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Summary: DVD Dud
Review: I bought this DVD player a little over a year ago. We only rented about 30 DVDs from the local video store during the year. Now the DVD player does not work properly... video is OK, but audio does not work unless Enhanced Dialog is set with maximum volume on the TV. Also, the front display no longer works. Repair estimate is [$$$], more than the cost of a new, similar model. I don't recommend this product!
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Summary: I guess I should feel lucky
Review: After reading everyone else's reviews I feel lucky that I was able to use mine for 2 1/2 years before the audio stopped working. That will be my last Toshiba product.
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Summary: Defective Product--avoid!
Review: The sound on this DVD player went out after one year. After researching the problem, I learned that this is a common experience with this particular model (see cnet.com). And, apparently an unfixable one.
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Summary: No longer satisfied
Review: OK, it's now 13 months after my purchase. This was a backup DVD player, and gets used a couple times a month at best. It usually sits on the spare TV and doesn't have much use. The sound has gone out completely. I've tried it on two TVs and nothing. Just out of warranty, too. Pass on this one and look elsewhere.
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Summary: Good player....until it died
Review: Thanks to a number of announced and then-new DVD releases, 2001 was the year that I made my decision to invest in a DVD player, with the proverbial Christmas wad of dough. Doing research, I decided to buy either this model or a Panasonic (as they were the best choices available at my place of employment). When the time came, this was the only one of my choices in stock, and it worked wonderfully, as I purchased (and played) *a lot* of discs for it.Problem is, the power supply died one night (about a month after the warranty expired, and mere days before a number of shows I like were to be released on DVD), much like what's happened to a number of other reviews. Apparently, this model's power supply is universally defective, a shame given the general high quality of the Toshiba name.
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Summary: It needs an accessory hand-crank.
Review: ~ I would avoid this unit. Less than a year after I purchased this DVD player our house power went out, which is not uncommon for our area. Even though the SD-1700 unit was plugged into a surge suppressor, the power supply fried when the house power came back on. Interestingly, all our other electronic equipment fared well; this unit was the only one damaged. Working through a warranty repair contractor in Cary, NC was an absolute nightmare. They held my player for ransom, even though Toshiba paid for all repairs, and it was only by *my* going back and forth with Toshiba and the repair center that I was able to get the unit back at all. Last night during another power outage, the SD-1700 power supply fried again. Sigh... I'm just not inclined to go through this process again. 2 stars: I have to give credit to Toshiba's responsive support organization, and for the fact that when this player works, it was a fine little unit that did everything I needed it to do. Otherwise, 1 star... a DVD player shouldn't need a UPS device to protect it! - R. Hanson
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Summary: JUNK
Review: This unit is one of those that shouldn't have ever been made. I took excellent care of it, and still couldn't get 10 months out of it. This was the worst experience I have ever had with any electronics unit.I feel like breaking the hand I used to pay for this piece of garbage..nuff said?
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Summary: Even at the price being offered, stay away
Review: This Exxon Valdez of a DVD player blew out an audio circuit after 14 months of use. Up until it blew the circuit it played fine. I've had good luck with many Toshiba products (my Toshiba tv is nearly 15 years old) but I won't deal with them anymore.
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Summary: display and sound broke after ~9 months
Review: The display and sound on this unit broke after about 9 months of fairly light usage. Reading the reviews on amazon, it seems this is not an uncommon problem for this, and other, Toshiba DVD players. However, a few e-mails, phone calls and faxes to Toshiba and they had it repaired for me under full warranty (no cost to me). Evidently it's a problem with the power supply -- a few capacitors had to be replaced. The shop did it while I waited. Thanks Toshiba for the good service! Other than that, the unit has perfomed fine.
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Summary: Don't Purchase This Item
Review: At the one year mark, it died. It wouldn't turn on. I opened it up and saw that the fuse was blown. I replaced the fuse and as soon as I plugged the power cord back in the newly inserted fuse blew. I was able to determine that the PC Power board inside the unit had a short in it. I tried to order a new board for it. [...]
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