In my opinion, a portable DVD player is one of those products you need to do research on before actually making a final purchase. They can be cheap or they can be expensive. It’s hard to know if one will be worth the purchase unless you actually use one and know from experience if it is exactly what you’re looking for or just going to be returned in a few days.

We have one that was purchased before we went to Virginia Beach for vacation. It was to keep our almost four-year-old son entertained on such a long trip. Not a very good experience. He kept pushing the buttons, popping out the disc. It was hard enough to reach behind and try to figure out which button was the correct button to play a video instead of going through some menu.

I think if we had seen reviews from other people who have had experience with different brands, we may have a different portable DVD player.

Wize has a WizeRank system that shows you a nice big rank for each product that people have left reviews for. It takes user reviews and expert reviews and creates a WizeRank to help you decide if it will be a good purchase. Of course it also depends on what you’re looking for.

For portable DVD players though, it looks like a Toshiba would be a good buy as it has a WizeRank of 91, which isn’t surprising as Toshiba makes really good products.  It also shows that users love it.

Compared to other websites that give you reviews of products, Wize shows you one score that is calculated to help you find a product with better reviews. A good way to find out which product you shouldn’t buy as well, if you look for the lowest WizeRank.

Compared to Amazon’s reviews, Wize is a lot easier to tell which product is a better choice.