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LG DP781 Portable DVD Player Review

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Specs & Features

Released

1 year ago

Audio S/N Ratio

85 dB

DVD Type

Portable DVD Player

Depth

7.1 in.

Dynamic Range

85 dB (DVD)

Exterior Color

Black

Front Panel

USB 2.0

Height

1.3 in.

Inputs

Composite x 1

MPN

DP781

Number Of Discs

OSD

Yes: English, French, Spanish

Outputs

Composite x 1, Analog Audio x 2, Digital Audio Coaxial x 1

Parental Control

Picture Control

Black Level

Playable Disk Types

DVD Video
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+R
DVD+RW
CD (Audio)
CD-R
CD-RW
Picture CD
DVD-R DL
DVD+R DL

Playable File Formats

MP3
WMA
JPEG

Playback Time

5 Hrs.

Remote Control

Standard

Screen Size

8 inch

Surround Sound

Dolby Digital (Digital out only)

TV Resolutions

480i
576i

Video DAC

12 bit

Video Output System

PAL
NTSC

Warranty

1 Year

Weight

1.8 lb.

Width

8.5 in.

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What People Say

WOW! I purchased this unit with an Olevia 47'' HDTV and all I've got to say is WOW! It was a breeze to hook up and the picture is amazing. I would definitely recommend this DVD player and the price IS RIGHT! from Compusa.com Pros: Good picture quality, sturdy design, better I/O access, nice looks, good battery life Cons: slightly thinker than we assume, no fast forward in playback, not enough volume "I hope haven't misled by few cons I posted, they are not major feature drawbacks but I personally felt missing thats all! It was a present for my 2.5yr old daughter, she and even my wife loved it, particularly its color 'red' and cute looks. Overall, thats worth I feel justified for the price! from Bestbuy.com Before I purchased this item, I read all five of the reviews here and some elsewhere. I am glad I didn't listen to those of you who put this unit down. It is totally awesome. All I can say is those of you who did not like this unit either can't read, didn't read or didn't understand what you read or are totally techno dummies. This product almost installed itself. Once all connections were made and checked and the unit turned on it was on auto pilot almost. Totally flawless.The only thing I do notlike about it is the same as most all other video products. You can not memorize cable and antenna channels at one time and use them. If you want to watch cable you select your cable and auto search channels with the recorder and then do it again whenyou you want to watch OTA signals.Perhaps I am one of the few, but I get HD OTA, digital from satellite, and analog from cable and with this recorder, I can record it all.Do not hesitate to buy this unit! from Circuitcity.com Pros: Good picture though HDMI upconversion, fiber optic audio connection, small size Cons: Seems to take much too long to power up or do anything for that matter, slightly cheap looking "For the price I really can't complain. I just wanted something serviceable until the whole HD DVD/Blu Ray situation resolved itself. HDMI upvonversion is an excellent improvement over standard RCA connections, providing picture quality nearly as good (and sometimes better) as typical HD programming.The main drawback is the overall sluggishness of the unit. Something as simple as powering up and opening the disc tray feels like it takes two to three times as long as it should. This may not bother most people but I also use this for music CDs and I like to pop discs in and out frequently and dealing with the slow response is pretty annoying. Other than that it looks a little cheap. Setting up Dolby/DTS audio was a bit of a hassle as well, I had to navigate some menus to activate that function which seemed a little odd.Overall, you get what you pay for hear. No problems, jus some minor gripes. from Bestbuy.com I bought the previous version for my new Sony 60' XBR TV. At the time the Blue Ray-HD thing hadn't been worked out. That unit will hang and need to be completely powered off to correct the issue. It happens a LOT. So silly me I thought this newer versionwould be better so I bought it for my new Sony 32' LCD in my family room. While it didn't hang as often as the previous model this one now has a bad HDMI port. It's not even a year old. I will never ever buy another LG anything. from Circuitcity.com The clarity of this player is really great, even frame by frame the pic is so defined. There are no loose pixels, blur, or any defects, makes the show so real. The remote works as well as the player does too, I haven't figured everything out yet, but it does it all. One other thing, if you are watching several dvd's at once, when you take one out and later put it back in to watch, the player remembers where you stopped and advances to the stop point. Too Kool from Tigerdirect.com Pros: Great upconversion, easy to use and set up, beautiful picture quality Cons: buggy, stopped working after 16 months of part time use "We bought this LG upconvert DVD player for a bedroom. Didn't want to spend a lot of money because we knew it would get limited use. It was a "nice to have" purchase. We did NOT buy the extra $19.00 warranty...HOW STUPID....We only use the player maybe once a week. Well, the first player was buggy within the first 30 days and we returned it no problem. The second one worked fine and we thought we were good to go. The machine has lasted about 16 months. Now it shuts itself off or goes into reverse mode for no reason. Also, there are now lines across the screen. Today if finally died. The power was on but nothing was happening. We shut it off, but it wouldn't turn off, its stuck in standby mode. So we unplugged and tried to power it back up and nothing. So we've taken it apart to take out the stuck dvd and it's going in the trash. I guess you could say we rented a dvd player for $5.00 a month - which sounds cheap, but we really expected it to last at least 3 or 4 years before dying. This is the 4th LG product we have purchased and all of them have had some sort of problem. I think we'll stick with Sony....more expensive... but at least in our experience ... more reliable. from Bestbuy.com Pros: all around quality Cons: none "i am always happy with LG. I picked this up recently and liked the playback and user friendliness. good price and all around nice unit! from Bestbuy.com Pros: Love this product performs beyond my expectations Cons: none "I think this is one of the best products I have ever bought for my children...I have a suv and it works great in there for them to watch...I have great picture quality and the sound is terrific!!!! I love the lcd screen and performs beyond my expectations with all you can do with it and such a great price!!!! I would hihly recommend this to my friends!!!! from Bestbuy.com Pros: thin, sleek, stylish Cons: usb port cant handle what manual says it should ie..mp3 player "I bought this right after I got an hd tv but the format war was still going on so I opted to just get an upconvert. It does a pretty good job of upconverting my standard dvds. the only problem is that the usb funstion is impossible to figure out. If I could get that working, this dvd player would be great, but since its not, to me, its just good. from Bestbuy.com