I bought this because I wanted something to play the few DVDs I still have, which mainly consist of British TV shows that you can't buy digitally and are also not the right region to play on our Xbox.It is small, compact, simple, and very light. As stated, it does play formats other than region 1 (which I also tested and that works fine), including my British TV shows that are region 2. Battery life using the AC adapter is really good and true to what is stated. The volume is adequate for my needs, picture quality is average, the headphone plug works, the remote works, it does remember where you left off in a show for the most part as far as I can tell if you power it down in the middle of something, and it can even do subtitles if the DVD supports it. I haven't tried the USB, mainly because I have nothing to try it with.IMO opinion, the value you get for the money on this is good and I am really happy that I took a chance on this item.If you buy this, be sure to adjust your expectations. You are getting what you pay for. Will it work? Yes, unless you somehow get a dud. But, it isn't going to have amazing picture or sound quality or tons of fancy features or have a battery that lasts 24 hours before its next charge is needed, and it gets confused if you do too much with the buttons at once. But if you, like me, just want something that plays DVDs, this is it.I will caution that I don't recommend buying this for children, unless you plan to heavily supervise them while they use it. It's really a very fragile piece of equipment that I don't see withstanding the kind of abuse that children, especially young children, can inflict on such things. This is not because it is not a quality item for what you have spent on it, it's simply because it is not built for children specifically. If it is dropped, from no matter what height, I am 100% it will not work anymore--remember DVDs, like CDs, work using a laser and also there is a balance that must be sustained for the DVD to spin properly. It doesn't take much to damage either of those things, whether from a fall, too much jostling, etc. The physical buttons are sturdy, but, as I said earlier, it gets confused if you try to push too many at once to skip around; eventually, it may get confused enough to simply break down to a point where even turning it on and off will not fix it. If I needed something for a child to use, I'd look for something sturdier even if it meant spending more.