Panasonic DVD-LV65 5-Inch Portable DVD Player

by Panasonic

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• Product Dimensions: 2 x 5.9 x 5.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006ANXQ
• Item model number: DVD-LV65
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,708 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Panasonic's DVD-LV65 PalmTheater portable DVD-Video player comes with a built-in SD (Secure Digital) memory card port, making it effectively two players in one. It's a full-featured DVD-CD player compatible with DVD-RAM and DVD-R discs (Panasonic discs from a Panasonic DVD recorder) and MP3 CDs, and it's an SD card player ready to handle music and video files from cards the size of a postage stamp. (A 512 MB SD card can store up to 7,000 JPEG images, up to three hours of MPEG4 video, and up to 11 hours of digital music.)

The LV65 has a built-in widescreen LCD monitor that uses approximately 337,000 pixels for clear DVD images on the go. The 5-inch screen lets you watch movies in the standard 16:9 widescreen format or conventional 4:3 formats such as letterbox and pan-and-scan. The screen's Freestyle design lets you adjust it to many angles to suit a range of viewing positions.

The included rechargeable battery fits neatly in the main unit, so the thin, stylish body remains intact when the battery's in use. The battery holds up for about 2.5 hours of viewing time (with the brightness set to its lowest level) before you have to recharge it. An optical digital-audio output passes DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound for hookup with a surround-decoding audio-video receiver, providing six discrete channels of exhilarating digital audio.

Use normal, full, or zoom mode to adjust the picture size displayed on the LV65's screen to best represent the picture format of the software you're viewing (standard 4:3, 16:9 widescreen or letterbox). Advanced Surround (V.S.S) simulates surround sound using only the front two speakers, so you can enjoy Dolby Digital 5.1-channel discs without an elaborate home theater system. Hi-Speed Smooth Scan scans as high as 200x, so you can scan a two-hour movie forward or backward in merely 40 seconds and find your favorite scenes in a jiffy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big performance in a small package, September 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Panasonic DVD-LV65 5-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I received the LV-65 as birthday present and I haven't stopped playing with it! It gives me the freedom to watch movies where I want, without disturbing my wife. The battery charge lasts about 2 to 2 1/2 hours depending on the brightness setting. I looked on-line for replacement batteries (2 hours won't do on four hour flight!), and I found a 4-6 hour battery for under $. The sound from the on board speakers is not bad if there is not too much ambient noise. When using headphones (Grado SR80) the sound is fantastic. It has features and controls on it that are easier to navigate than my home unit. The SD card slot gives me another media source to watch video clips I've edited on my computer. The control buttons on the unit may be a little small for big hands, but the remote control is a decent size. The picture on the screen is amazing, my wife and family were surprised at the picture quality. To sum it up, if you want a portable DVD player with great sound and a great picture I reccomend this one. Compared to others at this price, this is the best!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun for Long Trips, June 13, 2003

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Eric James Smith (Lehi, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic DVD-LV65 5-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

My family recently took this player with us on a long road trip, and it was a great way to entertain the kids. In addition to DVD movies, I recorded several hours of Video CD from my PC TV capture card, and burned hundreds of MP3s onto a few CDs.

Sound through the speakers wasn't quite loud enough for freeway driving, so we hooked the audio-out to an FM transmitter to feed the sound through the car stereo.

Overall we've been really happy with this player. The one negative point came when we bought the car power adapter. Prepare to be gouged if you do the same. It easily cost four times what I would have expected, so don't consider it an after-thought add-on. But for our situation, it was a necessity.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good picture and sound - great price!, April 24, 2003

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Lara E. Fisher "Lara_Fisher" (Gaithersburg, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic DVD-LV65 5-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

After shopping around for a portable DVD player, I was lured by a sale on this model. For under [money], you get a very good picture and excellent sound quality. The remote is compact and the screen pivots which is an added bonus. It's great for playing CDs (regular or MP3). You can also hook this up to a TV and the quality is comprable to most mid-range DVD players on the market. Highly recommended for heavy travellers or someone looking to hook up a DVD player on their spare TV.