Lite-On LVD2002 DVD Player

Lite-On LVD2002 DVD Player
Manufacturer: Lite-On
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
LiteOn's mission is to consistently meet or exceed its customers' expectations by providing solutions with outstanding performance, competitiveness, and punctuality.PRODUCT FEATURES: Advanced GUI (Graphic User Interface); DVD Video/Picture Zoom In function; Still Image 4-way rotation; Digital Still/Step play (Forward/Reverse, Field or Frame); Repeat Play (A-B, Chapter, Title).
Amazon.com Product Description
If you're looking for a progressive-scan DVD player with MPEG-4 compatibility, the Lite-On LVD2002 DVD player is an affordable choice with powerful features. This progressive-scan DVD player plays DVDs, VCDs, and CDs formatted witt MPEG-4 video, as well as MP3 and WMA audio and JPEG still images.

The back of the LVD2002 has the following ports: component-video out, S-Video out, composite out, coaxial digital out, and optical digital out.

Other features include:

Burn JPEGs onto a CD or DVD disc and then place the disc into the player for television viewing
Multilanguage support (English/traditional Chinese/simple Chinese/German)
NTSC/PAL TV system compatible
Still image 4-way rotation
DVD video/picture zoom-in function

Tech Talk

Progressive scan: Also called sequential scanning, a progressive-scan system displays the entire image--providing all the horizontal lines per frame, rather than every other line--once every 60th of a second. This method reduces flicker and increases stability. Progressive-scan viewing requires a compatible digital TV.
Component video: Unlike a single video input, component video maintains the video signal as three separate signals through these three jacks. This connection provides optimum quality. To ensure maximum picture quality, use three video-grade cables for the Y, Pb, and Pr connections.
VCD: Video CD (VCD) is a video standard that can store audio and video to a compact disc (rather than a DVD disc) using MPEG-1 compression. You can fit up to 74 minutes of video with audio onto a VCD-formatted CD, but you can expect the video quality to be similar to that of a VHS videotape.

What's in the Box
LVD2002 DVD Player, remote control, 2 AAA batteries, RCA cable, and user's manual.

Average customer rating: 4.5

First Impression Quirks and a few positives
Quality Laptop With All The Bells and Whistles
Ferrari 4006 Laptop - Geek's Gear!
Cant Afford A Real Ferrari? Then Buy This!

Acer Ferrari 4006WLMI 15.4" Notebook PC (AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-40, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive)

Manufacturer: Acer Computer
Product Group: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers
ASIN: B000DZH83E

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Product Description

The Ferrari 4000 is a highly advanced notebook. Desirable, eye-catching and devastatingly fast, it embodies the passion, spirit and experience of those able to transform technological innovation into a winning strategy. The Ferrari 4000 is the world's first notebook to apply cutting-edge technology pioneered and perfected in the world of Formula One. But its strengths go much deeper, embracing the very latest AMD 64-bit technology, widescreen monitor and full wireless connectivity. Powerful, dark and purposeful, the Ferrari 4000 has the presence of a true champion.

Amazon.com Product Description

Get ready to feel the high-speed computing power of the Acer Ferrari 4006WLMi (model LX.FR40M.027), a continuation of the speedy, mobile-centric laptops the two companies have previously collaborated on. Sleekly styled, the Ferrari 4006's carbon-fiber casing--which is stronger and lighter than aluminum--comes in a more conservative black and is accented with exclusive Ferrari red edges and the classic yellow prancing horse Ferrari logo, and the interior has a rubberized coating. Made for today's demanding applications and ready to continue working into tomorrow, the Ferrari 4000 is powered by an AMD Turion 64 Mobile processor and Windows XP Professional x64 edition (which is ready to support 64-bit native applications, as well as current 32-bit software). Hardware features include a bright 15.4-inch LCD, 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (with a 2 GB maximum), integrated 54g wireless LAN and Bluetooth wireless connectivity, gigabit LAN, multiformat memory card reader, and dual-layer DVD/CD burner.

The Basics
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Hard Drive: The 120 GB hard drive is above average in size for notebook PCs, and it's roomy enough to store business productivity applications, all your important documents and presentations, and a good-sized digital audio and video library.

