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Summary: SD-1700 Sound and Display
Review: Purchased July 2001 and was very happy with the performance for the first 12 months. Then disks started getting rejected with minimal, if any, damage to them. In the past 3 months, the display has gone (leaving only the OSD) and the sound is close to silent. Look at the other postings, see the same comments. I was a Toshiba fan until this purchase.
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Summary: laid to rest on November 6, 2003
Review: The sound is still there, but you need to turn the volume all the way up. Even then, it's barely audible. I feel terrible for nagging my husband to figure out what is wrong with the piece of junk. I received this as a gift but I will make sure to read reviews before purchasing a dvd player again. Do not buy this product.
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Summary: Bad sound card
Review: I bought this model in 12/01 based on Consumer Reports recommendation, and initially it worked great. We moved to Japan in June and after hooking everything up again, the sound was distorted. Had someone look at it and he said the left channel was distorted from a faulty sound card. Cost to repair? $180!Thankfully, I paid for this with VISA, so I will be filing a claim through their extended warranty program. The repairman looked at the back of the player where it said "Made in China" and said that was the problem. If it's made in Germany or Japan, he said, then the quality is good. Perhaps overall, Toshiba does OK with repair ratings, but it's clear this particular model has some issues.
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Summary: I wish these reviews were here when I bought it!
Review: I thought this was the best cheap DVD player for the money, but now I realize it was just CHEAP. Mine also worked for only 5 viewings, then the digital display disappeared and the sound no longer works. I have tried hooking it up to several TVs in my home, all with the same result. Of course it's past warranty and not worth the $ to fix. I'll be trashing it.
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Summary: Pass on this one..
Review: I bought the SD-1700 in November, 2001, gave it as a Christmas gift a month later, and it stopped working three months after that. Toshiba paid to have it fixed even though it was out of the 90 day warranty period. It worked fine for another 18 months and then stopped working again this week. No power, no nothing. I'm buying a Sony to replace it.
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Summary: Mine died too
Review: Just wanted to add to the stories of people who got burned by this player. We bought this for my mother in law who used it a grand total of 4-5 times over the course of about six months before it died completely. The company really should step up and make this right for those of us affected but the likelyhood that they will without legal action is small.
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Summary: Its Dead!
Review: Don't be fooled! I did my research and bought the best DVD player, with the best features, at the best price last year. It got good reviews and everyone seemed happy and initially I was happy. Now a year later, its dead, and it looks like everyone else's died too. My power supply went, and the unit just won't even start. Don't buy it. There is no excuse for a product that lasts a year. No excuse. It looks like a manufacturing defect. This really should be a class action suit or something!
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Summary: SD1700 Toshiba DVD
Review: I bought this player in August of 2001. I have yet to have one single problem with it. I had a Samsung 511 which was bad from day one and went bad three weeks after being "repaired." As far as features go, I am not one of those that needs a DVD player or TV or VCR that does everything short of making dinner. So everything is fine. I rarely use most of the extra features. As an owner of 50 DVDs and a renter of about a dozen DVDs a year I say this machine performs flawlessly.
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Summary: 2 out of 3 of these for Christmas presents died in 1 year.
Review: My husband and I gave this DVD player as 'family' gifts. By the next Christmas 2 out of the 3 had problems; audio died on one and the video on the other. The third is hanging in there but we were disappointed.
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Summary: garbage
Review: Just like 90% of the other reviewers, my unit worked fine for just over a year of light use (ie. for the term of the warrantee) before the audio failed. You get what you pay for, I guess.
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