|
| Coby DVD-224 Compact DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Coby
Category: CE
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $24.74
You Save: $5.25 (18%)
New (68) Used (1) from $24.74
Avg. Customer Rating:  335 reviews
Sales Rank: 97
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.8 x 2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1
MPN: DVD-224
Model: DVD-224
UPC: 840356475516
EAN: 0716829992241
ASIN: B000261N6M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new! Guarantee Ships same day.Sorry no shipping to APO,POB,AK,HI & PO BOX addresses.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 works for its price. May 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is great product for gift giving, do not buy this for your personal use.
 DVD subtitle problem May 31, 2008
Update 6/17/2008. The subtitle problem described below happens on a variety of DVD movies. So I bought the $50 Sony DVP-NS57P/B player from Amazon. It works fine. I returned the Coby for a refund.
Since receiving this product one week ago I've been noticing that the subtitle playback is problematic. About 5% of the time a subtitle is displayed for only a fraction of a second. It always happens with a long dialog. It is a repeatable error in English, French or Spanish. The audio is fine. Slow motion at 1/16 displays the offending subtitle for the same fraction of a second. The subtitle is really unreadable except of perhaps one word.
Fair play makes me tell that I have seen this problem only with Netflix HBO Rome series DVDs but I tried one of the them on a friend's high end Toshiba today and I saw that the correct display of one problem area was a two-line subtitle followed by another two-line subtitle which displayed one speaker's wordy dialog. That Toshiba had no problem (nor did my recently deceased Toshiba ever display this behavior).
I'm starting some different series of DVDs tomorrow but, sorry, it is now or never to relate this problem.
I suspect the Coby DVD-224 program logic that decodes DVD subtitles has a flaw. Internet research shows me that DVD subtitles are just another data stream with headers, packets, etc. One would think this decode logic is an off-the-shelf commodity by now. Not.
I haven't decided yet whether to return this $27 marvel to Amazon, but beware if you like to rent DVDs for foreign movies or programs such as OZ and The Wire (both USA HBO creations). Even if English is your native language you won't be able to keep up without subtitles. Aight?
Another DVD player is in my near future. I have simple tech needs. I worked in computers/tech stuff for many, many years. This product is deficient. Also note the remote is very particular as to direction.
 DVD Player May 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent product at a very low price. My second purchase of this unit - bought as a gift. Fast shipping. Would recommend this merchant and product.
 Small & cheap - but you get what you pay for May 25, 2008
My parents received this free with some DVDs they bought, and had they paid anything for it I would have said they overpaid. It does work reasonably well, but with so many quality brands making solid DVD players for less than $50, I would look elsewhere for a good player.
Pros:
- Very Small (though in an entertainment center, the usefulness of this is negated)
- Inexpensive
- All 3 output types - RCA, S-video, Component Video Output - means it will work with any TV that has any input in addition to the antenna input.
Cons:
- Remote is cheaply built and poorly laid out
- Very few front of player buttons, making remote essential to do anything useful
- No component video cable in the package - must by for $10-$30 more to achieve best quality video.
- Poor initial setup - defaults to a video setting that is incompatible with most US TVs, and must be changed deep in the menus to keep the screen from being all pink, and ours was set to display Spanish Subtitles automatically.
- Power button is a physical switch, preventing it from being turned on/off by remote, and forcing you to close the tray before turning it off, rather than pushing power to both at the same time.
Overall: If you're looking for bargain basement for a dorm room or small apartment without a full entertainment center, it will do its job; but if you plan on using this in an entertainment center for many years to come, I'd look to spend a few more dollars and get something built significantly better.
 Great price for a basic unit May 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No complaints. Excellent price. No fuss DVD player. Very compact easy to place. Set up is easy. I have an earlier model...still use it. This one is smaller. No problems with either one.
|
|
|
Copyright
©
2006 Adminpal LLC | |
