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Summary: If you want a DVD player...that WILL BREAK!
Review: I today had to send back my MDP-5860 model to the company. The DVD player screen stopped showing movies today. I called the company and apparently the 586x models are all having this problems and they are all being recalled back. Worst thing yet: I have to pay for shipping to send it back to them so that they can send me the EXACT same player back. Definitely NOT WORTH THE HASSLE. I'm going out today and buying myself a Toshiba or Sony; those brands, at least, you can trust.
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Summary: How Frustrating
Review: I took this on a trip and much to my horror, it worked for about 20 minutes and then frooze up again and again and again! I got it to work again for about another 20 minutes and then that was it. If I could have opened the window of the plane, I would have thrown it out. Check out the Initial ones. They seem to be better quality at a value price.
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Summary: Where's the picture?
Review: I've had the Mintek DVD player for ONLY 6 months and it just died. It still has audio, however no picture! I just learned that it's not returnable. I'll buy a name brand next time.
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Summary: NO STARS, DON'T BUY, DON'T BUY
Review: IT WOULD BE A NICE UNIT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT IT WONT PLAY. A BRAND NEW DVD THAT I ORDERED WITH IT GAVE THE "NO DISK ERROR". AND RENTAL DISKS SHUT DOWN AND REFUSED TO PLAY AGAIN....BAD, BAD, BADGET A BRAND WE'VE ALL HEARD OF LIKE SONY OR TOSHIBA....ITS JUST NOT WORTH THE HEADACHE.....GAME OVER\ :(
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Summary: Screen died <1 year in
Review: Like a number of other reviewers before me, this unit has a problem with the backlight dying. There is still a picture, but on an LCD with no backlight you can't tell. I won't even comment on other features, since if there is no picture after less than 1 year, who cares? Very disappointing. This thing came in handy during long car trips, and we're flying this weekend with multiple connections. Now my 4 year old is going to be bouncing off the walls for 5 hours. Thanks, Mintek.
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Summary: Horrible company!
Review: Luckily for me, I did not spend any money on this horrible little dvd player. I got it for Christmas from my in-laws who got it free with the purchase of their tv. I have two kids and brought it in the car for our long trips to visit my parents. Well it was fine the first trip. I also use it up stairs as a dvd player. ITs actually worked well for me so far. ' My last trip this past weekend..it kept starting over the movie the kids were watching..then it just stopped working. I use the car charger for it. When i got to my parents, I used the ac adaptor and it worked fine. So it was the car charger that must have broke. So i went to Best buy, Circuit city and radio shack. No one had this charger. The radio shack guy told me if i used any other charger it will fry the player. He said for some reason Mintek didn't make the charger like the other companies. I think it is 12v and an output of 10v..which no one carries. He told me to check out the website and order it. Well to my dismay..mintek doesn't seem to have a website and no way of getting a hold of them. So if you decide to buy this player...watch out ..if anything goes wrong with it..the company is impossible to get a hold of!
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Okay, first you have to remember, this you are buying a portable DVD play for under $200. I got mine about a year and a half ago and it works fine. Am I expecting a grand presentation? Nope, just something that works for long car rides - and it does the job. My one concern is that if something broke, I would not be able to get it fixed. I guess that is a valid concern. But, note, I have not had a problem with this machine so far. I did lose my AC adapter but I just bought one of those adapters, that turns your car plug into a regular plug, for my car and it works out just fine.
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Summary: No Joy From the Start!!!
Review: On day 1 we began to have problems with this unit. We have had it for only three days adjusting the settings but the picture continues to freeze randomly. New DVDs old DVDs whatever. I have e-mailed Mintek 2 weeks ago with no reply. I will be asking for a full refund not a replacment!! I am not a happy customer. We have not yet been able to see an entire movie w/o the picture freezing or getting the loading message for long periods of time. Also sometimes the thing just fails and displays nothing but a blue screen. See review number 6 (tinyandi from Philadelphia). They seem to have the same probelms as me and say this model MDP-5861 is being recalled. Sorry this ones a dud.
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Summary: Poor Quality
Review: Please think twice before you buy this product. After just 2 movies viewed, it began freezing up. Soon after that, it would just spin the disc without playing it or recognising any of the commands. This happened no matter what disc we used. We were fortunate enough to be able to return it to the store right away, but we won't be spending our money on a Mintek product again at any price.
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Summary: Watch out for their customer service
Review: The product worked nicely - easy to set up and use, nice picture and sound. But I purchased this portable DVD player in August. Within a month I had to send it back for repairs, as the power connection and headphone connection jacks were loose. I was lied to three times by the customer service department who said my unit shipped and then it turned out it didn't. By the time I receive the supposedly new unit, I will have been without it for nearly 2 months because of their poor customer service. Watch out!
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