jam0410

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $399.00 from Infomercial

Summary:
Initially this unit was the greatest invention. I bought this for my husband as a Christmas gift. The overall unit itself had everything, all bells and whistles at the time. The surround sound and five accompanying speakers were really great. Initial speaker set up was a challenge at best, and often times had to be reestablished for some reason. Within less than two years, DVD's started skipping and/or freezing (including newly purchased) most especially previously played rentals. I am extremely disappointed that I still own this system because it is impressive looking in appearance and with all of the pieces still in tack and it's overall excellent condition, it's so dysfunctional that it sits unplugged with no where to go. What do you do with things like this?

Strengths:
Options and convenience are awesome, surround sound and speakers are great.

Similar Products Used:
Samsung DVD/VCR combo (no surround sound) BOSE 3-2-1 (not even comparable..completely out of the same market)

Price Paid:  $400.00 from Good Guys

Summary:
Very well made constructed machine.. which is far from its DVD performance.

Strengths:
Very well thought out controls. Construction of machine is excellent. VCR has fantastic image/sound. User interface is very well thought out... the engineers really spent a good deal of time covering all the bases regarding the set controls etc. Loaded with features.

Weaknesses:
DVD player mechanism is by far the worst I have ever encountered. At most, less than 40% of the DVD's you buy or rent will play on a Go-Video product. My buddies does the exact same thing. He sent his in for service.. which helped... but it still refuses to play discs that other DVD's have no problems with.

Price Paid:  $400.00 from local dealer

Summary:
Toshiba DVD players are a joke.. after 6 plays DVD will not play.. The model is the sd2100.
Oh! this happened in Malaysia and the local agent including a jap will not fix it. NEVER buy a toshiba product

Strengths:
nothing

Weaknesses:
bad service

Summary:
A good dvd player, better than my rca one.Has very good sound and picture.Easy to use.Has some really good options.Main reason I bought it was because of the built in amp.Overall I think it is a really good dvd player and worth the $260.00 price tag.

Strengths:
amp built in,good sound,good picture,easy use

Weaknesses:
kind of hard to set up for only two speakers

Similar Products Used:
none

Price Paid:  $200.00 from Ubid.com

Summary:
I originally wrote a review last June when I first bought my unit. The first unit had a defective fan and would overheat in less than 1/2 hour. The company replaced the unit, but I had to ship to Arizona at my expense. I've been using the replacement unit since with only nuisance problems. The unit still gets hot, but the video usually continues to work. Once in a while the video skips, pauses or gets blocky for no apparent reason. This problem is not caused by scratched or defective discs. Overall, the advantage to having the integrated amplifier is not worth the other problems. I suspect that other DVD brands are much better based on friends' testimonials.

Strengths:
Built-in amplifier

Weaknesses:
Amplifier causes the unit to get very hot.
Video skips or pauses occassionally (approx. 2-3 times per movie).
Remote has functionality to control a VCR - but only works with select Go-Video VCRs.