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Samsung and Toshiba portable DVD players You know your road-warrior husband wants a portable DVD player - he's had his eye on them for years. And at last they're affordable. The question is, which one? We've narrowed it down to the Toshiba SD-P1600 (not shown) and the Samsung DVD-L70 (each $200). Both are only 1 inch thick and have a 7-inch LCD screen, stereo speakers, JPEG/MP3/WMA playback, two headphone jacks, an analog A/V output, a remote, and a detachable battery pack. (The Samsung's battery is good for 21/2 hours while the Toshiba's will hang in there for 3 hours.) With its 336,000 pixels, the Samsung's screen is notably sharp and very bright. The Toshiba provides an analog A/V input and digital audio output jacks, but its screen is comparatively dim, and its battery is bulkier. The Samsung's clamshell is black on the outside and silver on the inside, the Toshiba's just the opposite. Bottom line: Both are pretty slick. Happy choosing. - Ken C. Pohlmann samsungusa.com tacp.toshiba.com

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