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Don't think those of us who are trying to warn you just got a "lemon". None of the DVDs I made work. They played beautifully when I first made them. That isn't the case. It isn't the machine, it plays professional DVDs, but not all of them.
Sometimes I have to go to my other DVD in another room and play the DVD there.I have no idea what the problem is, but it may be cheap materials used to make the recording, and these materials fade quickly.The people at go video make it almost impossible to talk to them, and there is NO customer support, at all. My mistake, I just tried to play one and it rejected the CD. At first I thought I had a winner, but guess what happened; I copied about 150 DVDs (legally). So, I tried several more. Purchasing a Go Video is a huge mistake.
I put them in cases, set them in a room out of the sun, happy that I had a great DVD library. Don't do it.
I am just really impressed with this player. We tried two other players and neither would work with our television. I have 4 boys under 10 and they are a little rough on things. Also, when our remote was lost, we contacted the company to get a new one and they were very promt in getting back to us on how to re-order it. So we are going to order this same exact one.
Why mess with what works. This is after several "repairs" by mom. This vcr/dvd player is the only one that has lasted this long. It has been great and put up with loads of abuse. I would definatly recomend this player.
Ours finally died when three dvd's were put in at once. It's easy to set up and work, works with older t.v.'s, put's up with ton's of abuse and can be easily connected to a sound system.
The 2nd unit took somewhat longer to fail. Shipped it off to Go-Video and they "repaired" it. It worked for a brief period before it quit. My wife bought this for me a couple of years ago. The first one failed as a DVD player basically out of the box and the store replaced it. I gave up and quit even trying to use it as anything more than a VCR.
We have had this player for a year now, and are very satisfied with it's performance. it's is VERY easy to use and we especially like the "lock" feature to keep the kids from messing with it.I'd buy another one as a gift.
If you just want to watch a movie and don't care about the look or anything else and want to save space, go ahead and buy it. This is a low price machine and you can't expect it to be exceptional. They have different sets of problems all their own plus a court case against them. Otherwise, I would recommend just buying separate players. The reason I noticed it was that I also have a SONY dvd player and compared the pictures. The search and skip button are the exact same button. I'm a huge fan of widescreen dvds and didn't like the look of the picture.
It depends on what you are used to.Also another thing I REALLY, REALLY don't like about the machine is the remote control. I've also tried a CD-R and it didn't recognize it even though GV says it will play CD-Rs.I have no complaints about the VCR. Check the web for those reviewsif you don't believe me. It works great.Basically, you get what you pay for. It was very easy to set up and play, but right from the get-go I noticed that the dvd picture looked a bit stretched(elongated).
DO NOT buy SONY DVD players. You can only record DVDs that don't have Macrovision(some type of anti-recording protection) and most original DVDs will have it. p.s. I am not endorsing the SONY player. It's very frustrating.And for those that are planning to record DVDs to VHS, don't hold your breath. I just recently bought this DVD/VCR player.
So if I want to fast forward/scan a little bit I accidentally skip to the next scene instead. The bars of the GV player are thinner than the bars of the SONY showing that the picture is indeed elongated. The picture and people just looked more natural with the SONY player, but those without comparison might not notice the difference. Just don't do it.
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