Sharp DV740U DVD Player

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Summary: Stutters
Review: I recently received this DVD player as A gift. It was my first player, and it almost made me think this whole DVD thing was a scam! Do all DVD players act like this? Fortunatly I have found out that they do not. No matter what movie I put in the player freezes and stutters after about an hour into it. It's enough to drive you crazy. After talking to some knowledgable people, and doing some research, I have found that this is a common problem with this player. It's to bad, the player has some very nice features, but they are worthless if the player doesn't perform it's basic function...PLAYING A DVD...without stuttering and freezing up. I will definatly be returning it for another brand. ...

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Summary: Low Quality!!!
Review: I'm a big fan of Sharp electronics but this one has nothing to do with the rest of their products. Looks good and the features are awesome, but the quality is extremely poor. I personaly have problems with the disc loader: it only plays audio CDs. Most DVDs and all of CDRs result in "NO DISC" message. Unlike other people I have not experienced freezing picture or stuterring, but I could only play a few DVDs.

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Summary: Mine works fine!
Review: picture quality is good and i have no problems with freezing. Just lucky i guess!

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Summary: freezing picture
Review: Same problem as everyone else picture starts freezing half way through the movie and gets worse as you get towards the end of the movie.

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Summary: Untrustable
Review: This DVD player is not worth the money! Please do not expect a good DVD player. This player not only stalls about an hour into the movie. It ALSO has a problem with brightness. Throughout the film. Everything 30 seconds the movie goes from BRIGHT to DARK!

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Summary: Dv-740U
Review: This is a great unit , one of the best out there. Also has great looks and features. As far as the skipping problems other customers had, I would recommend that they complain to thier rental shop. It is the DVD quality , not the player, that causes these problems. In fact,I have had DVD's skip in other units but not skip in the DV-740U(it has superior laser design). In all the DVD's I have ever rented, About 70% of them skip. DVD's are very fragile when it comes to magnets and electric fields, ect. The info(bits) are easily lost.

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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS DVD PLAYER. PERIOD.
Review: This is a warning to all of those people who are interest in this Sharp dvd player. I purchase one of this dvd player and it would not work. The problem is that this dvd player only skips and freezes even when it is on the first movie. I exchange it for the second version. Same problem. I exchange it for the third version. Same thing. It only skips and freezes after only playing it for an hour... 95% of Sharp DV740U dvd players need to be refund or exchange. So my advice to you is to not to purchase this dvd player. I just wrote a letter to Sharp Corporation to explain that Sharp should stop selling it to retail store or online until the problem is solve.Other than that this dvd player has cool styling and features for an exceptionally low price.