Samsung DVD-V8500 DVD/VCR Combo
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad But It Ain't Good
I purchased three of these several months ago. Two of them work fine. They're inexpensive units, & reasonably easy to use. They're no frills machines, but worth the money. The third unit has stopped recognizing many major studio released DVDs that the other two units play. With the third unit, I have to load & reload, jiggle the DVD in the holder, & turn the power off & on, to get it to sometimes work. After 15 minutes of fiddling with it, I usually give up & move on to something else. I'll soon be getting rid of the third unit because it's aggravating & wasting my time. The two units that work get a rating of 3* from me, & the other one gets a 1* rating. My next DVD/VCR combo will probably be a Panasonic.