Product Description

Are you often bored during a long plane or train ride? Or do you need to entertain your kids in the car? Why not get the Panasonic DVD-LS83 Portable DVD Player? Its small size is perfect for carrying along on vacation or just a long ride. And it's got up to 6 hours of playback time with the included battery. You can also use it to play CDs on that long road trip. LCD Mode LCD Selector (NORMAL/FULL)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30617 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: DVD-LS83
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.10" h x 9.50" w x 7.20" l, 2.00 pounds
• CPU: AMD Athlon 1 GHz
• Memory: 128000MB DRAM
• Hard Disk: 1GB
• Processors: 1
• Native resolution: 640x480
• Display size: 8.5

Features

• Free Style Viewing with 8.5" Diagonal Widescreen LCD Display
• Multi Format playback: DVD, DivX, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, JPEG, MPEG4
• Up to 6 Hour Playback Time with Included Rechargeable Battery
• Car DC Adapter Included
• 2 Headphone Terminals

Customer Reviews

Reliable and visually impressive
The other people didn't read the package: it says 6 hours playback when the brightness of the screen is dimmed. On an airplane or train with the shades down it is perfectly visible on the moonlight setting.

has skip buffer and good zoom capability
I use one of these on an exercise machine to keep up with documentaries. For the past year I've been using a Sony DVP FX-820, but it would skip if A) I was playing content "late" in the disc (outer edge) or B) the exercise machine was vibrating more than usual. This really was a pain so I started looking for a player that had an anti-skip buffer like you find in most CD players. This was the only model that I could find that had it!

Further, this player offers lots of zoom options, including some that maintain the original aspect ratio (i.e. don't distort the image). Most players offer just one nearly useless stretch mode, if they offer any zoom at all!

This review is based on my experience with the LS-86, but that's functionally identical to the LS-83. The only difference between the 83 and 86 is the battery life, which I don't really care about.

A Good Value
I bought this primarily for the hinge design, due to the fact that this replaces a Best Buy brand (insignia) because it failed at the swivel hinge. We recently used this new DVD player on a 2 hr. road trip. The battery was fully charged. The picture quality is decent. However, if you want to see it brighter you waste more battery power. We had to use the car charger on our way back. The volume max was not enough to be heard over the trafic noise, so we switched to headphones, then we were able to drown out the traffic noise (still maxed volume) With the insignia, we would have to lower the volume to the bare minimum with headphones. Overall a good value for the money. We were able to watch two good movies on an otherwise boring car ride.