Reasonable price; good sound with audio CDs

Only once did I get the "no disc" error message; does not have component output.

I am completely happy with this unit for the price I paid. It has served me well as my first DVD player and it sounds fine with audio CDs. Other than a single instance of getting a "no disc" error message when it actually had a disc in play it has been flawless. I will probably move this over as a bedroom system and invest in a higher end Sony to replace it when I also get a larger TV. I do not care for the remote at all; it is acceptable but not great.

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great picture and sound when it worked

great picture and sound when it worked

I was very happy when i bought this product, and after 1 year to the day, severe pixelation after the layer change on all discs, i have been able to make it stop by pressing stop and then play from the remote, but very convenient during a movie. After all, we spend all of this money for convenience right? I will call panasonic cust support tomorrow when i get out of work, and see what happens - sure it will be cheaper to just buy something else, since all warranties are up. Damn vcr has lasted 6 years no problem.. i guess all electronics are going disposable. Imagine my embarrassment when the whole family comes in from out of state for the holidays and we put in a movie and it becomes unwatchable at the layer switch! it only took 15 min to figure it out, but after i stopped it and restart i was able to clear it up, but now it happens on all discs. Of course the best part was "All of this setup cost you how much?" i guess i can forget about the pronto remote i saved for all year and go buy a new dvd player .. I will also try the software reboot first, from below press rewind pause and power at the same time.. as for the lawsuit metioned below if someone wants to start it send me an email..for the rating i give it 1 star on value, $400 for a years worth of entertainment and then prob another $400 for the next, is not very valuable. i gave it 2 stars because it did work well for one year..

Great origanly

Failer after about a year and a half

Well about August last year My A-110 started with the pixilation and quickly went to 'no disk' even with new dvd's
I figured I was getting the ps2 soon so I set it aside and didn't really worry about it for a while.
After I got and had used the ps2 for a while I got tried of the features that it didn't have so I started to use the A-110 again. Well that didn't last too long you know the problems, pixilation and no disk problems started up.
So I decided I would start looking for a new dvd player, and I quickly ran across this site and other information about the A-110.

Well I call Panasonic and the first person I talked to was absolutly no help what so ever first she wanted me to send my unit into be repared at my expence then when I mentioned this site she said she would turn it over to her supervisor, and too expect a call within 48 hours.

I didn't get a call. So I called them and I was told that they had sent out a letter so I could send my unit in a basicly get a free estimate on how much it would cost to get it repaired. At no time before this had they said anything about the group that was taking care of the A-110 units.
When I asked about it they transfered my case to them and washed their hands of me. As they said another 48 hours.

This time I did get a call. From Chris, she basicly said call me imediatly or I'm closeing your case. Note that this was on friday, and I was working late so I couldn't call her untill Monday. When I call on Monday she's not in. When I call on Tuseday she's not in, and when I get ahold of her on Wendsday she's already closed my case!

To add insult to injury she tells me that because 'I had accepted the letter earlyer' she couldn't do anything for me. I told her that I had not accepted any letter. The suppervisor was supposed to call me back but never did, and just sent the letter anyway.

She then said that well she could resend the letter too me.
(I had gotten rid of it) and that she could not garrantee anything at all. She said that if the repair cost was 150 dollars that she 'might' take 50 more off the bill saving me 100 dollars (thats how she put it). She also said she didn't know what she would do yet and that was all she would say. When I said something about this site she just blew me off like it didn't matter that an untold amount of people have had this problem and that they were replacing units without the hassel she was giving me.

I'll send it in but if she even sujest that they repair it I deffinatly will not be happy. Well also likely to see them in cort.

Well, It was a DVD player for a few months.

Forces you to buy a new player or use your movies for skeet shooting.

