Customer Reviews

Zenith DVB312 Progressive-Scan Slim Design DVD Player

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

 

 

This is the 4th standalone DVD player I have owned and it is very good. It is super slim and has an excellent picture and features for the money. it would work great with any high-end projection TV as it has progressive scan and can be set to play in wide screen aspect too. I have it connected to a 32" TV with just the standard av jacks and the picture is still superb so consider that as your benchmark.

And, this unit will play DVD+RW/R discs without any trouble either! I just burned my first disc on my new Cendyne burner that I installed in my PC and it played flawlessly on this Zenith unit.

I highly recommend this player if you want a good single disc player with a great picture that can also play discs you have burned yourself.

WE ... COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PRICE, AND IT LIVES UP TO THE 5 STARS I RATED IT, AT LEAST SO FAR. VERY ELIGANT, SUPER SLIM, AND THE PICTURE IS FANTASTIC. LOTS OF OPTIONS, AND IT NEVER EVER SKIPS. SO PLEASED, AS USUAL....

I bought this player after having a bad experience with the similarly priced JVC XV-N40BK player. The JVC had audio and visual problems so I returned it. So far the Zenith player has worked out perfectly. I'm using it with an RF modulator and I've had no problems whatsoever. The sound and picture are fine. I've watched Disney and other store-bought DVDs and I'm satisfied with the performance. I haven't tried burned DVDs yet so I wasn't comfortable giving it 5 stars. But for $70, I'm perfectly happy with this player.

I had no problem playing DVDs on this unit. It worked fine. I also had success with MP3 CDs. I was able to browse the directory structure of the CD and play the desired albums or tracks.
However, Audio CDs are another story. I regularly make CDs of live material, which I edit on my computer, burn to CD, and audition in my living room. When I played one of these CDs on the Zenith, I was dismayed to hear gaps between the CD tracks, with the first 1-2 seconds of each track missing. Thinking that it might be the CD writing software, I wrote another CD with a different program. Same gaps and skips. Finally, I tried a pressed music CD, with similar results.
If you intend to play audio CDs on your DVD deck, you should probably look elsewhere.

I bought this DVD player recently, and I love it! I haven't had any major problems with this player, and I loved the price. I've played a lot of DVDs in it, even at least one from Netflix that was so dirty I was certain I would have to clean it before it would play. I put it in just to see, and it played with no problems and not a single skip! The only minor problem I've had was the sound being off from the timing of the action while watching one DVD, but I restarted the movie and it has not done that again. I love the super slim design and it's very light-weight. The remote is very user friendly. I would highly recommend this one!

I am very pleased with this player. It was incredibly easy to hook up to my TV. No problems with sound or image quality. Works like a charm! I highly recommend this product to anyone.

This DVD player has real problems synching audio and video. We have to restart every DVD we play due to the problems with audio synching. It's like watching a bad Godzilla movie!

Another problem with it is that the remote is very confusing. It's difficult to start a scene over, it frequently goes to the beginning of the DVD. All in all, we wouldn't buy this player again.

To be honest, I'm writing this review after just getting the player yesterday and haven't even played a DVD movie in it yet, but for the primary reason I purchased it - playback of MP3 discs on RANDOM mode- it's wonderful (I already have a Sony DVD player for movies). I've recently started burning tracks from my CD collection to MP3 discs for the storage capacity (100 songs + on one disc!) and this player plays them beautifully and on random mode. I went to a local retail electronics superstore (initials are B.B.) looking at DVD players and when I told the silly salesman what my needs were, he lead me over to the CD mega-changers section. I asked him if a certain model would play MP3 discs, he replied, "yes". I examined the player after he walked off and saw that it clearly did NOT play MP3 discs. So, I went over to a competitor store and found this little gem and on the remote I saw the "random" button and knew this was what I was looking for. I bought it, brought it home, hooked it up in no time, put in an MP3 disc and it played flawlessly. I rated this only 4 stars, since I haven't tried actual DVD's yet but from the music aspect, this is a five-star unit.

i love this dvd player! it's the best. I can run it all night and still keeps working. plus it's slim. what more can you ask for? space saving, sleek design, and strong! the best for it's money.

got this for around $65 and it is a dream, easy to cue. i also "lost" the remote & was able to use one of those universal ones for a couple days then broke down & spent the $16 to get a new one from zenith.

for the price it seems FINE --