I had a portable DVD player before and even with the AC Power cord I wouldn't play the dvd if the battery was low, the battery needed to be charged to full before I could play the dvd movie again. So what is the use of the rechargeable battery if you can't just plug in the dvd player and use it if you need to recharge the battery ever 3 hours. I don't want to wait til the battery is fully charged so I can watch a DVD movie.