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Summary: "Broke" sonic
Review: After reading the glowing reviews about this product, I, too, bought this player. Now after only 7 months use, the the DVD player starts and stops, stutters every few seconds. None of my (newly purchased from Amazon) DVDs will now play all the way through without this truly aggravating display.
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Summary: I love this thing!
Review: DVD & VCR - the best of both worlds. This makes my life much simpler - fewer wires, takes up less space, and provides me with quality visual. Costs less than most DVD players and helped me upgrade from a really old VCR system. I don't have to switch back and forth between DVD & VCR viewing systems like most of my friends - and I don't have to keep another remote laying around the living room!If you're not familiar with Broksonic, you should definitely give this guy a chance. You can't beat the quality for the price.
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Summary: VCR Stopped Working after 4 months
Review: DVD still works, but VCR only plays static like the tracking is broken. Avoid this unit.
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Summary: "Broke" sonic
Review: I am horrible at buying gifts. Last year I bought my mother a DVD player that she used about 3 times and complained about for the rest of the year because she couldn't work it. This was a perfect choice for her.
This Broksonic DVD/VCR is so easy to use. If you aren't familiar with all those red/yellow/white cables and what to do with them. This one can plug directly into cable ready tv's with a normal tv cable. That was something I didn't think of when buying it. I'd only read the reviews that it worked well. The ease of installation as well as operation makes this perfect for anyone. It is the perfect addition for those that aren't electronic's savvy or just want one unit instead of two. It's got a good clear picture and easy to read remote and menus.
As someone else mentioned this would be great for your children's dvd's. For the price it's a good buy. It's a basic system without a lot of the extras the others have but it works well.
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Summary: Price is right:)
Review: I am horrible at buying gifts. Last year I bought my mother a DVD player that she used about 3 times and complained about for the rest of the year because she couldn't work it. This was a perfect choice for her.
This Broksonic DVD/VCR is so easy to use. If you aren't familiar with all those red/yellow/white cables and what to do with them. This one can plug directly into cable ready tv's with a normal tv cable. That was something I didn't think of when buying it. I'd only read the reviews that it worked well. The ease of installation as well as operation makes this perfect for anyone. It is the perfect addition for those that aren't electronic's savvy or just want one unit instead of two. It's got a good clear picture and easy to read remote and menus.
As someone else mentioned this would be great for your children's dvd's. For the price it's a good buy. It's a basic system without a lot of the extras the others have but it works well.
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Summary: Great DVD/VCR Combo - even better price
Review: I bought this at Circuit City for $... with a $... mail in rebate. I figured it is worth $... for either one of the functions, not to mention both. The remote control is nicely laid out and easy to use. The VCR's record and playback quaility is excellent. The only complaint I have with the VCR is that when setting up a timed recording, you cannot use the number keypad to select the channel, you have to use a plus and minus key to sequentially go up or down. Other than that it is perfect. The DVD player also has excellent picture quailty and the zoom works great too. It allows me to push the skip button to avoid the long wait times for the copyright screen, etc. It also keeps track where I left off if I have to stop the movie and even power off. If you eject it will loose it's place however. It doesn't skip on any of my scratched DVD's like my old player did. I'm very pleased with the product and would recommend to anyone even if price was more.
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Summary: BEWARE
Review: I liked this DVD/VHS player at first, but I have just started to realize in the past 2 or 3 weeks that it has started to scratch my DVD's. Just bought a brand new DVD yesterday and its already scratched up.
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Summary: BEWARE
Review: I liked this DVD/VHS player at first, but I have just started to realize in the past 2 or 3 weeks that it has started to scratch my DVD's. Just bought a brand new DVD yesterday and its already scratched up.
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Summary: DVD Fault Seems To Be Common Problem
Review: I live in the U.K. This item was reduced from £120 (approx $225) to £70 ($131).
At first, I loved it. Easy to use, program and understand and as it was a combined unit, I got rid of some wires and found some space. But then..........
This machine is locked to Region 2, which is the region for the U.K. It will not play anything else, apart from shop bought dvd's. The machine does not allow the dvd's to be copied by the video part of the machine, which I have found out recently that the higher priced, branded products can do.
A few days ago, the machine started taking a long time to read the dvd disc, as it was loading. All of a sudden, it displays 'incorrect disc', even though the discs I am trying to play have played in the machine previously and are region 2, where I live.
I cannot play ANY disc on this machine. Since the machine has failed me, I have looked for hints and tips on the net, to see if this problem can be remedied, but the more I look, the more it seems to be a common problem with the BROKSONIC DVCR 810 that the DVD packs up after 4-6 months.
Can anyone help me with this problem ?
If the dvd hadn't stopped working, I would have given this machine 4/5. the reason being that it has always been a bit noisy when reading discs.
Good Luck if you go for one of these. If you get a good one, you're laughing.
I cannot find a Broksonic Homepage ANYWHERE on the net to get advice or help !!
Thank you very much !!
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Summary: SKEPTICLE, yet took the GAMBLE!
Review: I needed a combo VCR/DVD because of my extensive Disney VHS movie collection I accumulated while growing up. Now my daughter watches these movies. I was tired of going back and forth from DVD to VCR-because the DVD player was in the living room, while the VCR was in her room. She has some Scooby movies that are on DVD and it seemed she always wanted to watch them while I was watching something on our t.v. in the living room. So I went on a mission to get a combination and move the DVD player to her room and as parents we could have the combo in the living room--only these combos were SO EXPENSIVE! The cheapest I found was an EMERSON and I have had problems with EMERSON products in the past so I opted not to drop [money] on it. I wanted the SONY, yet it was [money]. Yikes! Just when I was about to give up I just so happened to pass by a box that had this BROKSONIC combo inside. I had never heard of it ... I was skeptical-especially when I saw it was only [money]! I said what the heck and got it ... I am very pleased with it. You cannot beat [money] for both. It does rewind a little slow, but I think that is because DVDs are so convenient to stop and play where you want them-whereas a VHS you have to wait, and wait, and wait! GREAT BUY! GO FOR IT!!!!!
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