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Summary: Don't spend the money
Review: I too thought I had a good product when I got this player 13 months ago. It worked well until the other day when the disc tray wouldn't stay closed. It won't even stay closed when I power it off. When I contacted Panasonic they washed their hands of the problem. I'm now in search of a new DVD player from a new manufacturer. Don't spend your money no matter how low the price. Too bad there wasn't a "zero" rating. A "one" is too generous.
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Summary: Yet another HO2 victim
Review: This is a 5 star machine until the warantee runs out, then you become an 'HO2' victim, never again to play another DVD with this machine. Buy another machine from another manufacturer.
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Summary: MP3 Disapointment
Review: Looking for an MP3 player to add to my stereo, only to find there are no stand alone MP3 players. Had to fall back to a DVD player. The only problem is DVD players playback in chapters, thus when playing an MP3 CD, you could hear a distinct 'blank' in the music when song went to next chapter. (each song would last over 3 - 5 chapters). A problem with the video portion of this unit is not being able to hook up to a TV via coax.
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Summary: Good for the first year...then it [poops] out
Review: I, too have fallen victim to the dreaded "H02" error. I'm gonna check ...(where I work) to see if anyone might be able to fix it for cheap, but most likely I have to buy a new one.
I love how it works just long enough for the warranty to run out, and then it just dies completely. STAY AWAY!
Oh and Panasonic won't help much at all, even if you point out to them that this is obviously a factory defect and they should do a recall or something. They just act ignorant.
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Summary: OK DVD player
Review: Good low end DVD player - nothing fancy. Having some problem with the sound and don't know if thats because we don't have surrond sound or just can't figure out how to adjust it. When music plays in the background it drowns out the speech. Other then the sound plays DVD's well and haven't had any problems.
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Summary: Don`t buy this unit.
Review: Picture freezes up on every DVD I play.
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Summary: Won't last very long
Review: Worked fine for a few months, now it freezes on brand new discs, tray wont open/close and wont power up or down. this is a lemon. Stay Away
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Summary: IT [stinks]!!
Review: Where were all the bad reviews of this product when I had bought it??!!?? I am yet another victim of this HORRIBLE DVD player. It worked fine on the 2 NEW DVD's I had purchased but as soon as I started renting DVD's, each one would freeze in between scenes and sometimes totally skip a scene - how frustrating!! I primarily bought this product based on Panasonic's' reputation of providing excellent electronics, some of which I have purchased in the past, but this one is going right in the garbage!!
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Summary: Panasonic RV31k went belly-up replaced w/t Apex AD 2100
Review: -
My Panasonic RV31k went belly-up after 8 months.
I bought the Apex AD-2100... and it is FAR superior to the Panasonic. It just hit the market and has twice the features of the older RV31k. It plays all my DVDs, MP3 disks, VCDs, flawlessly and it handles HDCDs, and the new WMA, Windows Media Audio format. Thats 22 hours of music on a CD-R. The JPEG fuction is super cool. Just fill a CD-R with JPEGs, set the player on shuffle mode and enjoy the show!
Oh... I do have one negative. the remote feels & looks cheap. However it does work well and even has a one button switch between Wide and Full-Screen which works on the fly. Also the Player itself looks expensive. The silver case and front panel is sleek and polished. You don't see it in the photos but even the display is hidden behind a mirrored glass panel so the front presents a smooth unbroken silver surface until the unit is powered up and playing a DVD....Peace.
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Summary: don't buy this player
Review: well i have bought 2 of this player on november 2001 and both of them are just dies one week ago at the same time.
the picture quality is good but week during changing scence sometime it cause freez for 2 seconde or totally stop and cannot do anything so it will force you to turn off power and start again with some movies.
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