Sunday, April 10, 2005

Disney Classic Plug-n-Play Handheld Karaoke Player

Review for the Disney Classic Plug-n-Play Handheld Karaoke Player:

We have a blast with this toy! Its cables connect easily to the front of our VCR/DVD player [best done by an adult] And it helps my beginning reader improve his word recognition and fluency, by reading the lyrics as the words light up on screen. The kidslove hearing their voices come out of the TV, and they especially like the feature that modifies the output of your voice [dragon, horse, mouse, or bird] But there are a few things I don't like- the placement of the buttons on the barrel of the microphone, for one thing, and the fact that despite the product description claiming the availability of additional song cartridges, I've been unable to find them. I have tried Circuit City and Disney Electronics online. There, three cartridges are described, butthey each contain only ten songs [compared to the 25 included when you purchase the microphone] and many of them are duplicates of songs already on the microphone when you buy it. Even so, I would still purchase this product and recommend it to others, though $50 is a little pricey, given the lack of available accessories promised.