Customer Reviews

Coby DVD-207 Compact DVD Player

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3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(41)

 

 

I purchased a Coby DVD-207 locally from a retailer because of the awesome price. They had it with a $20 mail in rebate that made it a hard deal to pass up. I purchased one and quickly went back to my dorm room to set it up. While unpacking it from the cardboard I noted that the entire unit feels rather flimsy. I was easily able to get the wires plugged in, and I started it up. I put a normal, store purchased DVD in and turned the unit on. There were some grinding noises from within the unit and it took between 3-5 seconds before it started playback. During playback the audio and video would randomly skip, making the movie all but unwatchable. I put the DVD into my laptop and it played back without any issues. I tried several other DVDs and audio cds and found them all to have the same playback problem. I quickly called the store back and spoke to the manager, they said that several people had the same problem with this model and they would exchange it for in store credit. So, after only owning it for a few hours, it went back to the store. I am glad I dodged that bullet and got rid of it before it died and was not in the store's warranty. If you read the warranty information from Coby when you unpack the unit, you will realize that they don't have any interest in fixing or replacing a defective unit (My unit's warranty required that I pay for shipment both ways and also pay a fee for returning a defective unit...) By that point, to get a replacement for a broken unit, you end up paying more than you did in the first place. Do yourself a favor, spend a bit more money and get something that is higher quality, it will last longer and larger companies have more consumer friendly return policies.

I bought this DVD player thinking that I would give it as a gift to my friend. AS of March 8/9 2005, it still says pre-order but 5 minutes after a checked-out, it's status is already shipping soon. I guess it was shipped on the same day because I received the item by March 11.

So, I opened the box and set-up it up.. it's so small, I love it. The media that I tried was DVDr and the picture at the TV was ok but there would be some milisecond stop from time to time. It seemed that the DVD could not read smoothly the media on it. And the dvd makes a loud noise. You can hear the disc spinning inside it 8 feet away from it. If it's not the DVD, it should be something else.

All in all I would not suggest the DVD to be your main DVD player. Its performance is mediocre. I'll keep mine however as a spare in case of DVD player emergency :-) . For 32 bucks, it's worth keeping it. I'll try to find another another dvd player for my gift to my friend though.

I bought this item because I had a special space requirement that benefited from this unusual top load design. The unit would not select tracks, skipped over the menu screen, and made the aforementioned grinding noises. I took the same DVD-R and it played flawlessly on my one year old Sony DVD player. This is my first Amazon return despite many purchases. Not worth your time even for the $19.99 I paid with free shipping and I guess the manufacturer agrees. The in-warranty repair requires pre-paid shipping and $6 to cover return shipping so by the time you pay to ship the item, a warranty repair costs more than half the item cost.

I purchased this player via the net and in my opinion it's not worth it... but for the price what do you expect.... true to the fact it plays everything...but it skips and sticks alot....i even tried a brand new dvd out of the wrapping and it sticked....it's not worth it.....

i hate this thing! i can't return it or coby won't replace it. when i put a dvd in, it reads the disk and then it will say crazy stuff like 'open' or 'no disk'. no other dvd player will do this, becuase this is a cheap piece of crap! i bought it because it's so small, and the price was really low. well, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR! this was a total waste of my money, i can't get it fixed and i can't sell it knowing what a piece of crap it is. i would like to break it into a million pieces to relieve my frustration with it.

I have been using this for more than a month and i feel it depends on the individual to go for it or not .

Pros :
1. Cheap
2. Easy insallation
3. complete set

Cons :
1. Lil scratch and it wont play
2. Heats up real quick and has problems due to that at the end of movie as it is more than an hour .
3.very unreliable piece of dvd player will play when it like , someday it will play the same dvd and other day it will say not detected .

so if u just want a rough dvd player go for it or else wait for some good deals .BUT DEFENITLY WORTH OF THE MONEY. u can ge this as the second one or so .

If you particularly delight in endless hours of frustrated fun attempting to watch a movie in halting four minute stints, then RUN - don't walk - to buy this little bugger! You're in for a real treat with Coby's compact gem of electronic futility - I bought one, attracted by the cheap price and small size. I wasn't expecting it to last or be top quality, but I definitely was expecting to be able to watch my movies! Alas, expecting it to play DVD's was asking too much of this little DVD player; and it proceeded to die before I got through my first flick! When the picture began to pixilate and hesitate a bit, I of course concluded that I was attempting to play an overly grungy or scratched DVD, but after trying five different brand new DVDs, the fun began in earnest! It completely froze again and again (the manufacturer's instructions recommend unplugging it for a half an hour and trying again - how convenient!), it skipped to random points of the movie, seemed to delight in utterly ignoring my attempts to use the chapter functions on all of my DVD's, and then, to my immense joy, the entire screen exploded, like Fourth of July fireworks, into delightful squares of unidentifiable pixilation. This little player was almost spectacular in its uselessness. Another Brady Bunch lesson learned: it's always worthwhile to pay a bit more to get something that will actually function. A big boo-hiss to Coby for selling such a crap player. Whilst it's true that one can procure one of these units with so little cash as to make them seem quite a bargain, I think a DVD player should be able to handle -and possibly even PLAY - a DVD. I'd give this thing two thumbs so far down I'm dragging my knuckles.

When I bought this player, I was impressed by the design and looks. After using it for less than a month, its started showing the disc reading issues. Even if a new DVD is put in the player,and the top is closed it says close top. Then its giving reading issues with almost all DVD's. It took me only a month to buy new DVD player. This is the last COBY product I will ever buy.

Got this one at Amazon and from the beginning, it is picky about the DVDs you put in. The picture is just unacceptable. Sure enough, within 2 months of time, it won't even play no more. What a piece of sh**. NEVER BUY COBY, biggest loser maker in the world.

When I first purchased it, i thought it was a nice size for my room. But after having it for about a month, i began to realize what a piece of crap this dvd player is. Trying to watch a dvd on this thing is like playing Russian Roulette...it may work, it may not. And don't even think about watching two dvds in one night, and viewing a tv show on dvd is out of the question. It's a cute and tiny little dvd, but it's a moody biotch, but you get what you pay for.