Processor: Combining strong performance with efficient usage of power, the 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-40 is uniquely optimized to power today's thinnest notebooks. It's also built for tomorrow's 64-bit applications, which will require a processor with significant power. It includes such AMD technology features as HyperTransport (which increases the communication between integrated circuits), PowerNow! (which enables longer battery life and reduced heat generation), and Enhanced Virus Protection (which works with Windows XP to better withstand attacks from certain classes of viruses). It also features a 1 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance.)

Memory: The 1 GB of installed RAM (512 MB DDR333 SDRAM, installed in each of two memory slots) is an excellent start at the races, and the Ferrari 4006 has room for extra pimping with a 2 GB maximum RAM size (1 GB x 2).

CD/DVD Drive: Offering the latest in DVD writing technology, the Ferrari 4000 multiformat DVD/CD drive is compatible with both DVD+ and DVD- disc formats as well as dual-layer DVD+R discs, which can store up to 8.5 GB of data. You can also burn your favorite music mixes to CD. It offers the following write speeds: 24x for CD-Rs, 8x for single-layer DVD+R and DVD-R, 2.4x for dual-layer DVD+R, and 2x for DVD-RAM.

Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook features an 88-key Acer FineTouch keyboard with five-degree curve, inverted T cursor layout, 2.5mm minimum key travel, and international language support. It also offers a touchpad with four-way integrated scroll button and an external gloss-black optical mouse. </ul> Screen, Graphics and Sound
The 15.4-inch TFT LCD screen has a 1680 x 1050-pixel resolution and can display up to 16.7 million colors. It's powered by the ATI Mobility Radeon X700 video/graphics card with 128 MB of DDR RAM memory on PCI Express architecture. With 8 parallel pixel pipelines and breakthrough image enhancement technology, it provides extremely smooth, responsive high-definition video that's great for fully immersive 3D gaming as well as DVD movies and graphics-intensive presentations. It offers VGA and S-Video outputs as well as a DVI-D connection for high-def output. This notebook has an integrated audio card that's AC97 compliant and it features a line-in/microphone, line-out/headphone, and two stereo speakers.

Connectivity and Expansion Slots
This notebook features an integrated 54g wireless LAN for connecting to 802.11b and 802.11g wi-fi routers as well as integrated Bluetooth wireless connectivity (for synchronizing and transferring data between your PC and your PDA or cell phone, connecting to Bluetooth-enabled printers, and more). It features the following connectivity options: <ul>

4 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players

1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals

Type II PC Card slot, 32-bit PC CardBus architecture

5-in-1 memory card reader (compatible with MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, and xD-Picture Card)

Connector for optional ezDock docking station

Stereo headphones/speakers/line-out with SPDIF support

DVI-D (digital visual interface-digital), VGA, and S-Video outputs

Fast infrared (IR) connectivity </ul> It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems).

Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, which is a near feature-complete version of Windows XP Professional that runs on x64 processors. The 64-bit architecture, when combined with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, can run the thousands of 32-bit programs available today. It's designed for 32-bit system users who are pushing the memory limits of their systems and want the new 64-bit technology to improve their PC or workstation performance. Windows XP Professional also adds Microsoft's IIS Web server, back-up and recovery utilities, Remote Desktop, and other enhanced business features. Other preloaded software includes Cyberlink PowerDVD, Norton AntiVirus, and NTI CD Maker.

Dimensions and Weight
This notebook measures 14.3 by 10.5 by 1.4 inches and weighs 6.3 pounds.

Power
It comes with an 8-cell lithium ion battery, which provides up to 3.0 hours life depending on configuration and usage. It has a 2.5-hour recharge time with system off, 3.5 hours with system in use.

What's in the Box
Ferrari 4006 laptop, rechargable battery, optical mouse, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty.

