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Summary: Terrible player!!!!
Review: Like many reviewers I've had the same problems. Skipping, stuttering, freezing, all-out refusal to play and restarting. can't get past the FBI warning on Disney DVDs. This is the second unit I have purchased in the last month. The first I returned to the store thinking I had one defective one. The second one does the same thing. FRUSTRATING!!!! Had a JVC player for two years that was fantastic till the laser burnt out.
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE : A CLASSIC LEMON
Review: SAME AS BELOW. FREEZES UNPREDICTABLY. STOPS ALTOGETHER. I HAVE A THEORY THAT ITS A BALANCE PROBLEM BETWEEN THE TRAY AND SPINDLE WHICH PHILIPS WON'T OWN UP TO--UNLESS THE REVIEWS KEEP COMING. I'M GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO PHILIPS--WISH ME LUCK.
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Summary: Terrible product, even worse customer service
Review: This DVD player is a complete piece of junk. If I could give it a zero or negative star rating, I would. I concur with all of the other similar reviews. And when I called their customer service center about exchanging it for another product, they first lost my request and then when I called back they were rude and incompetent. This is the last Philips product I will ever buy.
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Summary: Phillips ought to be ASHAMED of themselves!
Review: This DVD player isn't worth the space it takes up in your entertainment system. I've had exactly the same problem as everyone else - skipping really badly; didn't matter which position I selected in the carousel. I think I was able to watch 3 movies without disruptive skipping over the last 1-1/2 years. Though I did purchase another one once I realized this was a problem, I kept trying to see if I could figure out what was wrong with the Phillips. I initially thought the DVD was dirty or defective, only to find it played fine in my portable DVD player. I finally disconnected the Phillips and am ready to toss it. I won't even donate it to a thrift store for fear that some family may look forward to using it only to be at least as disappointed and frustrated as I was. Do NOT purchase this DVD player unless you're a glutton for punishment.
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Summary: Piece of JUNK!!!!!!!
Review: This was my first stand-alone DVD player and what a disappointment is has been. A horrendous amount of skipping occurs until the DVD stops playing altogether. Probably put together by slave laborers working for a few pennies a day in Red China and it certainly shows it.
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Summary: Piece of JUNK!!!!!!!
Review: This was my first stand-alone DVD player and what a disappointment is has been. A horrendous amount of skipping occurs until the DVD stops playing altogether. Probably put together by slave laborers working for a few pennies a day in Red China and it certainly shows it.
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Summary: Late Review But In Full Agreement
Review: Unfortunately my wife and I purchased this "product" without reading the posted reviews here. ALL are entirely accurate! I cannot calculate how many hours I have spent trying to figure out what is wrong. No loading, skipping, freezing, not OPENING when it freezes, all down the line, combined with 100 trips to and from the video stores to exchange their "defective" DVDs. My wife was firmly of the belief the DVDs were just "dirty" but I finally decided (this agrees with one of the reviewers) there is a balance problem in the drawer. When there is a no-load, jiggling/adjusting the drawer sometimes (not always) fixes it, but only until the next time, and will not stop the freezing problems. If my wife had a dime for every time I said "this thing is a piece of @&*!" she would be a millionaire. This is very late but if this product is still on the market in ANY form stay many miles away. And Philips' arrogant lack of response (as reported; I have no personal experience here) is virtually criminal in this day and age.
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Summary: Late Review But In Full Agreement
Review: Unfortunately my wife and I purchased this "product" without reading the posted reviews here. ALL are entirely accurate! I cannot calculate how many hours I have spent trying to figure out what is wrong. No loading, skipping, freezing, not OPENING when it freezes, all down the line, combined with 100 trips to and from the video stores to exchange their "defective" DVDs. My wife was firmly of the belief the DVDs were just "dirty" but I finally decided (this agrees with one of the reviewers) there is a balance problem in the drawer. When there is a no-load, jiggling/adjusting the drawer sometimes (not always) fixes it, but only until the next time, and will not stop the freezing problems. If my wife had a dime for every time I said "this thing is a piece of @&*!" she would be a millionaire. This is very late but if this product is still on the market in ANY form stay many miles away. And Philips' arrogant lack of response (as reported; I have no personal experience here) is virtually criminal in this day and age.
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Summary: Beware of this 5-disc DVD changer - Zero Stars Rating
Review: Unfortunately, this is an example of deceptive advertising on the part of Philips.It is billed as a 5-disc DVD changer. However, it is a ***manual*** changer. You have to physically press a button on the unit itself or the remote control to get the unit to play the next disc in the sequence. It will not automatically go to the next disc. Further, the unit's internal programming is poorly done. It can take over 60 seconds for the unit to respond to a command, such as: open the disc drawer to insert/remove a CD or DVD, or to simply load a CD or DVD to play. This is a very poorly designed unit, with very poor performance in terms of its user interface. I certainly would not recommend this unit to anyone wishing to purchase a multi-disc DVD/CD changer, regardless of the price offered.
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Summary: What a disappointment.
Review: We purchased a 5-Disc changer from Media Play-Phillips Brand. We did not pay the extra $ for the extended warranty and I'm glad because we would have only wasted more than the [money] already paid. I have never watched a DVD without having to spend 10 minutes trying to get it to work again. Now I can't even play CD's without opening and closing the tray at least 15 times-When it does finally load-It needs to load again and again... Please, take my advice and buy ANY OTHER brand. What a headache and [money]dollars down the drain.
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