Digital Trends

LG LGDVB418

November 14th, 2005 | by Mike Bell

Features and Design

The LGDVB418 has a very low profile at 1.52” tall. It appears even slimmer because the area below the control panel is recessed from the front and is black in color. The main controls, display, and disc tray are on the control panel which is silver, framed in chrome. At first glance you may not notice that there are memory card slots because they fade into the recessed area below. The front panel display is very easy to read due to a bright VF dot matrix display. The overall appearance is very attractive.

The three selector buttons for resolution, HDMI output, and memory card reader are on the top of the unit above the display. A small LED next to the HDMI button indicates that the HDMI output is active. Resolution is displayed for a moment on the front display each time the resolution button is depressed, but is not displayed your television. The main controls are on the left side of the front panel. These buttons have a fine machined appearance and a very positive feel.

While turned off, attention is immediately drawn to the red power LED which is too bright. The HDMI indicator is located on the top of the unit itself rather than the front of the display, and is only visible when you are looking directly down on the player, its not visible from a direct view position.

The remote control buttons are reasonably placed, but not illuminated. In fact, the styling of the remote is quite bland relative to the very attractive player.

Picture Courtesy of LG USA

Compatible DVD Media:

DVD video
DVD audio
DVD-RW
DVD-R
DVD+RW
DVD+R

Compatible CD Media:

SVCD
Audio CD
CD-R/CD-RW audio titles, MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX

Compatible Memory Cards:

CF
MD
SD
MMC
SMC
MS
MS-PRO