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1.0 out of 5 stars A seriously poor portable DVD player, 19 Nov 2007

By	rumble fish (London, England) - See all my reviews

When my old Polaroid portable DVD player - which had served me fantastically for a couple of years after being purchased for less than �130 - finally conked out, I decided, in buying a replacement, to go with a reliable trusted brand, and one of the more expensive models on the market with the Panasonic LS80. With a company like Panasonic, the six hours battery life advertised on the box, and an 8.5 inch screen (my old Polaroid was a mere 8) to enhance my viewing pleasure I couldn't go wrong. Could I?

My first impressions weren't good. Pretty much all portable DVD players have plastic exteriors, but this one managed to seem particularly cheap and tacky - the plastic so feeble that you felt you were holding a toy rather than a piece of electronic equipment. The controls were fiddly too - the chapter skip and fast-search are accessed by the same buttons (you them down to search). Even the volume was controlled by buttons rather a wheel. And it doesn't even come with a remote control. I also found it irritating that you can't swivel the screen, even though it has the cheek to have the words "FREE STYLE VIEWING" beneath it!

Then I popped a DVD in the player, turned it on, and found that I could barely read the piracy warning. Then I could barely read the menu screen. Then I could barely read the opening credits. The picture quality is simply dire. It's so blocky and grainy that text of any kind is genuinely hard to read. Furthermore there is a washed-out lifelessness to the picture that makes viewing a rather depressing experience on several levels. It's possibly just about adequate if you watch from some distance away.

As for the six-hour battery life, what a joke. It's the standard two and a half hours. In the instruction manual it explains that it's only six hours with the headphones plugged in and LCD level turned down to -5 (the norm is +5). I don't even want to think about what the picture quality would be like on -5.

I'm trying to think of some plusses but frankly I can't. In the manual it frequently mentions, with smug complacency, your "enjoying" the unit - "enjoying in the car", "enjoying with headphones" etc. Personally I really enjoyed taking it back and getting a full refund.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of features, but shame about the picture !, 25 Jul 2007

By	I. Hayden "Aviator" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this player as an upgrade to a very cheap Goodmans unit that has recently worn out. Unfortunatly despite the array of features, this player falls far short of what I expected regarding minimum picture quality. The 8.5 inch display has fairly low resolution, (dont be fooled by Panasonics specification claims of high quality!!), even the characters of the players own screen menus are very fuzzy and hard to read. The biggest issue is the lack of any effective contrast control, and a poor dynamic picture range which means that picture highlight are bright but darker areas have little or no detail. The viewing angle is rather poor and the display flickers slightly during playback. BUILD QUALITY is only average considering the �200 list price and there is no remote control or carry case supplied, all of which were included with my Goodmans player for half the cost (and far superior playback Picture). The quoted 6 hours playback is unrealistic, this is only possible with LCD brightness set to minimum, and given the high contrast picture this is not an enjoyable experience. The real battery life in normal use is around 3 hours. All in all this player was a big dissapointment.

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1.0 out of 5 stars waste of time, 26 Dec 2007

By	S. J. Wright "sjwright" (berkshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Buying this is a waste of time.The screen image is very poor and Panasonic are just lying about the battery life.
After a full nights charge and using earphones it would not even finish a 2 hour film.
We already have have a panasonic dvd/harddrive and an older dvd player which are great.....this certainly is not!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Panasonic have finally lost the plot!
Recently bought this portable DVD player as a replacement for a broken earlier Panasonic model.
I'd read reviews concerning the picture quality, but it wasn't until I... Read more

Published 16 months ago by Docbiker

3.0 out of 5 stars A good buy providing you pay about �170
With the exception of the overhyped battery life quoted by Panasonic, I do not agree with the reviews that I have read for the following reasons:
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Published 18 months ago by fred26

1.0 out of 5 stars sorry i bought one
well i really am sorry i paid over the odds at �225.00p for the panasonic name but it fall well below and battery life is says 6 hours which was i main reason i needed a long... Read more

Published 19 months ago by A. Goddard

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