Customer Reviews

Konka DT138U 13-Inch TV-DVD Combo

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In order to appreciate this product, you must understand that its primary benefit is the fact that it is self contained and saves space. I have been a DVD convert for a couple of years and I wanted a counter top TV for my kitchen. I tried to ask my wife, who doesn't appreciate electronics the way I do, "what do you think if we keep an external DVD player in a cabinet and run a wire up to a small counter TV ?." She wasn't going for it. So my decision was to go with a TV/VCR combo or a TV/DVD combo. With my fairly large DVD library and the fact that I rent from Netflix.com I knew going forward I wanted DVD. Unfortunately, none of the major manufacturers have met this need yet. Never hearing of Konka I first searched the internet for another TV/DVD combo from another maker. I found one other by Slyvania I think but I got the impression that it wasn't easily available and it was pretty large. So I went with the Konka. It is sleek looking , the menu problems are overrated, its a little difficult but you will get used to it very quickly, so to me its a non-issue. However, its does skip frames every so often during a movie, nothing major but it happens. Everything else is fine.

The way to look at this player is like this:

If you have another DVD player and want a second to use your library on in a kitchen or small area, this is a great machine.

After spending a few months with this unit, I have come to realize, very acutely, its shortcomings. First off, its menu system is horrible -- separate menus for the TV and DVD parts, as if the product simply were a TV and a DVD player hacked together (reminiscent of the Qualcomm PDQ Palm/cell phone, but that's another story). But more importantly, it fails to properly play some discs, most notably "The World is Not Enough." Sometimes it will make it up to half an hour without skipping on this disc, but constant skipping and screen artifacts are inevitable. And quite annoying.

My advice to those looking for a DVD player and TV on the cheap is to get an inexpensive player from a different brand, not Konka, please and simply hook it up to a TV, instead of trading off ease of installation for playback ability as this unit does.

This is a first generation new product. There are some strange things about the intergration and the menus, but it's a great little machine for the money. Others say they have had problems, I've had none.

Generally first generation products do have strange quirks, that's the price you pay for having the "newest" electronic products. It's rare to find a 13" TV with stereo sound (speakers could be better) and the price is unbeatable for a TV/DVD to fit in a small space or room.

One item in the specs is wrong, there is no treble/bass control.

Although the menus as confusing at first, after 15 minutes I figured it out. And this machine does everything and more you would expect from a DVD player...all built in to a little TV.

We have this little TV as a viewer at the Brookstone store I work for for our product DVDs. I love it. I actually tried to track one down. It's menus are a bit of a pain to get through(unless you know how to get to them quickly), but I like the idea of having a TV and DVD all in one.

We received this t.v. as a gift for Christmas 2001.My daughter lost the receipt so we couldn't return the t.v where she bought it from. The t.v. itself is just fine it also plays regular cds fine but she got it for us for the tv/dvd player. If anyone could help us figure it out I'd appreciate it.The phone number for service is no longer in service so we cannot contact anyone to help us.We are really disappointed.The store says they are discontinued so it couldn't be returned anyway.I sure wouldn't buy another one like it unless I saw it working first.

I think it was great of konka to have integrated the DVD/TV. It seems that the menu's may need a little work. But then again the menus for my panasonic TV needs a little work. Other then that, it was a great buy, would recommend.

This is awesome everyone MUST buy it!!!! It has a CD/DVD all in one 13 inch color TV. Great for the kitchen or bedroom. LOVE it!