Customer Reviews

Daewoo DS2000N DVD Player (Silver)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

When I purchased this DVD player, I was looking for a DVD player that was cheap, and could play DVD's or VCD's. Basically, I needed a no frills DVD player for my bedroom and that is exactly what I got. We have a nicer Pioneer DVD player in our living room that is attached to our large television, which is much better than this Daewoo model.

An added unexpected bonus is that my wife uses the Daewoo in our bedroom to play music CD's while she reads.

Otherwise, there are a few things that leave me disappointed about this Daewoo DVD player. I don't think that it handles high speed action very well. It seems to have a little trouble playing the fight scenes in Episode 1, and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon without pixelizing a little. I forget which movie it was, but one we watched locked the DVD player up completely; we had to stop it and FF through that spot. I think that the remote is also laid out funny. The up/down, left/right buttons are at the very bottom left corner, instead of in the center of the remote, as many DVD remotes are set up. The DVD player is also a little big; it reminds me a little of a 1980's era VCR. Finally, I can't figure out how to turn the on-screen display off by default, even after looking through the users manual.

Each of these complaints about the DVD player and remote gives me a lukewarm feeling about it. Fortunately, all I wanted was a simple DVD player that could do the basic job, so I am satisfied with it.

Every DVD we tried freezes for a few seconds and then "catches up" but jumping ahead. This happens every few minutes throughout the movies. Definitely do not buy this item no matter how tempted you are by the price -- pay a little more, it will be well worth it!

Well i hooked it all up and it seemed to work somewhat perfectly for the first 6 movies or so...now...it will not play any of my dvd's. they freeze at every chapter, and the only way to resume the movie is to stop and play again. there's no luck in watching a dvd at a certain point, because it does nothing but freeze when i try to skip a chapter...ive tried totally disconnecting it and reconnecting...ive about had it with this thing. it plays CD's fine, but...i wasn't looking for a new CD player...what can i say. you get what you pay for...and thats what i get for being cheap.

First of all, I didn't buy off of Amazon but got the same price from Sams Club-and it's black. Mine works great. I especially like the MP3 playback, it handles folders like a Windows environment would. Just pick a folder and it will play the songs. DVDs and CDs as well as my CD-Rs play with no problem. Reading the other reviews make me think that it pretty much a Daewoo quality control issue.

So far I have tried to play Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, Jacob's Ladder, and The Big Lebowski, and periodically the picture freezes or slows down and the audio cuts out for a second. <Sigh.> I should have known better: you get what you pay for.

It is a nice unit except for the fact that it doesn't work. :-\
Nice remote, nice outputs (coax, optical, s-vhs).

I had to return 2 units because they refused to play DVDs properly -- lots of stuttering and pausing in DVDs like Romeo+Juliet. Spend a bit more and get something better.

Out of the box I had problems. No matter what discs I tried, DVD or CD, all I got was NO DISC on the display. From other reviews it would seem that this isn't uncommon, hopefully my replacement works. I am giving this 1 star only because they won't let me give it no stars.

I have had no problems whatsoever with this DVD player. It has played every DVD I put into it flawlessly, with excellent picture and sound quality. It is sleek and attractive [so is the remote], and works very, very well. I am very happy with this DVD player.

When we first got the player it would skip constantly. It was to the point where we were considering returning it back to Amazon.

A few things to keep in mind:
1. It is very sensitive to scratched DVDs
2. When it heats up it will start skipping the picture and audio
3. It will "freak out" to where you have to completely turn off the power and turn it back on.
4. I also have not found a way to turn off the OSD by default
5. It does play music very well, no problems there.

If I had it to over again, I would have waited a little longer and spent ~$... for an entry level name brand.

We have had the DVD for 3 months now and it has stopped skipping all the time. I'll revise my review in a few months.

<Edited on Jan 15th>

I bumped up the starts to 4 because the skipping is nearly nonexistant. The picture and sound quality are excellent. Will probably upgrade in the future but for now it works great.

I personally bought this item today ... ....Now of course every knows you get what you pay for...but in my opinion it should have cost $... ...not $.... Once I arrived at my house and unpackaged my new Daewoo dvd player...I started plugging in all the rca's, power, etc....First off, I started with some VCD's of home movies I recorded on cd-r's....Then some VCD's that I recorded on cd-rw's...Both worked perfectly...I was starting to get impressed...Then I tried a cd with MP3's...no luck...no luck at all..It did recognize the disc...but failed to load anything on the disc..In fact it froze up...I later tried a music cd and had much success....So finally...I tried the DVD's and what a nightmare...A movie would play for about 2 seconds before the player froze...I was attempting to watch Hannibal....I tried several other movies with the same results...I then tried the dvd's in my dvd player in the living room...and they worked perfectly! I do have to say all the options and different formats are worth the price of $... ....But...BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the quality you get...It is surely not worth $... ...Just my thoughts.... ...