Coby DVD-514 Super Slim 5.1 Channel Progressive Scan DVD Player

Small Compact Componet DVD Player....Performs great. Setup easy and fast. Plays all formats. Clear bright picture. The blue back ground display displays a pink kinda numerical-graphic display, back counter and graphic notation of the disc turning. I had no problems installing and placing 514 in with other componets. The only problem was linking the 514 to my tv monitor. Extra length jumpers here. All and all a great dvd player. For the budgeted a great purchass. The 514 is now being used in completing a display with video. Most nice. Runs almost six hours, five days a week.TELEMETRY DATA SYSTEMS La Jolla California

I am buying one more to keep under the dining room table as a spare -- the one I have right now is about 2 months old and is played almost 24 hours a day, especially over the weekends. Last night i came home from work put a dvd in and it froze up --- with my dvd in it!!! tried everything short of a butter knife to get my dvd out --- the butter knife is for tonight after work --- but I took the other one from underneath the dining room table, plugged it in and no problem -- the only thing is that altho they seem to be the same, the remote control is different --- power on and power off on this remote is labelled "standby" --- I figure for under $30 the dvd worked fine nonstop for 2 months --- near the end there was a problem with "loading" where I had to open it and close it once or twice before it recognized the disc --- but for the price and the fact that i used it nonstop it's not bad... tonight's the big test with the butter knife to see if i can get Mama's Family's first disc out of the broken one...

We purchased this DVD player because it plays DVD-R format discs. This enables us to watch our archived videos on our TV, so that laptop use is minimal.The screen is very bright (blue) and easy to read. It has many features accessible via remote (i.e. zoom, slow, etc) and functions quickly. Its slim design makes it able to fit in tight places, although like most other DVD players can only be set up horizontally. Installation was a breeze, and it functions well with our satellite, VCR, game cube, and TV.For an off brand (off brand only because it is dwarfed by the bigger corporations; Sony, Toshiba) it performs better than I expected. A month after purchase, it is still running like new.

Do not waste your time buying this DVD player!!! I am serious!!! I've had this thing for couple of months and now it just wont work. I guess you get what you pay for!!! The screen is jumping up and down and there is no more color. I have tried everything and it still doesnt work!!! What a piece of junk and waste of money!!! Do not waste your money on Coby products!!! They seem promising at first but then couple months later doesnt even work!!!...Dont even think twice about this product!!!

I may have been the one in a thousand buyers, but I had to return this item after getting about 10 minutes of normal Play operation and then it froze up. After I tried all the trouble-shooting procedures in the Owner's Manual, all I could get was a very long "Loading" message followed by a "Wrong Disk" message. I then tried five different DVDs that I knew were working O.K. on my other DVD player with the same results. Thank goodness that I ordered this product through Amazon.com and was able to return it for a full refund/no postagecharge. All I lost was two hours of fruitless trouble-shooting time!

This DVD player is working well for us.Has all the inputs for my "older" 5.1 receiver and puts the sound just where it should.The remote is cheap, credit card type. Although, what do you expect for ~ $35.Only, downside is there is not a fast forward or reverse. You can slow down play and you can go to the next chapter or the last.Overall, it's cheap, disposable, and suited our needs.Good luck.

I bought one of these suckers in the summer of 2006 because my name-brand DVD player would not play my 'archive' copies of DVDs. Well, it did play them......for a few hours. Then it just stopped working altogether. Took it back to the store and exchanged it for the same one.As for that one, well, it lasted until the spring of 2011, when it just stopped reading discs. So, I gotta agree with some people who have had problems with these right out of the box. But on the other hand, my second one did last almost five years. So I guess it just depends on luck. Will you get a crappy one or a dependable one? Make sure wherever you buy it from, they have a good return/exchange policy. If so, take the risk. It's cheap and plays pretty much ANYTHING you put into it. I'm actually going to buy another one. Tried a GPX. Worst electronics brand...EVER.

If you are looking for a good quality compact DVD player that is PAL/NTSC compatible which is Useful for playing British & other foreign programs then this is the unit to buy. This DVD player has a standard remote control that has all the features of the larger units. Also, this unit is built much sturdier then most of the other smaller units on the market today even from Coby who makes this unit.