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 Case of the dying dvd players September 20, 2007
Robert Kohr (Morristown, NJ United States)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I started out loving this product. It was cheap and could play anything. I liked it so much I bought another.
After watching about 2 dvds a week for a few months, the first one died, then the second about 3 months later The first one started freezing and failing to read pretty much anything then the other just started coming up with "wrong disk" on anything you stuck in it. These were two different coby models, but both were crap.
Besides the early death of the players, another down side is that no universal remote seems to know who coby is, and so you are stuck with the initial remote (learning remotes also fail to control cobys).
In the end, dvd players are all cheap now. Spend a little more money and get a good brand name one.
Wont play many DVDs, including store bought June 2, 2006
C. Quarton
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
We bought this DVD player from Amazon a few months ago because of the price, and the reviews at the time. Found that when it does function correctly it indeed does do what it is supposed to do (play DVDs).
BUT ....
The problem is that all too often it will not play a DVD. We're not talking just recorded DVD+R or DVD-R disks, but clean, unscratched, store bought DVDs. Needless to say it is very annoying to rent or buy a DVD, only to not be able to view it. As a work around we have had some success using the MENU button on these disks, then doing scene selection to choose scene one.
We have never owned a DVD player that will not do at least its intended job. Very disappointed, and would never recommend this brand/model.
 Newer Model Region-Free Code!! September 15, 2006
A. Patel (Houston, TX USA)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I bought my player Sep 2006 and the other region-free code did not work. It is actually a DVD-224M (see manual) though it says DVD-224 on the player. Here is how to do it:
If you have the DVD-224M model (says DVD-224 on the box, DVD-224M on the manual...), the hack is:
Make sure you have no DVD in the tray.
On the remote control:
1) Press "TITLE"
2) Press "1" and then "9"
On the TV a large box with a small number will appear.
The number indicates for which DVD region the machine has been set, for example "2" for Germany or "0" for no region code.
3) Press the up arrow or down arrow to raise or lower the number.
4) Press "ENTER"
Done.
 Not bad for cheap DVD player. March 21, 2005
Scott Baker (Canby, OR)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I just bought this DVD player at a local retailer since I needed a DVD player to put in my bedroom. I wasn't looking for anything fancy, especially considering the TV in there is only 17" with mono audio. The Coby DVD-224 did not let me down!
It has a really surprising number of features for a low-end DVD player. It has some things not normally on DVD players, including Contrast, Volume control, Mute, etc. Coby is really trying to tackle the low end market, and I think they're doing a great job.
You have to understand that this isn't the DVD player you're going to want to have powering your 60 High Definition Plasma TV with 7.1 surround, but it's a hell of a player for that spare bedroom, or the kid's room. The only bad thing I can think is that the video cable that it came with was horrible. I had a couple of spares lying around so I swapped it out and everything was flawless.
I've had no issues with it so far, worked flawlessly out of the box. So if you're looking for that second or third DVD player, this is probably a good place to start.
A little giant November 25, 2005
D. Alva (NJ USA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
i was a bit skeptical about buying this item beacuse of its price and size. I bought it just to try it and see, so far so good, it's my favorite, it has played all my DVDs even some that my computer couldn't read. I have this DVD player hooked up to a home theater system and the sound is great. I had it running continuosly for hours and it didn't blink, eneded up being an oustanding product for a small price. I recommend it.
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