Before we jetted off to our recent European vacation we indulged in a few crucial purchases. One of them was this Samsung L-75 Portable DVD Player. It was an absolute lifesaver on the overseas flight from hell in which the air conditioning was sporadic at best and the flight attendants were the grumpiest we've ever had the misfortune to encounter. So we simply did what we always do when we travel by air: we create our own little world and do our best to ignore our environment.
Our plane had a high-tech DVD viewer, but we'd seen all the movies and didn't like the TV shows offered (you know how picky we are). So we opened up this lightweight DVD player, put on our noise-cancelling earphones (sold separately) and watched a mind boggling 4.2 hours of programming before the battery was used up. That's a huge improvement over the rest of the less-expensive DVD players out there, which last about 2 hours. Of course, we bought the extra battery, which gave us another 8 hours of viewing time, if we hadn't finally passed out.
There are two jacks for headphones, so a companion can join the fun. All the controls work just like your DVD at home. Just charge it up the night before your trip, and you're ready to go. You do need to spend the money for good noise-cancelling earphones, because it doesn't come with any. You can also use it in your hotel room: it plugs into the wall or you can plug it into your TV with the included S-Video cables. What's really great is that it works on either American or European voltage: 110 or 220. All you need is a European plug adapter -- no converter needed.
Everything worked great with this unit, which we purchased at Best Buy. We had heard some complaints about not being able to hear the DVD player on an airplane because of the roar of the engines, but we didn't have any problem. It also plays DVDs and MP3s. It retails for $229.99 and plays the folliwng formats: DVD, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3 and JPEG.
If you don't want to lug a laptop with you on the plane, this little beauty is the way to travel in style.
Before we jetted off to our recent European vacation we indulged in a few crucial purchases. One of them was this Samsung L-75 Portable DVD Player. It was an absolute lifesaver on the overseas flight from hell in which the air conditioning was sporadic at best and the flight attendants were the grumpiest we've ever had the misfortune to encounter. So we simply did what we always do when we travel by air: we create our own little world and do our best to ignore our environment.
