Coby TF-DVD7100 Portable DVD Player
Was great then disappointing, needs work
We bought one of these units in July, 2005 and were thrilled with it.  It was for the kids to use on car trips and to watch a kid's movie that no one else wanted to watch.  We were so pleased with it we bought another in October, 2005 so the kids would each have one to use.  The second one has never worked, it read \\"No Disc\\" from the very start and since we were outside of our 30 day Amazon warranty we had to deal directly with Coby which took about 5 attempts before getting a response to return to them with a $6.00 money order to cover shipping, and also the requirement that we send it prepaid back to them.  At the same time our other unit decided to act up.  It would no longer play discs that it had once played, and surprisely won't even play new discs straight from the store.  We get some \\"Pause, Error, Stop\\" spiel and the disc just whirls.  It has also stopped playing midway on discs it starts to play.  We discovered this wonderful feature on a 3 hour car trip, and it wouldn't play any discs no matter new or old.  Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't.  I contacted Coby and was told this one's on me because it's outside the 90 limited warranty and I'm responsible for all shipping and repair costs.  We had actually considered buying a Coby dvd-r recorder for our TV, but after all this elected not to even consider it again.  It was reassuring to see that we are not the only ones that have had the same issues with their units.  Too bad when I originally bought the first one there were only 2 very glowing reviews. Wonder if they still love their players?  Do your research on any portable dvd players and wait until there are at least 10 reviews to consider!