I also don't like portable dvd players, but if you spend hours in a plane or train and don't have nothing more interresting/useful to do, it may be a good toy.
It should heat up my living room quickly in winter, something like these electric fan heaters for bathrooms, just bigger and better looking. And it should be portable so I can carry it around to other… (more)
Sorry, Webs. I don't know anything about portable heaters currently on the market. But I can heartily recommend a nice hot water bottle. I usually carry them around with me in the winter. I really don't like the cold.
DVDs are country-specific, right? So how does that work if you travel with a portable? If I go back and forth from US to NZ, do I need to make sure I only buy US DVDs?