Samsung  DVD-L100 10-Inch Widescreen Portable DVD Player with MemoryStick Port
Nice player, but not really portable
I recently purchased the Samsung DVD-L100 &quot;portable&quot; DVD player.<BR>The unit I received worked real well, with a nice clear, crisp picture and beautiful color.  Also, the sound from the on-board speakers is good for a unit this size, although in a high-noise environment, headphones are recommended.  The unit is a nice size that brings a 10 inch screen.<br />However, for all the fine work Samsung did here, the unit fails miserably in what it was intended to do, be a PORTABLE DVD player. The battery is a HUGE clunker that attached to the back and from it's size, you would think the unit would run forever on a charge.  It does not.  I was lucky to get 1 1/2 hours of play time before it died.  Also, if you leave the battery attached without re-charging, it drains itself overnight.<BR>This defeats the entire purpose of a portbale DVD player. A portable DVD player should be able to play for at least 4 to 5 hours on the battery charge, or it is not &quot;portable&quot;.<BR>An extra battery is 150 bucks!  WOW! And as far as I know, there are NO extended life batteries, and the unit DOES NOT come with a car adaptor for use in the car.  This unit is useless.  What can be done with it other then for use in the home near an AC adaptor?  For that, you can get great DVD decks for under 100 bucks.<BR>The unit at 700 bucks, plus an extra BATTERY AT 150, PLUS OTHER GIZOMOS OR ADAPTORS FOR USE IN THE CAR, and you are over 1,000 bucks for this unit.  At that price, we are approaching laptop prices.<br />Luckily, the dealer I bought it from allowed 30 days for a return, and mine went back today.