Coby DVD925 DVD Player W/Home Theatre System 5 1.5 Speakers

by Coby

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 30 pounds
• ASIN: B0009NZJ6I
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2007

Product Description

Features:

Progressive Scan DVD Player

5.1 Channel System

Plays DVD/MP3/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/Kodak Picture CD

Compatible with PAL/NTSC

Multiple Subtitles/Viewing Angle

Convenient On Screen Display

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Coby DVD Home Theate System Review, September 26, 2005

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This review is from: Coby DVD925 DVD Player W/Home Theatre System 5 1.5 Speakers (Electronics)

There certainly is a lot of stuff in the box for the money.

1. The remote is touted to be a full function remote, but it has no on/off control. That can only be accomplished by pressing the on/off button on the receiver.

2. The unit is advertised as a surround sound home theater system. It is....to an extent. The surround sound only functions when you are watching a DVD in the built-in DVD player. So, if you have, say, Direct TV or the Dish Network and you want to send the signal through this receiver for surround sound in either of the Alt 1. or Alt 2. inputs (the only inputs available) then you are out of luck. The receiver defaults to two channel amplification...stereo only, no surround sound. There is no way to send the signal through the Dolby algorithm.

3. There is a way to send pink noise to each of the speakers, but you can't adjust the volume to each speaker to "tune" them to the viewing room.

4. There is no tone control! Can you imagine? Factory set and that's that.

Having said all this, if you can live with the limitations, the unit looks and feels like a good piece of equipment. You can't beat the price.