Samsung DVD-L70 7-Inch Portable DVD Player

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009A2L9E
• Item model number: DVD-L70
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,685 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 28, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take your favorite movies with you out on the road with the Samsung DVD-L70 portable DVD player, which features a sleek industrial design and 7-inch LCD with a widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio. It offers a display resolution of up to 480 pixels for crisp and clear pictures and a 160-degree viewing angle. Dual headphone jacks let two people listen to the entertainment on the go, and it also offers built-in stereo speakers. In addition to playing DVD movies and CD audio discs, it's also compatible with CD-R/RW disc formats and can play MP3 audio files as well as JPEG image files (and display photo slide shows). It can connect to a TV for a larger viewing experience via a composite output.

What's in the Box
DVD-L70 DVD player, lithium-ion battery for player, remote control, batteries, AV cable, AC adapter, car power adapter, printed instructions

Product Description

The DVD-L70 further raises the bar with its sleek industrial design. Designed for consumers who want an ultra-light DVD portable but don't want to sacrifice functionality, the DVD-L70 makes a style statement like no other player available on the market today. The DVD-L70 also comes with a car charger The DVD-L70's 7" TFT LCD display both offer 480P resolution, a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 160-degree viewing angle for incomparable front-of-screen performance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

146 of 149 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool little unit - look for the DVD-L75 - even better!, June 1, 2005

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GG1 (La Mesa, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung DVD-L70 7-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I bought the nearly-identical Samsung DVD-L75 at Best Buy a month ago and I LOVE it! As far as I can tell, the DVD-L75 is the same same unit as this DVD-L70 but even better - with a STANDARD 4.2 hour battery...so you can watch two movies on a cross-country flight! The unit has a very nice picture and it's super slim and lightweight. I looked at MANY units (at about 10 stores) over a week or so, and this is the first one in the under $300 range that caught my attention.

The only problem I found, like other reviewers mentioned, was that the maximum volume was too low under some circumstances (e.g., on an airplane). I solved that problem with a headphone booster from Radio Shack for about $20: an added bonus is that it has 3 outputs, so you can share with your traveling companion.

67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Completely Unacceptable, November 9, 2005

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MAH (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung DVD-L70 7-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I purchased the Samsung DVD-L75 at Best Buy, along with a 2 year extended warranty (always a good idea with portable DVD players.) We purchased it for use on long car trips and the first time we used it, the player stopped and restarted itself from the beginning of the movie. My children complained after the 2nd or 3rd time it did this but I assumed it was due to my son jostling it or even from it getting overheated since he held it on his lap. A month later on our next car trip, it did it again. This time we tested it on a stable surface at home and it did it again. I took it back to Best Buy and they sent it off to be serviced (it was after the 30 day return period), but of course found nothing wrong with it after having it for 4 weeks. We took it out to the parking lot to test it and 5 minutes into the movie, it stopped and restarted itself. I took it back into the store and since they didn't actually see it happen, they refused to do anything about it. I will try again tomorrow to take it back and get some sort of resolution but my advice is DO NOT BUY THIS DVD PLAYER! I wish I had read these reviews first.

We just bought a cheapie Target brand DVD player (TruTech) and it works great - it may not look as cool or have the brand name but hey, it works and that's what counts! At the price of the TruTech ($99), we can buy two for the same price as the Samsung. And Target has a 90 day return policy (keep original packaging) which is far better than Best Buy's 30 day policy.

Moral of the story - I am through with Samsung and with Best Buy.

98 of 104 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice player, unstable playback, June 20, 2005

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Eran Yehudai - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-L70 7-Inch Portable DVD Player (Electronics)

I loved the price and value of the player. The picture is nice and feature set just right.

The main problem is that when I sit in a bus, the jerks often stop the playback. Annoyingly, I have to turn the player off and on again, suffer through copyright notices, etc.

Now looking for a better model!