Customer Reviews

Panasonic DVD-LS91 Portable DVD Player

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I bought this to use on my honeymoon. My fiance tried it out flying from the East Coast to the West Coast for her bachelorette party and totally loved it. The battery lasted for two movies easy, it was small, and the screen adjusts great for an airline seat. My fiance hates all my technology stuff but loves this DVD player and says she likes it more than me. Don't worry about complaints about the resolution - on a small screen it doesn't really make a difference - only on text when it first starts can you tell it isn't high resolution. I find that with it plugged in, turning the brightness to +5 and adjusting the color to +2 or 3 produces a great looking movie. Also this DVD player fits any type of format to the screen area as some others like the Toshiba SD-2800 do not. I also stopped by a Best Buy and it was the brightest richest colored screen on a sunny day in the store by far.

Highly recommended A++

One more note - you HAVE to get the Panasonic noise cancelling headphones RPC-H300 that are now about $75 even though they retail for $199 to go with these - they ROCK! It makes the DVD player a perfect kit - my now Wife is taking them with her with the DVD player. I found them by accident - and they can't be beat, the cord is removable, they come in an awesome case that you can use to pack the DVD player accessories if careful - are powered by a single AAA battery - are amazingly comfortable, block out the sound - and match the DVD player perfectly.

I am shocked that no reviews speak of the supposed 6 hour battery life. The battery life is only 6 hours using the minimum -5 brightness. At this level the screen is not viewable! The picture is beautiful at +5, but the battery life is only 3 hours at that level.

That being said, this item has incredible picture quality and sound. Small and light, seems to have all of the features. Also the picture quality is still pretty good at -1 brightness which translates into about 4hours 15 minutes battery life.

This is my first portable DVD player. Perhaps all of the brands have a similar method of measuring battery life, but I find it misleading, bordering on dishonest.

I did a lot of research before buying this player for my boyfriend for Christmas. The reviews didn't steer me wrong - this is a great player for the money.

We've taken it on 3 trips already: we've gotten through one movie each time with no problems with the battery, at no sacrifice to picture quality, and with amazing picture and great sound. I find the screen adjustment capabilities to be the most important part - you can adjust this one at any angle you need, and bring it forward over the keyboard a bit, and it's very comfortable and easy to see even in coach with the seat in front of you all the way down.

Purchased this for my mother who is undergoing chemo. She absolutely loves it and has no problems using it (she is 80 and not tech-savvy).

I have read all the reviews, and there are some facts not being mentioned. I bought this player after having bought an Insignia model from Best Buy. The two don't even come close to comparing.

Here are some of the highlights:

1. The Insignia model would lock up all the time. The LS91 has never locked up.

2. The LS91 allows you to pick a speed up to 1.4X faster and the pitch is maintained to the point you can't tell it is running faster.

3. It plays DVD-RAM. As far as I can tell, this is the only manufacture that includes DVD-RAM. If you have a recorder that can write to DVD-RAM, then you have a very superior method of recording and watching something one time and then erasing. Much easier than DVD-RW.

4. When playing CDs or DVDs with MP3 files, the default method is to split the screen with the subdirectory names on the left side of the screen and the file names on the right side giving you really good navigation ability. If your file names are too long for a half page display, you can simply change it to full display where you only see one subdirectory at a time.

All in all, I couldn't be more pleased with this product. If there was just one more feature I could ask for, it would be the ability to change MP3 play speed like it can do DVD. But then again, I have not found any DVD player that has that feature.

Bought this as a Xmas present, along with a case and extra headset. It has worked great. Even handled a CD/RW with still photos, to show Grandma.

We have owned this dvd player for 13 months. We just got the H03 error; right on time according to other reviews. I would recommend looking at other players first or expect to repair this one after about a year.

The DVD player works fine. If I had to buy this player again, I would only buy one that's region-free. It's obvious that if you need a portable DVD player, you may go with it to other "regions" where you may buy or rent DVD's that may not work with this region-1-only player.

I bought this for my wife for the airplane rides. She loves it. Our 5-year-old friend has used it several times. So, it's easy to use & works as designed. I used it on a recent plane trip and found that the adjustable screen was very useful. The 6 hour battery is great for the long trips. We're glad we bought it!

This DVD player was well used in the ~13 months since purchase until suddenly "Error H03" was displayed on the screen and the player could not read the DVD. After looking into having it repaired, (cost being from $95-160, depending on what was found) we decided to purchase the LS80 ($155) as we had this model before and had no problems for over two years until our toddler son dropped it and it subsequently stopped working. After reading the reviews, I am not alone in having the "Error H03" message and a nonfunctional player after the 12 mo. warranty has expired. Note, there were similar reviews re: the LS82 ($180) model, which we considered as that battery life is 12 hours. Both the LS80 and LS91 have 6 hr battery lives.