LG - DVD Player with USB Direct Recording - Black

A friend of mine wanted me to set up a basic stereo playback rig for her. Nothing special: just a stereo (2-channel) music rig. I picked up a decent Insignia stereo receiver and this player. It is VERY basic: two analog audio outputs and one composite video output. It plays both DVDs and CDs, but remember that she was not interested in the movie function, so the serious video limitation is meaningless. Ditto for the audio outputs, because a two-channel analog output works just fine for her limited needs. Interestingly, I have a special test disc that evaluates error-correcting abilities with CD playback, and this little player scored as high as any other player I have ever auditioned, including some pretty expensive ones. The sonic benefits of this are nil, but it was still an impressive showing. If you want a budget CD player (not interested in video) and you do not mind that it does not have a digital output for an outboard decoder, this is a nifty item, especially for the price.

I bought this dvd player, my niece hooked it up, we tried it & it worked. A few weeks later it didn't. Best Buy wouldn't take it back because it was more than 15 days. I sent an email to LG for assistance. They asked if anything showed in the display window when I tried to turn it on. This cheap dvd player doesn't have a display window. It has a thin slot for the dvd, a button to open it, a button to turn it on and a port. I can't reply to the email so I would need to start all over again tomorrow. Just to leave this review I had to create an account. Best Buy can keep their money. LG can keep their money. As the password I had to create says: Iwillnevershopatbestbuyagain

This LG DVD player is a replacement for a Phillips that is approximately 20 years old. The new, LG DVD player plays DVDs that the old player would not even recognize, although there were many DVDs the old machine would play without any problem. But all DVDs that I tested will play with the new machine. When playing JPEG CDs, however, the LG player requires manually advancing the photos one by one; the Phillips player automatically advanced the frames. If that is important to you, it might be best to check with the salesperson to see if there is a way to automatically advance JPEG images recorded on CDs.

I bought this DVD player primarily to listen to audio CD's and occasionally watch a DVD movie. It was relatively easy to set up with my Onkyo receiver, and worked well playing my CD's; however, when I switched to a DVD, it locked up and would not play. I had to turn off the DVD player and then back on for it to correctly read the disc as a DVD ... same thing happened going from DVD to CD. I took it back to Best Buy and traded it for a Samsung DVD player that was priced the same as this LG. The Samsung works perfectly.

Initially I bought an HDMI SONY DVD Player, which I returned shortly after buying as it was not playing a lot of DVD's because of zone, format, etc. This LG Player is great and plays almost 100% of the DVD's that I own and have recorded in the past in different zones and recorders. I use it mostly for playing CD's though. Yes I like retro. I still give it 5 stars, but I wish it had a display that shows time and track (on the machine itself, the UI shows everything). Would have been nice if it had HDMI output. Overall I would recommend this one.

This DVD player was added to expand a Roku TV in a back bedroom. The remote is simple to operate and, unlike a number of remotes you find, it's easy to replace the batteries. I originally purchased a cheaper LG model, It was small but the remote was atrocious and some of the functions, like the slideshow feature, were either rudimentary or didn't operate as I wanted. The Sony does everything I want and the picture quality is excellent. I'm happy with the purchase so far.

I wanted an inexpensive DVD player to go with my new LG tv. Easy set up, it plays. But they're so inexpensive these days you'd think they'd all come with an HDMI port. Nope! Not this one. HDMI provides better picture quality, especially when used with the new TVs. If you just need a DVD player for an old tv, this is a solid purchase. Otherwise, make sure you read the box and go with the latest and greatest. I'll be returning this one for HDMI capability.

So far, I've only used the connection cords to hook up my old DVD player to my TV. For $30 it seemed like a better deal than buying just the $15 cords. I have found DVD players don't last longer than 8 or 9 years, and I'm not too picky when it comes to electronics. So when my current DVD player craps out, I'll have this one to replace it. The only reason I would not recommend this DVD player to a friend is because everyone I know already has something nicer.