Impressions: Visteon GBA/DVD Player

by Blake Snow { May 11th 2006 at 12:15AM }

We checked out the Visteon portable DVD/GBA player again at the Nintendo booth today. Here's what we know according to company reps:

The unit will retail the first week of July contrary to prior information
You can buy the thing and have it installed for around $1,200
As you can see, GBA games DO NOT fill the entire screen as previous marketing materials have eluded to
The company is aiming to sell to families with young children, hence the GBA integration

Though Visteon says they're an "automotive company," we're not sure how well they'll do in the portable gaming industry, even having partnered with Nintendo. It would appear to the price sensitive that you might be able to buy a separate GBA and car-installed DVD player at a lower price. But maybe that's not the market they're going for.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

citizen @ May 11th 2006 1:01AM

Wow, $1200. [Insert "Jadakiss" laugh here]

You can get solo DVD/LCD's for much cheaper. Check out this one sold by Walmart. It comes with a 15 games in 1 controller and two 7 inch LCDs:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4100513

If this DVD/GameBoy player was like $300 it would do really well. Let's see what goes down in July.

Jadakiss Laugh, BTW:

http://jadakisslaugh.ytmnd.com/