Customer Reviews:

First Impression Quirks and a few positives.......2006-06-21

Here are the quirks:
1. Car engine roar at startup and Ferrari background with Calendar are annoying. Acer website tells you how to turn them off.
2. The ethernet port is recessed and you need a long fingernail or a tool to release the clip on the ethernet cable.
3. The volume is a two hand combination of the fn key and up and down arrows. A physical dial, requiring a quck thumb stroke is 100% more useful on laptops.
4. The Blue Tooth mouse is jumpy and the Acer does not have a control panel to change the sensitivity.
5. DHCP with my linksys router was not plug and play, I still have to trouble shoot with Acer.
6. Could not find Acer support phone number, had to send an e-mail with a web form, and now I wait...

Positives:
Quick start up, nice key board layout (curved), beautiful design.

Quality Laptop With All The Bells and Whistles.......2006-03-23

The Acer Ferrari series has been highly rated by users and sports all the advanced features any user would want, for portable use or as a desktop replacement. I've had mine for two months, with no problems that needed tech support and with no software compatibility issues. I use this for work as well as some play, and while hard-core gamers might want an AlienWare unit, the vast majority of serious gamers would be happy with this system.

For business applications the system is probably overkill, Microsoft Office runs flawlessly, and I also use the system with Visual Studio, SQL Server (MSDE and Express) as well as Virtual PC / Virtual Server. Adobe Creative Suite CS2 runs fine as well.

The hardware covers all my needs, DVD burning, WIFI and USB/FireWire connectivity are excellent. I have occasional problems with the included BlueTooth mouse, but only on startup while the BlueTooth is initializing.

I'm not a big fan of included software and mercifully this system doesn't include much. The included AV software is adequate, the utilities are appropriate and nothing extraneous has been added. I'm not fond of Acer's control panel, but it can be bypassed, and the Ferrari-themed portions take a while to remove. I have no idea why a link to the Ferrari web site needs to be in anyone's Active Desktop, and I can't help feeling that the Ferrari theme and branding has somehow cost me some extra money.

If you're looking for a road warrior system with long battery life and light weight, get a Lenovo Thinkpad. If you're a die-hard gamer, AlienWare is still better for performance and graphics. Otherwise, the Ferrari is a good choice for a mid to upper end notebook. Add an EV-DO air card (if it's available in your area) and you have a broadband true portable that will handle any task.

Pros: Good hardware selection (120 GB hard drive a plus), excellent performance, one of the best keyboards I've used on a laptop. BlueTooth mouse is standard. Larger screen and better ratio (wide) than many laptops. No issues with 64 bit implementation.

Cons: Not light, at six pounds it's a medium weight but can't compare with the micro-light Lenovo Thinkpads. Battery life acceptable but not outstanding, I'm getting 2 - 3 hours on the standard batteries. The Lenovo is also far better in this department.

Ferrari 4006 Laptop - Geek's Gear!.......2006-03-23

This laptop is so sweet, unpack it out of the box, load the software, and you are ready to go! I installed one of the most system hogging of games, Civilization IV on mine and it ran smoother than it does on my AMD X64 3400+ desktop with the same 1Gig of RAM. I have not experienced any of the lockups or system crashes I had been experiencing on the desktop. Let me tell you, the carbon fiber is gorgeous, the system is fast and it was a dream come true. I wanted the Ferrari 3000 when it came out, but I am glad I waited for this one. I haven't ran across any negatives yet, of course, I haven't tried to attach a printer, and haven't needed any drivers so far. I had no problems updating the antivirus software that came with the laptop. I recommend this laptop to anyone who likes cars, computers and/or racing!

Cant Afford A Real Ferrari? Then Buy This!.......2006-03-09

First impression, The sweetest looking laptop i have ever seen.
Acer has done a fine job with the layout of this laptop. The only minor gripe i have is the headphone/speaker jack is in the front. But no biggie.

Performance, Great.I have a 3Ghhz 1Gb Ram home desktop and this thing will run circles around it. Graphics are excellent. Play doom 3 with no problems at a decent resolution. (better than my home desktop by far) Wireless works great and holds a signal very well. Bluetooth works great with mouse and my PDA. Hats off to AMD with their ML-40 Turion. SMOKIN CPU. I have to admit, I was impressed.

Overall: Looks great, Runs great , Great Purchase.

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