Samsung DVD-V2000 DVD-VCR Combo

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Summary: Already broken!
Review: I've had this unit for just a couple of months, and now it seriously skips on almost every DVD I play. Moving the same DVD's to one of my other DVD players produces a perfect experience. Like others who have had similar problems, I can't take advantage of the 30-day return policy. I'm just throwing it away and will look for something better.

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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: At first it seemed to work fine and I was delighted to own my first DVD player. The only yellow flag was that one of the new exercise DVDs I had kept skipping to different angles on its own. I thought that the DVD was defective, not the player, but after I exchanged the DVD, the replacement one did the same thing. By this point, the 30-day return deadline on the DVD/video player was nearing. Then, next thing I know, the DVD player stops recognizing some DVDs that I insert, giving me a message something like, "Cannot play DVD. Check disk." Also, for videos, it randomly switches to "Hi Fi" audio mode, which means that the sound would suddenly blast at a high volume for a few seconds, then return to normal. Now the thing won't play ANY DVDs. Except for the initial problem with switching angles, all of the other problems occurred over a period of 2 days right at the cusp of the 30-day return window. Now I'm stuck with a lemon that I need to ship at my own expense to be repaired. Yes, the manufacturer warranty covers parts and labor, but not hassle and annoyance. What, me bitter? You bet!

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Summary: wake up this is a steal
Review: do not listen to all the negative comments, even sony has a bad one, for all the noises etc, they need to see an ear specialist, mine is perfect and hooked up through an rf modulator as my tv has no a/v jacks, it sounds great, it is attractive and with the price samsung could well overtake sony, you only pay more for the sony name and this samsung offers all that sony does, but they are happy to not sell their name. it is great do not listen to all the complainers, buy it you will love it, SAMSUNG FOREVER GREAT GREAT GREAT.

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Summary: It performs better than I expected.
Review: I have a 1985 RCA XL-100 TV and wanted to move up to a DVD player with a built-in RF modulator to simplify things. After about one half hour wrestling with the manual I was playing music CDs or DVD movies or VCR movies with no difficulty. I especially like th 4 head VCR. Now I use my old TEAC 2 head VCR when making a personal tape copy of another VCR tape played on the DVD-V2000 VCR. The only error I find advertised documentation on the DVD-V2000 is there in fact is no 0.25" audio headphone jack available;I don't care about this in any event. This is a very fine device for the money. Buy it.

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: This DVD/VCR combo is magnificent! It meets all of my needs plus many more. I'm not usually technically savvy, but this is completely user friendly. It is fast and efficient too! I would recommend this to anyone interested! Great bargain too!

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Summary: Noisy and dirty
Review: When I first got this as a gift I was happy to finaly have a DVD player, but two months later, I'm very unhappy. It has a lot of trouble reading DVD discs I rent from Blockbuster. My girlfriend's Sony on the other hand can read them all without a hicup. Then the VCR sort of stopped working, until I banged on the unit hard out of frustration one night. It's now working again, but I'm scared it'll ruin my high-grade videotapes. The paint in one corner is coming off; not from my bang, tho.! If I spent money to buy another one, I'd go with a Sony or Toshiba. This increasinly feels like junk quality.

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Summary: Who said it has problems??
Review: On the very first day I tried everything with this combo, DVD, VCD and a Video cassette. Everything worked fine!!!No problems at all.More then worth for it's price

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Summary: a little noisy
Review: This is a good system, but the DVD player is really noisy. We have to turn the volume of the TV up a couple notches every time we use it. Other then that I can't complain

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Summary: Nothing but problems
Review: I've had this unit over a year, it's been "repaired" twice. There is always a problem when playing dvd's. It constantly messes up. The vcr player is a little loud but not too bad. I bought an extended warranty which was a waste of money because they wouldn't exchange my unit for a new one and the repairs never helped. From my own personal experience I wouldn't recommend this unit to anyone. If the company would like to do their job and exchange it for a new one and it works I would be happy to write a better review. In the meantime I'm in the process of looking for a new unit to buy, scared stiff at this point of another lemon bought from a company that doesn't stand behind their product. For those of you who have had no problems with this product, count your blessings, we have not all been so lucky to purchase a good one. Do I seem bitter?

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Summary: Well, the VCR is noisy but . . .
Review: After reading all the complaints of this being a noisy unit, I did get gun shy but ultimately decided that I trusted Consumer Reports more than the customer editorials. Both are right. I found the unit easy to use and the remote self-explanatory. It's basically a plug and play unit. I've had the unit for about a month now and have watched 20 some DVD's with no noise problems. I watched my first VCR tape tonight and though I didn't notice any noise at the beginning, there was a noticeable whine after an hour of play; distracting when you're getting to the end of a serious drama. Rewind is fast and does overshoot. I'd recommend the unit mainly because of its ease of use and space saving feature but don't be surprised if you hear an audible whine when there is a quiet scene in the movie (VCR).