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Lite-On LVD 2001 and LVR 1001 Review
Author: Daniel Toppler
Date Posted: June 11th, 2003
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Bottom Line:
Lite-On have launched their new DVD players, we got our hands on two of them, read on to find out what we thought of them in our official review...
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Features
This is
where the LVR-1001 shines. The 2nd drive tray is obviously there for
a reason. At first look, most probably think it’s for DVD duplication. Unfortunately,
it’s not for that. What it is for is for hooking up another video device, such
as a TV, camcorder, or VCR. Then, you put in a blank CD-R in the drive tray,
and you can burn the audio and video from the other device right onto a CD-R.
I’ll go into this in more detail later.
You can also duplicate VCD”s with
the drive easily.
Just put the original in the DVD player and the blank CD in the other drive and
press Duplicate. It’s easy as that!
Like the
LVD-2001, the LVR-1001 features a memory card reader to view photos on your TV.
Unlike the LVD-2001 however, you can burn your pictures right on to a CD-R and
make a Picture CD, which is really cool for distributing photos to family and
friends. This feature also worked great, and is really easy to do. The LVR-1001
did not include a memory card reader, and is sold separately. It would have
been nice for Lite-On to include one, considering the $400 price.
There’s
also an 8X zoom, which is cool. Quality is drastically reduced when zoomed, but
if you have to see something in detail, it’s nice to have.
The
LVR-1001 also features Progressive Scan playback for TV’s that support the high
resolution, but I was unable to test that because I didn’t have a high
resolution TV for testing. Progressive Scan DVD players do improve playback of
movies, but if you do have a TV that supports Progressive Scan and you pick up
the LVR-1001, or any other PS DVD Player, don’t expect a huge difference in
quality from the regular interlaced picture. While the difference is there, it
is not very noticeable.
Like the
LVD-2001, the LED on the player turned on when the player was off and off when
the player was on. While many people find this logical, I can’t. I must agree
that it is nice to not have an annoying LED on while watching a movie, I still
found it weird.
Drive
Menus
When you
press the setup button on the remote control, the menu is opened up. There are
three categories; System, Playback, and Record. I’ll go through each one.
In
System, you’ll find system language settings (English, Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese), TV Type (NTSC, PAL), System Time Settings, Video Out
(Composite, S-Video, Component), and Set VFD Dimmer (Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal).
In
Playback you’ll find TV Aspect (16:9, 4:3 Letter Box, 4:3 Pan Scan), Sound
Effect (Analog Output, Digital Output, DTS Output),
PBC (playback control) on or off, Disk Language settings, and finally, Parental
Control.
Lastly is
the Record setting. Here, you can change the recording type. You can select
from VCD, SVCD, Audio CD, or User Confirmation. VCD hold 74 minutes of video,
SVCD holds 80 minutes, with slightly less quality, and audio CD records just
the audio of the TV, which is nice for concerts, etc. You can also set up
whether the disk is finalized automatically after writing, actually finalize
the disk, and prepare a blank disk for recording. You can’t just pop in a blank
disk and record right away. Disk preparation must be done. It’s quick, less
then 30 seconds, but it can be annoying. Disk finalization is even quicker.
Features
This is
where the LVR-1001 shines. The 2nd drive tray is obviously there for
a reason. At first look, most probably think it’s for DVD duplication. Unfortunately,
it’s not for that. What it is for is for hooking up another video device, such
as a TV, camcorder, or VCR. Then, you put in a blank CD-R in the drive tray,
and you can burn the audio and video from the other device right onto a CD-R.
I’ll go into this in more detail later.
You can also duplicate VCD”s with
the drive easily.
Just put the original in the DVD player and the blank CD in the other drive and
press Duplicate. It’s easy as that!
Like the
LVD-2001, the LVR-1001 features a memory card reader to view photos on your TV.
Unlike the LVD-2001 however, you can burn your pictures right on to a CD-R and
make a Picture CD, which is really cool for distributing photos to family and
friends. This feature also worked great, and is really easy to do. The LVR-1001
did not include a memory card reader, and is sold separately. It would have
been nice for Lite-On to include one, considering the $400 price.
There’s
also an 8X zoom, which is cool. Quality is drastically reduced when zoomed, but
if you have to see something in detail, it’s nice to have.
The
LVR-1001 also features Progressive Scan playback for TV’s that support the high
resolution, but I was unable to test that because I didn’t have a high
resolution TV for testing. Progressive Scan DVD players do improve playback of
movies, but if you do have a TV that supports Progressive Scan and you pick up
the LVR-1001, or any other PS DVD Player, don’t expect a huge difference in
quality from the regular interlaced picture. While the difference is there, it
is not very noticeable.
Like the
LVD-2001, the LED on the player turned on when the player was off and off when
the player was on. While many people find this logical, I can’t. I must agree
that it is nice to not have an annoying LED on while watching a movie, I still
found it weird.
Drive
Menus
When you
press the setup button on the remote control, the menu is opened up. There are
three categories; System, Playback, and Record. I’ll go through each one.
In
System, you’ll find system language settings (English, Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese), TV Type (NTSC, PAL), System Time Settings, Video Out
(Composite, S-Video, Component), and Set VFD Dimmer (Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal).
In
Playback you’ll find TV Aspect (16:9, 4:3 Letter Box, 4:3 Pan Scan), Sound
Effect (Analog Output, Digital Output, DTS Output),
PBC (playback control) on or off, Disk Language settings, and finally, Parental
Control.
Lastly is
the Record setting. Here, you can change the recording type. You can select
from VCD, SVCD, Audio CD, or User Confirmation. VCD hold 74 minutes of video,
SVCD holds 80 minutes, with slightly less quality, and audio CD records just
the audio of the TV, which is nice for concerts, etc. You can also set up
whether the disk is finalized automatically after writing, actually finalize
the disk, and prepare a blank disk for recording. You can’t just pop in a blank
disk and record right away. Disk preparation must be done. It’s quick, less
then 30 seconds, but it can be annoying. Disk finalization is even quicker.
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