Panasonic DMP-B100 Portable Blu-ray Disc Player

High definition TV and Blu-ray discs have a way of spoiling you. Once you've gotten used to those vivid, sharp widescreen images it can be a little hard to go back to standard definition TV and DVDs.

If you count yourself (or someone you know) among the hardcore Blu-ray fans the Panasonic DMP-B100 Portable Blu-ray Disc Player may be just what you need to kick the "missing my Blu-ray blues" when you're away from home.

Its 8.9 inch screen is big enough for a few people to watch a Blu-ray movie or just set it on your belly (it weighs less than three pounds without its battery) and enjoy your favorite guilty pleasure movie in the privacy of your bedroom (or hotel room).

Of course it will play a wide variety of Blu-ray discs, DVDs and CDs and it has an SD card slot so you can enjoy JPEG slide shows and AVCHD home movies. You can even listen to your MP3 collection.

With a lithium-ion battery that's good for up to three and a half hours you could take it on your next camping trip and instead of telling scary stories around the campfire when it gets dark you can watch a scary movie. At home and on the road the AC adapter and car DC adapters respectively can supply the juice.

The player's screen attaches to the main part of the player via a "mono arm design". What that means to you is that you should be able to position the screen exactly to your liking.

You're not likely to watch your DMP-B100 from very far away but if you do the included remote will come in handy.