Price Paid:  $88.00 from BrandsMart U.S.A

Summary:
I am rather surprised at how much others have paid yet they still consider it a good value. I paid $88 in 11/2001 and it was money well spent. $88 in 2001 for a DVD was unheard of particularly for a reputable company such as Zenith. These are prices to be expected from generics such as Apex. I have now had this player two years and it continues to serve faithfully. Occasionally it will mal-function where the colors come out severely distorted and images only appear in shades of red and green. Ejecting the DVD and reloading it usually solves this problem. I have now retired it due to limitations I will itemize as weaknesses in this review.

Strengths:
Luxurious in appearance yet easy on the wallet - this player features a built in display giving track number, elapsed time, etc. You can risk using the remote as the unit also has buttons for most of the essential functions including a circular menu search dial. The remote also is fully loaded yet the buttons are a good size considering how many there are and are usually laid out in a logical order easy to adapt to.

Weaknesses:
Long load times before cueing up the DVD. Also limited to DVD's. Due to the age of the model it may be understandable that it does not play CD-RW's, MP3's or photo CDs. However in the least it should play store bought CD's and perhaps CDR's. It being limited to DVD's does not make it very versatile. Also picture quality suffers during intense scenes that may include explosive lighting effects. The player can not handle it and usually the screen flickers.

Similar Products Used:
I have now retired my Zenith DVC2200 for a Coby DVD-201 (I think this model has not been discontinued and replaced by DVD-202)I picked up at BrandsMart for $18.88! Its a generic but it does it all, CDs, photo CD's, Mp3's etc. However, the Zenith is still better as far as stability and features limited to DVD playing.

Price Paid:  $175.00 from centre-HiFi

Summary:
Very pleased with this DVD player. When I first started reading the reviews of this product I was worried about the DVD player. Whatever the proble(s) was/were Zenith corected them BIG TIME!!! Buyers do not worry this is an awesome DVD machine if you can't afford the higher end models. This machine is GREAT

Strengths:
great picture, awesome features very affordable

Weaknesses:
none

Price Paid:  $169.00 from online

Summary:
This has been a great entry level DVD for me. I have three DVDs in different rooms in the house that I paid much more for and this Zenith runs just as good. I have had absolutely no problems. The picture and the sound is terrific and it matches great with a Sony TV. I recently bought a couple more for gifts. They are all running fine.

Strengths:
looks good, great sound and picture, low price

Weaknesses:
single disc, loads a bit slow, no optical out

Similar Products Used:
Hitachi, Sony

Price Paid:  $160.00 from circuit city

Summary:
bought new in 01/15/01 it is my first dvd player.I have played over 150 movies on it and have not had a single problem with it so far i have found this to be a great buy for a $160.The only complaint i have is it takes to long to load a disk.I have read many bad things about this product it seems zeneth has fixed the problems that afected the older models,but of course only time will tell!

Strengths:
low price,good picture,looks

Weaknesses:
no optical out or dolby digital decoder,slow loading disc

Similar Products Used:
none

Summary:
I was given this player for Xmas. It was the only one left late in the season. Was hoping for the Panasonic RV30 after reading reviews. Scared by reviews on this one. Wanted to get service contract to prevent three month failure documented in the other reviews, but have passed the 30 day mark already.
Haven't noticed any glitches yet. First disc I tested was The Matrix. (only owned two at the time). Played fine. Have played about half a dozen more since then with no noticeable errors except one that I attributed to the disc being a rental.
Looks and sounds good to me. Hooked in through coax (audio).

Strengths:
Has all the features I need, plus some. Remote is OK.

Weaknesses:
Takes a minute or two to come on or spin up a disc. Not a crisis situation, though.

Similar Products Used:
Zenith is my first DVD player. Also have an older Pioneer Laserdisc combo player.