahead of most passengers. One might need to shop around for headphones with more sensitivity.
I have hooked up the headphone jack via a Y cable to stereo receiver, this is completely analog, the amount of hiss is acceptable unless you press your ears to the tweeter of your main speakers. I have experienced no buzzing. I have also used the A/V output in my car with good results.
A couple of things "cons" I noticed, the battery is not replacable, not officially anyway, but it is lithium so it should last nicely.
And it says do not charge using the car adapter. There is a charge/OFF/ON, so the car adapter can still power the player in ON position indefinitely.
In conclusion, this is a pretty nice product and surprisingly from a entry level brand like RCA. Still a hefty price tag for some. Most people who has not seen HD played on a small LCD like this will argue you cannot tell between DVD and BD, maybe if you walk 4 feet away, but I can definitely tell the difference. Target seems to have good customer service, but I won't be bringing it back unless something goes very wrong soon.
EDIT: Aug 18. I noticed the unit has problem playing the sound of a few Universal movie titles with DTS-HD-MA sound track (King Kong, Death Race, HellBoy 2), I would only get sound on the left side only on those movies. I went on the website ([...]) and found a new firmware which I put on a USB stick. This fixed the problem. The firmware was not there when I first bought the unit.
I put in the my latest blu-ray - Avatar (2009), the jungle detail looks amazing, especially when the chopper first fly in to drop off the Avatars. I will have to try the included DVD to see the PQ differences. For equipment reference I have a 54" Panasonic Plasma for my "regular" viewing.
The only problem I have now with Quantum of Solace which have 4 vertical thin lines on the screen. The problem seem to only be with this title, I tried other Fox titles and doesn't have this problem.
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