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Summary: Less than a year old and already broken
Review: I have been so pleased with all my other Panasonic products that I blindly purchased this producted without researching it. What a mistake! I did not have any problems with the DVD player - it did have excellent picture and sound. However, the VCR would not accept certain tapes - some were tapes we had recorded, others were my daughter's Disney movies. Very frustrating! I actually purchased and returned 2 separate units before I gave up! Also disappointing was the lack of a timer on the display. Don't waste your time and energy like I did!
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Summary: Don't buy this Panasonic!
Review: I have been so pleased with all my other Panasonic products that I blindly purchased this producted without researching it. What a mistake! I did not have any problems with the DVD player - it did have excellent picture and sound. However, the VCR would not accept certain tapes - some were tapes we had recorded, others were my daughter's Disney movies. Very frustrating! I actually purchased and returned 2 separate units before I gave up! Also disappointing was the lack of a timer on the display. Don't waste your time and energy like I did!
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Summary: Excellent DVD/vcr combo
Review: I just bought the Panasonic PV-D4742 DVD/VCR combo and it's great. Easy set-up and mint DVD viewing. Keep in mind that they all (this one plus others) only come with one (3') video cable.
Anyway set-up way very easy and it comes with universal remote
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Summary: A concern...
Review: I may just be unlucky, but my Panasonic PV-D4742 player was faulty. It would not accept my VHS videos; it consistently spit them back out. So I exchanged it for another PV-D4742, and it would only accept one out of three videos. Spit the others right out, no apparent pattern to the rejects. So despite the good quality of the picture and trouble-free DVD player, we returned our second Panasonic player and had to switch to another brand.
I hope these are the only two faulty players out there, since I have always had reliable Panasonics before.
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Summary: Faulty DVD Player
Review: I received my Panasonic and hooked it up. Easy as pie. I played a brand new DVD (Men in Black)....and nothing appears except a message telling me to check the disk for scratches. The disk is mint, I had just unwrapped it. But I think "Maybe it's bad, and I just can't see it." So I pop in a second, freshly unwrapped DVD (Gladiator). Again, all the Panasonic does is display a message telling me to check for scratches. Talk about a POS. Anyone looking for a DVD player should keep on looking. Yeah, it's [low priced], but you get what you pay for...
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Summary: VCR Has Problems
Review: I received this as a Christmas gift last year. My father purchased it at an electronics store. He was told it was "the Cadillac" of dvd/vcr players (I had picked out a less expensive item), but the salesman talked him into "upgrading". Poor choice. It took 3 months, which happened to be the warrenty period, then the vcr started rejecting tapes. Some tapes must be inserted over and over again until the machine accepts them. Other tapes are never accepted. The dvd player works but the sound has to be turned clear up in order to hear. This is deafening when I turn the dvd off. Overall I feel this is a bad choice. Save your money and buy a different product
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Summary: Poor
Review: I received this as a Christmas gift last year. My father purchased it at an electronics store. He was told it was "the Cadillac" of dvd/vcr players (I had picked out a less expensive item), but the salesman talked him into "upgrading". Poor choice. It took 3 months, which happened to be the warrenty period, then the vcr started rejecting tapes. Some tapes must be inserted over and over again until the machine accepts them. Other tapes are never accepted. The dvd player works but the sound has to be turned clear up in order to hear. This is deafening when I turn the dvd off. Overall I feel this is a bad choice. Save your money and buy a different product
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Summary: Poor
Review: I received this as a Christmas gift last year. My father purchased it at an electronics store. He was told it was "the Cadillac" of dvd/vcr players (I had picked out a less expensive item), but the salesman talked him into "upgrading". Poor choice. It took 3 months, which happened to be the warrenty period, then the vcr started rejecting tapes. Some tapes must be inserted over and over again until the machine accepts them. Other tapes are never accepted. The dvd player works but the sound has to be turned clear up in order to hear. This is deafening when I turn the dvd off. Overall I feel this is a bad choice. Save your money and buy a different product
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Summary: Infuriating!
Review: I will never again spend 300 dollars on any Panasonic product. I've had wonderful luck with their car audio products, but this thing wasn't worth even half of what it cost. The DVD player started to malfunction after about a year, with that wonderfully annoying "Please check the disc and for scratches and stains on disc" message. Brand new DVDs wouldn't even play...but strangely, CDs don't give me any problems. Now, if you'll exucse me, I must go shop for a Toshiba to replace this ridiculous combo VCR/CD player.
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Summary: Great player, easy to use
Review: I've had this player for a few weeks now and have had no problems with it. We've watched lots of tapes and DVDs, and even played a few music CDs. It was very easy to set up and the viewing quality is good. My only quibble is that the remote doesn't have a mute button.
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