RCA RC5220P DVD Player

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Summary: Great player for a great price
Review: Being DVD is relatively new i didn't want to go overboard on a high end model that cannot give me a sharper picture or sound. Having read some of the reviews, I'm holding my breath. I've had mine 2 months now and so far..so good. Not one problem. In comparion to the VCR, i was amazed at how vibrant the colors were and the clarity of the picture vs. a VCR. One must have a TV that delivers about 500 lines of resolution to fully appreciate the clarity of the DVD player.

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Summary: You get what you pay for - or do you?
Review: As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. I bought the RCA model for one reason - it was the cheapest model available at the time. I thought that I was getting a good deal; I could watch DVD movies without scraping too deep into my bank account. After about four months of concervative use, my player started to freeze during movies and then shut itself off. After doing this for a while, the performance degenerated to the point where it wouldn't even stay on for longer than fifteen seconds after I turned it on. Customer service was a joke; so I was stuck with a piece of electronic equipment that didn't do anything. I gave up on it and let it sit for a while (back to VHS) and then I decided to plug it in and see if it would work after its vacation. It does work off and on, but it is very unpredictable. I couldn't invite guests over to watch a movie because there would be no certainty that it would work when they arrived. When I bought the cheaper model, I expected it to lack some features found in the more expensive players and maybee not last as long, but a four month life span for any kind of electronic equipment is rediculous. Incidently, I have decided to put up with the sporadic perfomance until I can afford one of those trick hand-held DVD players!

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Summary: A Great DVD Player!
Review: This DVD player Rocks! I have no trouble with it so I do not know what all the fuss is about. The video is outstanding and the sound is great too. I do not even have surround sound, just a JVC stereo and it sounds great! I would definately recommend this player to anyone. And who cares about the chapter display. No one stares at that during the movie anyway. This player is a great value!

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Summary: The Poor Reviews are True
Review: As mentioned in previous reviews the system does crash in a consistent manner. Mine took a year to fail, but it freezes after several minutes of play and the chapter selection fails completely. Also, Thompson Electronics, the service support for RCA, is expensive and provides very poor service. Their solution to fixing my problem is to send a refurished system without even looking at my system. They cannot send a new system, since RCA stopped producing this product. I think that should indicate something.

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Summary: Stay Away From RCA DVD
Review: Stay away from RCA DVD players-the player which I have owned for 2 years has broken (despite my going to extreme steps to take care of it), and just now, I am discovering that many other people are complaining of the same problems with their RCA player. Movies will not play all the way through, and the chapter search just goes bersek when you try to use it. By the way, the RCA people are of no help when you call customer service-all they tell you is that it will cost $170 just to have it looked at (when I could practically buy a new player for that price). As soon as I get the money, I'm buying a Sony Player, which is what I should have gotten to begin with.

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Summary: No problems here
Review: Given that I've received nothing but top-notch performance from this product, it's distressing to see so many negative reviews from others. I've fed it the most sophisticated discs I can find (including "A Bug's Life: Collector's Edition") and have had no problems. I suspect poor quality control on RCA's part. Based solely on my own experience, however, I give it five stars for video and audio quality and overall performance, and dock it one star for the lack of the generally common zoom feature and front panel chapter display (laserdisc owners can identify with the latter). Overall, an excellent player and an excellent buy.

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Summary: FAR from good
Review: We bought this unit when it first came out. It was good in the beginning and then it just ate it. It would freeze up and pixelate(is that how you spell it? If the player was any good, I wouldn't have to worry about spelling words like this). Some movies worked well and others didn't get through the opening menu. I bought a lens cleaner and a scratch repair kit...it didn't help..this was the beginning of my denial stage. Then I admitted to the fact that it was the dvd player. I'm looking for some closure here! But reading all these reviews isn't helping any. Oh wells, I guess I'll just add buying a dvd player every year to my fixed expenses..just like car insurance.

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Summary: BEST DVD VALUE AROUND
Review: There are some pretty nasty reviews about the RCA RC5220P DVD player. I just want to say that I have had mine for four months now, and it has not had one single problem, and I am glad I decided to purchase this brand. Most reviews say that it will crash after two months, if this is true than mine is two months past due. And my family and I use it quite regularly, so it's not just sitting on the shelf. I am certainly getting my moneys worth out of it. The picture quality is outstanding. The sound is the best. It is also very quick when loading a movie. Pop in the movie and it is loaded in about 2 seconds. The same quick speed goes for when you skip to a chapter. Overall, I'd like to also point out that this DVD player may be cheap in price, but it definitely is not cheap in performance.

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Summary: Please read this review so you don't make the same mistake!
Review: When I bought this player I thought what the heck, what couldgo wrong with it. besides the mechanical problems, it is an inferiormachine. the eject button is right next to the stop button, so if your fingers slip a touch, you have to close the tray again and find where you left off in the movie, therefore another awful problem: it won't remember where you left off at! the booklet came apart in two days. it was half-#$! attached by two staples. and if the machine is unplugged, you have to reprogam your remote for your television, because it'll forget the code! it started screwing up on the matrix and I took it in to exchange it, since I bought the extended warrenty. needless to say it is heading off to the shop, and thank god for the no-lemon policy! because I WILL keep sending it back 'till I get what I want. when I was at the service desk, I saw a panasonic and a sony DVD player brought in around the same time. it's too late for me, but my advice to those who want a dvd now, please wait. it's a new technology and many things are wrong with it...if you must buy one, DO NOT BUY THIS DVD PLAYER. the price may be attractive, but it is garbage. stick to the two best names: JVC and sony. i regret for not waiting longer and making a more intellegent decision. RESEARCH! don't get information from the sales people, read magazines and go to independent websites for the best player.(i told them to test a bugs life on it to see if it would mess up!)

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Summary: Great beginners DVD player
Review: After reading the reviews here I was very skeptical about purchasing this unit. I have several RCA components and wanted RCA because their stuff works so well together. Sure enough, we bought the unit, plugged it in, and our existing RCA TV remote started controlling the DVD player without a hitch (of course the remote that comes with the DVD unit also controlled all of our other RCA units without a hitch too). We even rented Bugs life to make sure ours wasn't one of the "bad" units. Everything worked fine, even in wide screen mode!