Samsung DVD-L200 10-Inch Portable DVD Player
Samsung L200 Not so Great ! READ ON FOLKS
Ok....I've owned quite a few DVD players in the past few years... I almost purchased the L100 but was happy I waited for the L200, Samsungs newest entry.... The new unit promised to have corrected dome of the flaws that the L100 possessed.. Well, they did fix one MAJOR problem concerning the aspect ratio... However, the unit failed miserably in other areas... Let me explain... YES the unit lets you switch to a 4x3 ratio for those non-letterbox films, tv shows ect... BUT when using battery power, once you cut the unit completely off.... IT CAN'T REMEMBER the 4x3 SETTING ! and then you have to go thru the keystrokes to re-enable the setting... I can live with that BUT!! What I could NOT live with, is when running off the battery, everytime you would sit down to watch a movie the subtitle feature would come on ( close Caption ) and you would have to go thru several menu's keystrokes to cut it off !! This happens EVERYTIME you cut the player off on battery power only...<BR>This is very irratating to say the least.. I made SAMSUNG aware of this and they actually called me back and admitted thats the way the Koreans had designed the unit !!! Go figure ?? Being someone that very rarely gets thrui and entire movie at one sitting, whether it be plane, train or automobile.... I was constantly having to do this procedure.. Sorry I had to take it back for a refund.... I look forward to trying the new Panasonic LX9 at some point in time.... I WILL ADMIT the picture on the L200 is very hard to beat... but I just couldn't get around the captioning issue.... sorry...I guess I'm picky....AND I will admit, the prices are coming down on this unit... I've actually seen it selling brand new for around $550 !! a far cry from what I originally paid for the unit I took back....