Customer Reviews

VuGo Multimedia System

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Do not buy this toy! I made the mistake of doing so and it cost me a whopping 100 dollars!!!! The picture quality was disturbingly sad. It is very blocky and I couldn't even make out the people!! The toy has very little memory [only about 30 minutes at highest quality] and it froze on me while I was recording! I was so mad I returned it as fast as I could to get my precious money back. Even though I got a value pack that included a case the toy is still now worth it! Do not buy this toy and even if you have return it now!

As my fourteen year old son was exploring what he wanted for Christmas, he thought about an MP3 player, a PSP OR this Vugo. He decided upon the Vugo and I was able to find it on "sale" at a local merchant. Please, Save your Money ! The Vugo must have four "AAA" batteries, and as much electricity as this "toy" uses, you better invest another $20 - $30 in rechargeable batteries or a constant supply of "AAA" batteries. This Vugo does not come with a charger or a power supply. Now, as for the quality of sound and image, it is extremely poor. I do suppose you do get what you pay for, but at a $100. I would expect more. I rated this "toy" 3 stars for educational value, because it did educate my son on how to use the "toy". For the most part I would advise saving the $100. and investing another $160. into a PSP (more "bang for your buck"). Better yet, how about an Ipod or MP3 player for about $100. I got this toy for my son for Christmas, he used it all of a whopping three times and now it sits, unused, a month after Christmas. :( Unless you want to just "lose" $100. pass on this Vugo.

I brought the vugo for my son on Christmas and it was surprising to to know that the most costful present would be the one that gave the worst face . It did not even work . When I call Hasbro the maker they tld me that I could not get a new one because there are none at the manufaturing . PLEASE DO NOT NOT BUY THIS PROUDUT IT IS JUST A DISAPOINTMENT TO SEE IN YOUR CHILDS FACE.

i got this vugo for xmas and i thought it will be really fun. it froze on me when i plugged it in the computer. im definetly get a psp, nintendo ds or something much much better. this is definetly not worth no $100. get your money back immediatly because im going to get my money back asap!!!

This product was a waste of money and time for me. I bought it for my 9 year old daughter and I had to spend alot of time teaching her how to record music and shows. She got bored quickly and I was left there playing with this alone. Finally, I figured out how to get the music on it it was filed in the wrong folder. I then had to go online to get instructions on what to do, the booklet included didn't have much of a troubleshooting area, which I must say....it needed. The batteries were dying quickly and VUGO would freeze. I literally had to take the batteries out and put them back in for it to work again. Once again, after watching a show for listening to music for so long, it froze again. There was nothing positive about this $100 toy that I could speak of. It looked like it came from the 80's. The picture quality was TERRIBLE and you can barely hear it unless you cranked the TV so loud while you were recording. They have alot of upgrading to do on this toy.
I don't suggest purchasing it until they do that.

I agree with all the other reviewers who said this does not work! My son got it for Christmas last year and we couldn't get it to work or get any help from the company - don't buy it!

Believe all of the bad reviews. This toy was the biggest disappointment last Christmas. It never has worked and the customer service line is closed when you call (during their stated business hours). The picture is horrible. The videos are over priced for what they are and GOOD LUCK trying to transfer anything to the device. I'm a gadget fan and have worked with a variety of devices but this one never should have gone to market. It is poorly designed and consumes battery power so quickly, you have to be connected to a wall socket to use it. Spend the money on an MP3 or portable DVD player instead. You'll be much happier.

I bought this for my daughter last christmas and haven't been able to use it yet! We have a Mac, Vugo told me that is was compatible well, they lied. Secondly they knew it was a piece of crap because they sent me a $[...] gift card and some other coupons to distract me from returning it. I have not bought a hasbro toy since.

Awful product. Don't buy it.

My reasons?

1. The asking price for a vugo is between 100 and 150 dollars. This piece of trash only offers 128 megabytes. Do you see a problem with this? I do!

Even with a memory card, which costs EXTRA MONEY,you can only extend memory 2 gigs more.

2. Picture quality is terrible. Now I understand this is not a fancy expensive product, but still! You can barely make out the person's face!

3. Sound quality is terrible!

4. Its an entire inch thick!

5. When you're in the car or outside and it's sunny, you can't see the screen.

6. It froze on me several times, and after a few weeks stopped working. It may have been the batteries, or rough handeling during shipping, but I'm not so sure.

I guess I'm not suprised by it's quality, considering it costs so little, but still, I do NOT thinks its worth the money. For 70 or 80 dollars more, you could get a PSP. Much better quality, and worth the money.

Who knows where this piece of junk got shoved off to.
Christmas advertiser jumping on the techno highway offering lots, but delivering nothing to just to gouge into the parents/grandparents pocketbooks.