Panasonic DVD-LX9 9" Portable DVD Player

Panasonic DVD-LX9 9

Panasonic DVD-LX9 9" Portable DVD Player
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
This portable DVD Player can be used on the move or as a home deck when placed into its docking station. The docking station provides easy connection to other A/V equipment and delivers 5.1-channel audio output as part of a home cinema system. It also has a built-in amplifier and two stereo speakers.
Amazon.com Product Description
Panasonic's progressive-scanning DVD-LX9 offers the versatility of a portable DVD player alongside the performance of a sophisticated home-theater component--and you can use it as both. The player handles DVD-Video, high-resolution DVD-Audio, DVD-R, and DVD-RAM playback--as well as standard and recordable CDs, including MP3- and WMA-encoded discs. Its slender chassis holds a massive, 9-inch widescreen (16:9) LCD screen and a built-in rechargeable battery (good for about 2.5 hours between charges).

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD-LX9 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture. The included docking cradle offers switchable

Designed to take full advantage of both audio and traditional video DVD formats, the DVD-LX9 delivers the immersive six-channel surround sound of the DVD-Audio music format. DVD-Audio offers super high-fidelity (192 kHz/24-bit) sound, in both multichannel and stereo. The DVD-LX9 performs its own decoding of DVD-Audio signals, passing high-resolution analog, not digital, audio to your surround receiver. This means you'll need an audio/video receiver with multichannel analog-audio inputs to appreciate this feature. Audio features include DTS and Dolby Digital decoding with 5.1-channel analog- and digital-audio outputs, included stereo speakers, and Dialogue Enhancer for DVD movie viewing. Advanced Surround Sound (VSS) simulates surround effects from any two speakers or from headphones.

This player is HighMAT compatible. High-Performance Media Access Technology is a standard co-developed by Panasonic and Microsoft to improve interoperability for digital media programming between PCs and electronics devices. HighMAT provides an efficient method for arranging digital photo, music, and video collections on recordable media.

Average customer rating: 2.0

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A very good reliability

Sony Spressa 6x4x4 External USB Plus CDRW Drive

Manufacturer: Sony
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004XOYV

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Product Description

The Sony Spressa 4x4x6 External USB CD-RW provides easy USB connection for Macintosh, iMac, notebook and PC users. Hot Plug operation allows connection or disconnection of drive without restarting the system. The Sony Spressa CRX100E/X2 USB includes easy-to-use recording software for both Macintosh and Windows users. The complete kit includes blank CD-RW and CD-R media, 3-foot USB cable, CD-labeling system and AC adapter, Extreme software for Windows, Discribe software for Macintosh, CD Stomper Pro label software. Color-customizable drive accents are available to match the five iMac colors.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Sony Spressa 6x4x4 external USB Plus CD-RW drive offers easy, flexible, and cost-effective data storage and distribution. Each disc holds up to 650 MB of data and can be read by any standard CD-ROM drive, making exchanging information easy. This CD-RW drive provides the ultimate in convenience with its easy plug-and-play installation. To install the Spressa 6x4x4x your computer doesn't even have to be turned off--just plug in the USB cable and you're ready to go. With the Spressa 6x4x4 you get 4x recording (CD-R and CD-RW) and maximum 6x read speed. This drive records all popular CD formats and is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows systems. It comes with software and accessories, everything you need to get started.

In the box, you get the horizontally or vertically mountable Sony Spressa drive, CD Extreme, Spressa Play and Record, Discribe, one blank CD-RW disc, one blank CD-R disc, a USB cable, an AC power cable, a user manual, and a quick-start card. This drive is backed by a 12-month limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Masochists need only apply.......2003-09-04

Do you enjoy throwing out 1/5 of your blank CDs? How about crashing after every other successfully burnt CD? Then this drive is for YOU!

Sony.......2002-06-21

I did not buy this particular drive but a CRX85U from Sony with an external USB port. I bought the drive to work with my laptop computer which I have 9 times out of 10 in a docking station. To my suprise, I discovered that Sony does not support the use of any (including this one)drive through a USB port on a docking station. Customer Service showed little concern and, to say the least, was not helpful. Sony may be a good product, but if something happens, you surely do not want to be owning a Sony.

Dont Buy.......2000-12-06

I bought this product and all it led to were problems. The software that sony provides is problematic in particular when you try to install it through a DVD drive. To make things worse it is very difficult to remove this software once it is installed. The standard uninstall was not sufficient for me and I was forced to reformat my hard drive twice.

A very good reliability.......2000-09-14

I have this CDRW for since 4 months ago and its performance has been outstanding. It's USB Interface makes it very easy to use. Just plug it in your computer (be sure to have USB ports in your machine) and that's all; you'll see another CDRom on the explorer. You don't have to install any driver for this device to work. I have recorded both Music and Data discs and didn't have any trouble with them. With music CD's (CDR), I've played them in normal stereos, car stereos and they played as the real CD. The data discs also have worked in every machine I have tested it (including old 486 with old CDROMs) The software (CD Extreme)isn't the best I've seem but it works. When I run it on Windows 98, it had problems detecting my CDROM (I put a disc there and it didn't detect it). Also, the machine hangs during disc to disc copy operations. I downloaded a patch from Sony and this problems went away. Regardless this troubles, this is a very easy to use device. It's external and portable for a reasonable price. Don't buy it if you're using NT (it doesn't support USB interfaces); but I tried it in Windows2K and worked fine. I give it 4 stars because the problems I had at the beginning with the software (don't forget to download the patches). If you're looking for a reliable and portable CDRW device, this is the one for you.

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