Customer Reviews

Polaroid FDM-0700A 7" Under-The-Cabinet LCD TV/DVD Combo

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3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(48)

 

 

Lasted for 5 months. The power supply in the machine failed and when I contacted Polaroid (I was amazed to get to a customer service agent in about 1 minute!) they informed me this machine only has a 3 month warranty. $110 to replace if I chose to.

Even when it was working properly it wasn't that great. The buttons on the face of the machine were slow to respond (remote was much better).

The radio reception was terrible. Never able to receive any AM stations.

Overall - DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE!

Like most people who bought this unit it works good to great at first. I was "lucky" enough that mine went bad in less than three months but instead of dealing with Customer Support I just returned it to Sam's Club. The first thing that went wrong was the unit would not power up. After fiddling with the power adapter I got the power to work but then the screen was black. Like another reviewer mentioned you could barely see the picture but it was there. For the money I didn't expect this unit to last forever but less than three months is bad.

I actually really enjoyed this TV up until last week. The unit started to turn off on its own and then the LCD went black. Polaroid customer service will only give a $160 out-of-warranty exchange - I paid $300 for this unit just 8 months ago. They said they were sorry, but they cannot control the manufacturing of the product. I asked what assurances they could give that the replacement unit will not have the same problem, and he could give none. I do not recommend buying this Polaroid product.

My wife and I loved the unit - nice styling and lots of functionality. After four months the power supply went bad and it cost $35 to ship a new one out of warranty only to find the LCD was now bad (black screen). We had NO trouble getting a hold of tech support at Polaroid for either issue.. but after the 90 days warranty expires they only have a $160 replacement to offer. VERY disappointed! Definitely purchase an extended 1 or 2 year warranty if you decide to buy this unit

Got the unit; installed it; tested all the functions (CD, DVD, TV, Radio). It worked great!

However, after a week of just using the radio and the CD player, I tried to turn back on the TV or the DVD. The sound was good; however, the screen was black. If I shown a strong flashlight on the screen, I could just make out what was on the screen. But, there was NO illumination.

It seems to me that Polaroid has a few "kinks" to work out before this is a usable product.

I was happy with the unit for the first 3 days I had it. On the 4th day, I was in the middle of watching a TV program and the screen went black. Like the other reviewers said, you could barely see movement/picture if you pressed your eyeballs to the screen, but that was it. The LCD was essentially black. Thank goodness it happened before 90 days, but it would have been nice to have for more than 3 days and 4 holes in my brand new kitchen cabinets! I wish I knew of this site before I purchased that hunk of junk.

Like another reviewer, this product worked fine for six months and then completely quit working...would not power on. A call to Polaroid resulted in no satisfaction. Only a 90-day warranty, but they would have gladly replaced it $169 -- almost the cost of a new unit. Stay away from Polaroid and any of their products.

The two reviews which describe the black screen are completely on target. Polaroid will do nothing to rectify the situation except offer to repair the thing for almost what it cost to buy it new. Most stores won't even carry anymore. Used it for 4 months and now is useless. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!! (...)

Nice unit, very affordable. The only problem is that the LCD died in eight months. Only 90-day warranty. They were willing to replace for a $160 "out of warranty fee".

Samsclub had the unit for a great price so I got it for my wife on Mothers day. I mounted it in the kitchen, using the template, cabled it to cable tv input and attached the fm antenna.

I was concerned about the previous reviews and the unit dying so I literally played dvd's, cd's, tv, and radio constant for many days. I have not had any problems with the unit.

the wife loves it. The screen is nice and bright (its set to the default brightness setting - low) and the DVD player has played anything I have thrown at it (- dvd -r, dvd +r, dvd -+rw) and everything plays just fine.

It seems that Polaroid thought of pretty much everything when they designed the unit. The remote control is magnetized so it sticks to the oven and is laid out very well, the controls on the unit front are easy to use.

All in all, it's been a fantastic puchase and I don't know why the two other reviewers had such problems with their units.