Gizmodo: portable dvd players

Panasonic LX87 Portable DVD Player Has 12-Hour Battery Life, Longest Yet

Gizloco — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:58:03 EST

Panasonic celebrates Sony Day by showing off two portable DVD players, the LX87-S (pictured here) and the LS80-K. Both have 8.5-inch screens and the LX87 has a 12-hour battery life, supposedly the industry's longest. As portable DVD players go, they've got all of the basics down: MP3 playback, JPEG viewing, compatibility with SD and SDHC memory cards, etc. The LX87 also sets itself apart from its lesser brother by including a 1Seg TV tuner. Though we'd still like to see Xvid playback one of these days. Both models will hit stores in Japan in April.

But back to that battery life. The Philips PET102, a 10-inch portable DVD player, can only muster a 4-hour battery life, or so says Cnet. Hmm, is losing 1.5 inches in screen real estate enough to justify battery life that's three times as long? We think so. – Nicholas Deleon

Press Release (in Japanese) [Panasonic via Akihabara News]

Bluedot's BDP-1200, 12-inch Portable DVD Player

Gizloco — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:46:18 EDT

When does portable cease to mean "able to be easily carried or moved"? Bluedot takes us once step closer to finding out with its BDP-1200, a portable DVD player that features a 12-inch screen and weighs 3.5 lbs. Beyond the 800 x 400 pixel resolution screen, the BDP-1200 is your typical portable DVD player. That said, it does have an SD card slot (as well as MMC and Memory Stick slots), a USB port for connecting USB drives loaded with your favorite audio/video content. It plays back a number of different formats as well, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 SP, DivX, XviD, JPEG and MP3, making it quite attractive to those people who enjoy all those great scene relases. There's also composite, S-video and component video output, in case you ever wanted to output your media to a bigger, higher resolution monitor. Battery life isn't too bad, lasting about three hours playing back a DVD with the LCD on and five hours without. Expect to see the BDP-1200 (in Japan) for the equivalent of $510.

[ITmedia +D LifeStyle (in Japanese)] via Bluedot portable DVD player with 12" screen [TechJapan]

Mustek Portable DVD Players

tgrumet — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:42:43 EST

Any guess as to who will make the first portable Blu-Ray DVD player? I'll bet you anything that it won't be Mustek. But if you are in the market for a regular old portable DVD player, this company has a decent offering. The flagship MP100 supports Divx, has a 10-inch swivel widescreen LCD, and plays DVDs, CD/R/RW, MPEG-4, MP3's, digital photos and MMC/SD memory cards. Not bad for only $300. The two other players are a little cheaper. The MP70C ($135) and MP72 ($129) both have 7-inch LCD screens and can playback DVDs, MPEG4 files, music CD/R/RW, and photos.

Oh, the things we will see at CES. Did I mention that Gizmodo will be covering the show like a geeky guerrilla army?

Mustek To Spotlight 2006 Line of Portable DVD Players at CES [BusinessWire]

Specs and pricing for Mustek portable DVD players [Amazon]