Customer Reviews

Akai DVDS3500P Progressive-Scan DVD Player

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This is a very nice unit. I bought it for the bedroom and it ended up replacing the Sony unit in my family room. I use it every day and the Progressive scan makes all the picture difference in the world. Do yourself a favor and pick this unit over the no-name brands.

This DVD player is a big disappointment. First off, when you eject a DVD, the tray does not even clear the roof of the player the entire way, so if you have a 2 sided DVD, the top of it gets all scratched, and since they have yet to develop a scratch resistant DVD this is a very bad thing. Secondly, you can't even turn off the power with the remote, you have to use a manual button on the player itself that looks like it's from the '80s. [...] I'd highly suggest moving on to the next DVD player on your list.

This device is just lasting about a month, then video output is a problem. Usually products Amazon carrying are OK level for quality, but this is first time I had a bad experience.

I regret trying to save a little money by purchasing this model. It's okay for some discs, but any DVDs made by Universal show up blurry and wavy, and anything from Lion's Gate has the brightness fading in and out in ten second intervals from bleached out to almost black. Save yourself some money in the long run and buy a system from a more famous company.

The so-called "User's Manual" is miniscule and shows no connection for cable! Batteries supplied with remote control were dead - must be three or four years old! The only way I'll ever get it to work is to hire a technician! I'm surprised Amazon would carry this kind of junk!!!

I only watch movies once in blue moon, and so didn't want to invest in a fancy dvd player. I've had the product for half a year, and only watched a dozen or so movies in that time. And it is no longer working. Not to mention that I had to exchange the first one they sent me (wasn't working at all). The second one only lasted 6 months, and didn't work right either. I agree with another reviewer that brightness keeps going from very bright to very dark every 10 seconds or so, with most dvds.

This device doesn't tells you if it is on or off. The red light is always on, even the DVD is off. Its hard to view a movie: always fails the image, cutting scenes or jumping without any previous notice. It is a piece of crap.

Four stars for satisfaction, not absolute performance. I haven't found a region hack for the little Akai yet (I have other machines for that), and so far it won't play my old SVCDs acceptably (ditto). That said, it scores high for two things: Performance/price (when there's a $10 rebate) and adjustability-- the Akai is the only cheapie I know of that has BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST and SHARPNESS controls that actually do an effective and useful job. The Akai uses a Mediatek chipset (1379? looks like it) that many inexpensive DVD portables use, which means a simple GUI that's easy to navigate. That CONTRAST control comes in very handy with JPEG files, which tend to be very contrasty. So far (2 months) the machine has been reliable and easy to use. The remote is a step above the average cheapie too.

I've had this DVD player for a year and a half. Until an hour ago no problems. Nothing to complain about. I was watching a movie and paused it to go get a drink. When i came back from the kitchen and hit play it won't start again. Re-powered the machine and it won't read any disks anymore. I've kept it in pristine condition & did nothing that would cause such a problem.

My advice to you is to buy something better unless you want to come back to Amazon after aproximately a year looking for a new DVD player.

Started having problems after a year. DVD wouldn't play. When I attempt to play, it keeps flipping between 'Loading' and 'Open' for a while and finally it'd eject the DVD.