I bought this thing over a year ago. Like some others here I had been extremely pleased with my A110 but you can add me to the list of people burned by the defective panasonic A110.
I am now having the same problems as everyone else, pixelation, freezing and I get the NO DISC error sometimes too.
We cannot watch a movie for more than 30-40 minutes.
I ran a cleaning disk, no difference.
I will try the Vaseline fix, and hope that works.
I thought panasonic was better than this.
I am going to buy a new player, but not a panasonic.
I refuse to ever buy another panasonic product again. (I use lower case “p” in panasonic out of disrespect)

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I doesn't matter!

sound & picture

problematic

Ditto's to complaint's & problems listed by other e-mailer's. Timeline and problem sequence almost identical to mine. Have been thinking of taking my player for repair's but with horror stories like these am considering my local waste disposal service as my best possible solution. Have alway's held Panasonic products in high regard but am begining to see my previous trust may no longer be founded. If this disregard by Panasonic for consumer product support is typical of their current company policy I can never again give them a product recommendation. I am not a novice to hometheather having purchased my first prologic system nearly 10 yr's ago and upgraded it to digital in 1998. I have owned many different brands of equipment and to this point have never experienced a negative product support problem from any other manufacture. I hope Panasonic has the family jewels to own up to their product problem's & correct them before it get's so bad they loose all consumer support.

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failed to work after limited use

Beware...do not buy any panasonic products! They do not stand behind their products or warranties. After limited use of the dvd player, the product was unable to read the disc. The player was returned to the company..only to be returned to us after the warranty had expired, without any repairs made. The product and company SUCK. The company response...buy another panasonic...YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!

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Its a Panasonic

F/U to previous review: Well, I hate to say it but I was right about the response I would get from Panasonic. I just got off the phone with them and this is what they said. "There are no recalls on the A110 to correct any problems". I guess these problems are only aparent to us consumers. "We are not concerned with the small percentage of people that have problems with our product". I guess we don't mean jack to them! They told me that we were such a small percentage of the consumers that they felt there was no problem to deal with. My statement that they got their money and that was all they were concerned with was right on the mark. I hope all of you who have Panasonic products have good luck with them because ther is no customer support if you have any problems. I, on the other hand, am going to look up other brands on audioreview.com and find another brand of DVD player to buy. Good luck to all and to the 1% who don't matter to Panasonic, SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD!

ps. Is one star the lowest I can give?

Purchased the player in January, for about ~$300 which was not too bad back then . Was very happy and had not experienced any problems until July when the "no disc" error popped up. I Tried resetting the machine with the technician on the phone and it did not help. What's up with that? At the very least Panasonic should not charge for labor. Its in PA right now and I am out $100 for labor charges (although they emphasize that they will cover the part due to the one-year warranty on parts- ooohhh). Needless to say, I do not recommend Panasonic dvd players to anyone.

The audio capability of the A110 is AWESOME!!! I just bought a 24/96 DVD of Muddy Waters from Classic records and can't stop listening to it! However, to output the true 24/96 signal you must use the ANALOG output on the DVD. If you use the DIGITAL output it will down convert the signal to 16/48 for copyright protection. You MUST ALSO select "off" at the LPCM setting in the DVD player. This is not very well explained in the owners manual ( page 76 ). It took me a couple of weeks to figure it out. Running 24/96 on my Yamaha RX-V2095 sounds just as good as the $30,000 vacuum tube set-up I listened to today at a local hi end shop. The SACD and 24/96 formats sound the death knell for LP's and tubes. RIP.
Audio is outstanding as well as the video. A new era has begun!

I purchased the A110 in May of 1998 for $360 and have had no problems with it. I have seen Sony's and Pioneer's in action and they lack the fast/slow forward/reverse flexibility that this unit has. There are 11 forward speeds (5 slow, 5 fast, one being normal playback) and 10 reverse speeds.The unit has only had the occasional flicker with a scratched rental disc and the video is crisp.
I am not totally satisfied with the layout of the remote control but it seems most manufacturers haven't got the usability of these things totally figured out yet.
The optical digital output into my mini-disc recorder works great for making copies of my CD's.
2 friends also own the same unit with no complaints.
Overall, a great unit for the money.