LG DN 192PH DVD player

It's been raining LG all week. First there was the 42 inch TV that we had fun tweaking, and now we have a brand-new DVD player called the DN 192PH.

An upgrade from the consumer-friendly and highly popular DN 191H, this is a budget DVD player. It comes in the sub-5000 category (Rs. 4990 MRP) so we decided to treat it fairly. We gave it a go with our DVDs and also lined up couple of DivX discs to see what it's capable of.

Design
Thankfully the player doesn’t come covered with colorful stickers – we mean those stickers that raucously announce all the supported formats and features. Instead it has a sober look; there's just one small sticker on the front saying ‘HDMI’ and ‘USB’, probably the USPs of the device.

Size-wise it's as slim as they come these days; weight-wise it could double as a Frisbee. The chassis has a slightly off-white color for the top panel, while the sides and bottom are the regular light gray, with the mildest luster possible.

The buttons are shiny silver, with the function names etched in their center. They are located on the top panel, not on the front, so that's something different. The LG Logo perches itself on the extreme left, while the DVD tray is squarely in the center.

On the right of the front panel is a flap that opens out to expose the USB port; something that’s caught on in mainstream DVD players these past couple of years.