Features:
Features
- 7-inch Diagonal Widescreen LCD Monitor for big screen excitement
- Built-in DTS®1 & Dolby Digital®2 Dual Decoder allows for amazing home theater sound quality
- Super-thin design, less than 1-inch thick for convenient travel
- Approximately 4 hours of playback with included battery pack
- Built-in Recharger function for added convenience
- Normal (4:3) / Wide (16:9) / Zoom Screen Selector lets you adjust the picture size
- Built-in Stereo Speakers for great sound just about anywhere
- Fully-featured for use as a home DVD player
- 35-key Slim Size Remote Control for convenient operation
- Multi-voltage AC Adapter for use during travel
- Still Picture Display (I/P/B) freezes an image to allow for precise picture quality adjustments
- 10-bit Video D/A Converter for amazing picture quality
- Auto Switching Field/Frame Still for added versatility
- Frame Advance (Forward & Reverse) for incredible control
- Headphone V.S.S. provides great sound even with headphones
- Advanced V.S.S. allows for a remarkable surround sound effect even while only using the front two speakers3
- Dialogue Enhancer makes the dialog channel clearly audible over the other sound channels
- 96kHz/24-bit Audio D/A Converter for outstanding sound quality
- Digital Audio Out (Optical) for enhanced system flexibility
- Chapter Preview helps to refresh your memory of a movie by showing you the first 3 seconds of each previously viewed chapter
- Easy-to-Use Slide Jog for added convenience
- Built-in Function LCD allows for quick and easy confirmation of operation
- Hi-Speed Smooth Motion Scan: 5 Speed up to x100 allows crystal clear scan quality while locating desired locations on a disc
- On-Screen Menu Icons to help guide operation
- Repeat Mode
- Title/Chapter Search with Marker Function
- Skip Forward/Reverse
- Auto Power Off/Resume Play
Standard Accessories
- Remote Control
- Rechargeable Battery Pack
- Audio/Video Cables
- AC Adapter
1 "DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
2 "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
3 This effect also works with Dolby Digital® 2-channel discs.
Editorial Reviews
EverydayComfort.com
With its sleek, lightweight design and impressive build quality, Panasonic's DVD-L75
portable DVD player belongs in first class. The 7-inch-diagonal LCD screen is capable
of displaying a very good picture, and the player attaches to an extremely robust battery
pack rated at up to four hours, according to Panasonic. The DVD-LV75 also has built-in Dolby
Digital and DTS decoding and comes with a miniature remote control.
Without the battery pack, the DVD-LV75 measures a mere 1 inch thick. The rectangular screen
lifts open with the slide of a switch, revealing an LCD panel flanked by two tiny speakers. As
with all the other portable DVD players we've tested, however, the speakers are fairly inadequate.
A good pair of headphones is definitely a worthwhile investment, since portable DVD players don't
really lend themselves to an audience of more than one.
The silver top panel contains a somewhat sparse array of control buttons, including
the one flaw we found with this player: an awkward, thumb-size navigation tool that pivots
left and right, up and down. Fortunately, a cool, mini remote control is also included for easy,
alternate access to the onscreen menus and audio and video parameters set-up.
Other top-panel controls enable you to activate the virtual surround sound mode,
player menu, DVD menu, and display, which give you on, stop, and pause buttons, plus skip
buttons, which double as fast-forward and reverse controls by holding them down. Overall, we
found these primary function buttons to be rather unintuitive; when you hold down the skip buttons
to go back or forward, it's difficult to stop the DVD on the scene you want. However, Panasonic
does provide a nifty, speed-adjustable onscreen scroll icon, similar to a jog shuttle,
that makes it very easy to locate a specific scene.
The top panel includes a monitor button that changes the
screen aspect ratios from standard 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 letterbox.
The DVD-LV75 also enables you to adjust both brightness and color to five different levels.
Other players we've tested allow greater control over picture settings, such as sharpness,
tint, and color. The DVD-LV75's inability to do so renders a picture that leans from one extreme
to the other--from overly bright and red to dull and gray. With brightness and color set between
2 and 3, however, we found the picture to be clear, if a little subdued.
That said, the DVD-LV75 produces a remarkably satisfying picture even in a well lit
room. On airplanes, with the lights dimmed, this player will earn bonus points for picture
quality.
The model we tested had virtually no dead pixels or manufacturing anomalies.
The off-axis viewing angle was good, though not quite as impressive as Sharp's 7-inch model.
Flesh tones on the Panasonic were natural, if a little anemic. Grays were convincingly realistic
but slightly on the blue side. Overall, we found the picture to be rather one-dimensional,
demonstrating a fondness for greens, yellows, and brown, while revealing an inability to reproduce
convincing skin tones. In terms of overall picture quality, on a scale of one to five--with the
Sharp MovieGoer receiving a five, and Pioneer's 7-inch model getting a 2.5--we're inclined to give
Panasonic's DVD-LV75 a four.
The battery pack is smaller than a DVD case and snaps into place with ease. We were able
to watch an entire movie and The Eagles' Hell Freezes Over DVD without using the AC/DC
adapter. Before it began to wane, a low-battery indicator appeared on the top-panel display.
The built-in recharger takes about 4.5 hours to rejuice the lithium-ion battery. Overall,
this is the most impressive battery combination we've seen among today's 7-inch portable DVD players.
It's smaller, lighter, and more robust than others we've tested.
The diminutive DVD-LV75 is by far the most versatile portable player we've seen.
It has built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, so you can use it as a stand-alone player
with your big-screen home theater system even if you don't own a receiver with built-in 5.1-channel
processing. That's very cool. Since the DVD-LV75 also plays music CDs, you can use it as a portable
or stand-alone CD player as well.
With its excellent design, flawless LCD panel, above average picture, and built-in digital
audio decoders, we can safely declare that this is one of the best DVD players on the market.
Product Description
The Panasonic DVD-LV75 portable DVD player boasts a built-in 7-inch LCD screen with more than
337,000 pixels for incredibly clear images. Additional built-in features include stereo speakers,
a battery recharger, and a headphone jack. This player offers S-video and composite outputs as
well as an optical digital-audio output and a 24-bit, 96 kHz audio digital-to-analog converter.
The screen allows you to watch movies in the standard 16:9 widescreen format or conventional
formats such as letterbox...
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