Samsung DVD-L70 7-Inch Portable DVD Player
Flimsy, Low Volume, Poor Features
These comments refer to the L75, which is similar to the L70. I bought the L75 from another retailer because of a good rebate and long battery time. The next day I returned it and purchased a Toshiba SD-P1600, of which I like very much. <br /> <br />As many reviewers have said, the worst part of this player is the low volume with both the speakers and headphones. I didn't care much about the speakers, but the volume with the headphones is still much too low to overcome ambient noise such as in an airplane. In my quiet house, with the volume up all the way, it was about the right volume with the headphones. But not nearly enough for locations with background noise. Although I generally like Samsung products, I'm truly amazed this one ever reached production due to the volume issue. <br /> <br />The player felt cheaply made and fragile. After pressing the stop button several times it didn't always work unless I pressed it just right. The remote was a cheap credit card style. <br /> <br />There is no video input, so you can't connect a camera or videocamera to the player. Most players will do both in and out. <br /> <br />There is no dolby or dtx passthrough, which means if you connect this player to your home theater, your audio will suffer with 2 channel low grade audio. <br /> <br />The picture quality was good. The big draw with this player is the advertised 4+ hours of battery time. I didn't test the battery time so I don't know if it lives up to the spec. Some have said the player skips easily, but when I bumped it side to side or up and down I didn't notice any skipping. I didn't bother testing it in a car. <br /> <br />If you're looking for a portable DVD player, look at the the Toshiba unit I mentioned earlier. It has the features that I mentioned above that the Samsung didn't have, and it's well built. Its battery time is about 3 hours. Picture quality is very good. With the very same DVD and headphones, I lowered the volume about 25% from maximum to hear itwell. This level corresponded to maximum volume with the Samsung.