Koss DVP2161 Compact DVD with MP3/CD Player

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Summary: good enough!!
Review: This DVD player is great! I don't understand why people are saying that it overheats very easily. Mine has never done it. Oh and for the freezing up of the picture...sorry to say it but that's just the dvd. Mine froze up and started skipping one time so I just took it out and wiped the back off with my shirt...I popped it back in at the same point and it was fine! And I have to agree that it is VERY compatible and lightweight. I would definitely recommend this product to interested buyers!

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Summary: Buyer Beware!
Review: I just purchased and received a Koss DVP2161 to use in our travel trailer. Thought it would be a great addition to our AC/DC TV/VCR and the size of the unit was perfect for the limitted space we have. It can also be run off of a 12 cigarette plug adaptor (not included) which is nice when your boondocking without AC power.<br />Upon opening the package my first impression was Wow! This is a really nice little unit and the remote is full-featured too. Unfortunately after setting it up and trying to play any of the four different brands of DVD-R's I've used to backup my original DVD collection with, (supposedly the most compatable recordable DVD media format)it will not play any! I tried about 20 and all I get is a No Disc notification. It should say No Dice. It will play any of my originals without a glitch, but the idea of using my archive discs on dusty camping trips isn't an option. This is really a let down and the unit is already repackaged and being returned for a refund. I've heard of similar problems with a couple other brands of compact AC/DC players like this one also, so I guess we'll just go without until someone out there decides to make one that's reliable and it gets all Good Reviews.

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Summary: WORST BUY EVER!!!!!
Review: I work for a company that bought 40 of these for an art installation. ALL 40 have needed to be replaced within 2 months of use. Yes, this may be cheap, but it is a waste of $, because it WILL break and need replacing. Don't buy it!!!

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Summary: horrible product not backed by anyone
Review: Daughter picked this product to buy with her gift certificate.
Problem dvd player by Koss only worked for two weeks. Not only
defective but, amazon.com does not refund nor exchange it, and no information to get Koss to refund or replace it. I may never buy anything from amazon.com again because you don't know what you can return til after the fact.
Very angry and disappointed in Amazon.com

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Summary: this product is horrible
Review: This product is horrible. I have had it for about 1 and a half months and it doesn't work. It recognizes that there is a DVD in there tries to load it and then says there is no disc. I tried this with every DVD in my collection and 1 out of 10 times it wont recognize that I am tryign to play a DVD. It is no fun when you rent a movie, try to watch it and the DVD player decides to not recognize the disc. Don't cheap out and buy this DVD player, it is nice and small but overall just sucks. I would rather have a huge DVD player that works all the time than this little one that never works when you want it to.

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Summary: Unreliable, made in China player
Review: I have liked this player for 3 months. However, right after the warranty period ended, the player stopped playing DVDs. It doesn't even play brand-new DVDs. I really regret this purchase.

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Summary: Koss: One Of The Least-Trusted Names In DVD Technology!
Review: Koss has a great reputation when it comes to headphones, but based on my experience with their DVD players I would never ever EVER turn to them again for consumer electronics equipment. They produce some of the most shoddily designed and assembled goods in the industry. The prices should tip you off, but again - good reputation on headphones, so you might think they'd continued the quality in these budget-priced electronics. Not so.

They overheat, reject brand new discs, cut sound out randomly, forget settings, and sometimes even block users from watching unrated discs as if they'd put a parental block on the system. They are also incapable of overlooking the most minor scuffs and fingerprints on DVDs that even other budget line models would read right through. Avoid these things at all costs, they are trash.

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Summary: Koss DVP2161 - Avoid this model with many issues!
Review: THE VERY FIRST DVD WE PLAYED STARTED SKIPPING ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH A 2 HOUR MOVIE.
It was so awful that we had to turn off the unit and waited about an hour to finish watching the movie. The next day we watched another movie and it did the same thing. Each time - I unplugged the power from the unit after turning it off. It's my own fault for only reading a few reviews about the Koss DVP2161 and I thinking, "Who knows, maybe I'll get a good player". Since I read about the overheating and skipping problems, we stacked 2 VCR tapes under each side of this model for adequate air circulation, but that didn't slow or stop the problem.
I've returned this unit and I've got my refund back, but I hope that nobody else wastes their time.

*THIS KOSS UNIT DOESN'T DESERVE ANY STARS - Koss should recall and fix this!!

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Summary: DVD Player that periodically works
Review: I'm always worrying whether or not this DVD player will play a DVD consistently. Sometimes it plays it, and sometimes it doesn't. If a DVD player can't do its basic function: play DVDs, and do it well, then what's the point? You might as well pay an extra $20 and get a DVD player that will play DVDs consistently without skipping!

This is definetly not worth the hassle.

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Summary: don't buy this player
Review: I have one of these and it will only read the occasional DVD. Terrible product.