Tired of hearing ‘Are we there yet?’ from the kids in the back? Not too keen about the in-flight movie? Want to be certain that there will be something worth watching when you get to the hotel? The solution is to bring along a portable DVD player.

We scouted out a bakers-dozen of the highest rated portable DVD players – rated by people who actually own them. These lightweight, compact entertainment devices offer hours of movie and CD-audio playback (many can also play MP3 audio format discs). Even when you aren’t on the road you can use any of these players at home connected to a TV and many of them feature progressive scan and digital audio surround sound outputs so you can connect them to your home theater systems.

Read a portable DVD player review for each of the 13 ones rated by www.consumerelectronicsnet.com at http://tvs.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35544.