Although portable media players (PMPs) have become extremely popular lately, there are still quite a lot of users out there who are still fond of their portable DVD players, used especially during long car trips. And that's exactly the case with the device you're about to see as follows, namely the DVD-LS82 model, launched by Panasonic at some point in the first half of 2007, a device that comes packed with its own special attachment for one's vehicle.

Thus, this particular player is accompanied by a headrest mounting bracket, which can be mounted to the back of the driver's seat to turn the entire back seat into a theater.

Nevertheless, the display remains the main selling point of any such product, so the DVD-LS82 has been equipped with an 8.5-inch TFT LCD panel. However, the device provides some other interesting features as well, as for example the built-in stereo speaker, as well as the rechargeable battery pack that can provide just about enough"juice" for around 12 hours of continuous playback.

It's also important to note the fact that this high-end portable DVD player has been fitted with a few very interesting and useful video and audio processing features. Thus, the device incorporates a video D/A converter (108MHz/12-bit), as well as an audio D/A Converter (192kHz/24-bit).

Moreover, it features a built-in MPEG noise reduction feature, multi re-master (for high quality audio reproduction), built-in Dolby Digital Surround sound decoder (2 channels and built-in DTS Surround Sound Decoder (also 2 channels).

Additionally, the device offers a cinema viewing mode, an advanced VSS surround system, as well as headphone surround and a dialogue enhancer. Furthermore, it ensures high-speed, smooth scanning (5 speed up to x200).

Panasonic's portable DVD player is extremely versatile, as it can can play back many different prerecorded DVDs, including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM/-R/-R(dual layer)/-RW3 and DVD+R/+R(dual layer)/+RW3 discs. Furthermore, it's compatible with a wide range of audio discs/files, namely MP3s, CDs, CD-R/RW5 discs, and WMA files.

Although it's a portable DVD player, the DVD-LS82 also incorporates other connectivity options as well, namely an A/V input, 2 video outputs, a digital audio output, a 2-channel audio output, as well as a headphone jack.

Panasonic's DVD-LS82 retails for around 250 US dollars, which seems to be more or less a fitting price (albeit purchasing such a product is a bit redundant, taking into account the evolution on the portable players' market).