Coby DVD-207 Compact DVD Player
Want to Throw Money Away?
If you particularly delight in endless hours of frustrated fun attempting to watch a movie in halting four minute stints, then RUN - don't walk - to buy this little bugger! You're in for a real treat with Coby's compact gem of electronic futility - I bought one, attracted by the cheap price and small size. I wasn't expecting it to last or be top quality, but I definitely was expecting to be able to watch my movies! Alas, expecting it to play DVD's was asking too much of this little DVD player; and it proceeded to die before I got through my first flick! When the picture began to pixilate and hesitate a bit, I of course concluded that I was attempting to play an overly grungy or scratched DVD, but after trying five different brand new DVDs, the fun began in earnest! It completely froze again and again (the manufacturer's instructions recommend unplugging it for a half an hour and trying again - how convenient!), it skipped to random points of the movie, seemed to delight in utterly ignoring my attempts to use the chapter functions on all of my DVD's, and then, to my immense joy, the entire screen exploded, like Fourth of July fireworks, into delightful squares of unidentifiable pixilation. This little player was almost spectacular in its uselessness. Another Brady Bunch lesson learned: it's always worthwhile to pay a bit more to get something that will actually function. A big boo-hiss to Coby for selling such a crap player. Whilst it's true that one can procure one of these units with so little cash as to make them seem quite a bargain, I think a DVD player should be able to handle -and possibly even PLAY - a DVD. I'd give this thing two thumbs so far down I'm dragging my knuckles.