Customer Reviews
jim 
2008-05-13
lg dp781 8" p0rtable dvd is fantastic would recommend to everyone looking for the first time or last
dvd player 
2008-05-05
Player is everything Consumers Reports said it would be, love it. Use it three times a week while exercising, both for music and Video. Absolutely satisfied with every feature.
Nice image, the rest is OK 2008-04-08
+ nice video
+ it is possible to unlock it and make to region free (find LG firmware, burn to CD and put into DVD player)
+ swivel display
- he audio output is a bit quiet
- the battery is on back and may not fit to many common bags because if this extra space behind display
Almost perfect choice 2008-04-07
Nice stuff for an affordable price. LG offer a great portable DVD/VD equipment with touch sensible buttons. Excellent near HD screen, brilliant colors and contrast. In the Down side, the sound is just regular, no problem to hear the movies and songs in a running car, but a little hard to hear in a Jet airplane. Solid construction, as ay LG products. I have compared from Sony, Panasonic and Coby similar models, but its the right choice for me.
Great picture, but battery life not as good as indicated 2008-04-02
I bought this player mainly on reviews of other Amazon purchasers, and I concur, the picture quality is really great (much better than the other players I looked at in the same price range). The only reason for taking one star off is that the battery life is not as great as others had indicated - I have been seeing around 3 to 3.5 hours.
Available for half as much elsewhere 
2008-03-30
LG Electronics is one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, producing a large range of consumer electronics and IT products. LG has created reputation for progressive technology and innovation with the latest technological developments in consumer electronics, home appliances and IT products.PRODUCT FEATURES:8-inch Swivel Screen;Touch Panel Controls;USB Media Host;Up to 5 Hours Battery Life;Automotive Charger;A/V Input + Output;Multi Format Disc PLayback: DVD Video/ DVD?R/DVD?RW/ Audio CD/CD-R/CD-RW.
Great picture, but you can't hear it 2008-03-07
While I certainly concur with other reviews that this unit has a great picture, I cannot get over the fact that no reviews I read mentioned the poor volume. You cannot hear this player. When I was in the room alone, with the volume at its highest point, I could hear it fine. With other people in the room -- occasional chatter, movement, etc -- I couldn't hear it, could not turn it up to the point that I could hear what was being said. The worst moment came when we went on a trip and none of our kids could hear a thing, not a thing, in any of the headphones we own or even without headphones. They could hear nothing in the car on the highway and absolute silence while on the plane. We tried different DVDs, then I called LG, as I thought we received a unit with a problem. Surprisingly I was told that this particular unit is not very loud. That's it. I was stunned and of course we returned it. What good is a great picture if you cannot hear it? If you are planning to use this unit anywhere that may have background noise, beware, you will have a very hard time hearing it.
Great player with a couple caveats! 2008-03-05
After stewing over 100's of reviews, I decided picture quality was my top priority. I also needed a player that would play my TV series DVD's in the proper format, not squished! After testing numerous players at stores, (take your own DVD's, don't rely on the test disks), I purchased this one.
The picture is very sharp, although with some TV shows, it is a bit dark. (M*A*S*H) Movies seem to play much better. It is a very quiet unit, takes a reasonable time to get to the show, and the functions are easy to figure out. The sound is terrible, however, which is the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars.
If you need to use this without headphones or external powered speakers, don't buy it. From what I have seen here in other reviews, most portable players seem to have bad sound. My old unit, Initial brand, was very good but tended to skip and freeze a lot. Anyway, since I use this at my office, plugged into my computer speakers, it works great. If you get headphones, test them first. One of mine has a volume control and still won't get loud enough.
I never use the battery, so I can't comment on it, but it is designed rather oddly, sticks out the back when connected.
The touch controls are fun, I hope the less mechanical parts, the better!
It does have brightness and color controls, and lots of other features that seem to be for hooking it up to a TV. The USB connection works good, although it is slow on large picture files. I say slow, being used to split second computers, but it probably took 2 or 3 seconds to load some huge files.
To sum up, I have definitely NOT regretted buying this model. Like I said, the picture is great, better than a lot of TV's. If picture quality is important to you, don't buy anything with less than 800 x 400 pixels.
perfect for the car 2008-03-02
works great for the kids in the car - video is great; audio volume is less impressive, but with earphones, it's totally fine. kids love the remote - using the car adapter means you can save the battery for the hotel!
EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT 2008-02-18
THIS DVD PLAYER DOES NOT REALLY HAVE ANY BELLS AND WHISTLES BUT IT HAS A GREAT PICTURE AND FAIR SPEAKER SOUND.I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT.
