Coby DVD-207 Region Code Free DVD Player
Died Twice in 6 months! Stay away from RJ-Tech!!
I bought one of these and it lasted just 95 days or so... 5 days past the warranty. It started freaking out for a couple of days, then stopped working altogether. First I tried RJ-Tech's website, but they NEVER responded. I contacted RJ-Tech here in Southern California, because they have a local office.<br /><br />I hand-carried it in for repair. The technician couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he gave me another one (not in the box - most likely refurbished)<br /><br />This one lasted another two months and now it has died as well. I turned it on and off several times and eventually I heard a loud BANG!! inside the unit. It's the telltale sound of an exploding capacitor. (10 years experience as an electronics tech tells me that)<br /><br />This unit is CHEAPLY built. It has many, many, flaws, almost too many to even list. I will give a short run-down of the worst things here:<br /><br />The remote is garbage. Seriously. The range is about 6 feet. The angle requires you to point it closely, clearly, directly at the unit for it to work. The remote also conflicts my Pioneer Stereo and my Sony TV. (this gets to be really annoying)<br /><br />Sometimes the output will magically change for no apparent reason and require you to switch back to which signal you're using.<br /><br />It's not compatible with all DIVX or XVID formats. It works on most, however. Sometimes it just won't play things that it should.<br /><br />It has issues with playing subtitle tracks on DIVX files.<br /><br />The Audio output quality is about half as good as my JVC DVD Player using optical digital output.<br /><br />The menus absolutely suck. They don't make sense. The instruction manual tells you the same thing the menu does: Nothing. It's a joke of a book, let me tell you.<br /><br />Karaoke output only works on the analog audio outputs. RJ-Tech doesn't tell you this, anywhere. I had to find it out reading extensively online. The manual says nothing about it. In fact, the only thing the manual tells you is vaugely how to select the Karaoke function in the menu. (which is pretty apparent already)<br /><br />The MIC audio input quality for Karaoke is not good. The volume level is really low. The remote gives you the option to turn the music track down, which is the only way I could increase the mic volume. (turn the music down to half, and double the volume on my stereo -killing sound quality altogether)<br /><br />The power button on the front is a hard power switch. If your DVD player has the hard switch on, but the unit is in standby, you have two options: Use the remote to turn it on, or you have to turn the hard switch off, then turn it back on to make it light up. This is really annoying if you walk up to the unit to put in a DVD and its not on already.<br /><br />The unit doesn't power up when you press any other button on the face. I think every other DVD player I've ever used would power up if you press the disc eject button.<br /><br />The buttons on the face are cheap, cheap, cheap. They feel as though they will break off from normal usage. The drive tray is also very flimsy. Just picking up the disc from the tray makes it bend down several degrees. Don't buy this is you have kids... its  gonna break really quickly!<br /><br />Let me also add that the bright Orange/Yellow menu background and intro screens are herrendous. It really hurts the eyes if you're in a dark room, and its just not pretty at all.<br /><br />All in all, this thing does some pretty cool stuff... but I would never buy one again. I would never buy another product from RJ-Tech, either.<br /><br />I cannot reccomend a good Divx player, sorry. I am in the market for a reliable on now, myself.the only thing the manual tells you is vaugely how to select the Karaoke function in the menu. (which is pretty apparent already) <br /> <br />The MIC audio input quality for Karaoke is not good. The volume level is really low. The remote gives you the option to turn the music track down, which is the only way I could increase the mic volume. (turn the music down to half, and double the volume on my stereo -killing sound quality altogether) <br /> <br />The power button on the front is a hard power switch. If your DVD player has the hard switch on, but the unit is in standby, you have two options: Use the remote to turn it on, or you have to turn the hard switch off, then turn it back on to make it light up. This is really annoying if you walk up to the unit to put in a DVD and its not on already. <br /> <br />The unit doesn't power up when you press any other button on the face. I think every other DVD player I've ever used would power up if you press the disc eject button. <br /> <br />The buttons on the face are cheap, cheap, cheap. They feel as though they will break off from normal usage. The drive tray is also very flimsy. Just picking up the disc from the tray makes it bend down several degrees. Don't buy this is you have kids... its  gonna break really quickly! <br /> <br />Let me also add that the bright Orange/Yellow menu background and intro screens are herrendous. It really hurts the eyes if you're in a dark room, and its just not pretty at all. <br /> <br />All in all, this thing does some pretty cool stuff... but I would never buy one again. I would never buy another product from RJ-Tech, either. <br /> <br />I cannot reccomend a good Divx player, sorry. I am in the market for a reliable on now, myself.