Cheap Astar DVD-3800 Progressive Scan DVD Player (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Astar DVD-3800 Progressive Scan DVD Player

Perfectly good cheap dvd player
I got tired of trying to watch dvds on my playstation 2, so I was looking for a cheap dvd player that wasn't fancy. This astar fits the bill. <
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>PROS <
>- price! <
>- list of features, including connection types, dolby, &c <
>- it's not ugly (and fits under my playstation and vcr nicely) <
>- plays dvds (haven't had any problems yet, and it's supposed to hvae some correction software to handle scratches, which my PS2 most certainly did not) <
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>- remote doesn't have a wide beam. you have to point it more or less at the player <
>- dvd tray is quite flimsy. I'd guess this player is not good for those who have small or not-so-small children <
>- looking at the other reviews here, I'd guess the tech support is not exemplary <
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>A funny story about my own stupidity: I was fiddling with the connection type and, because they have odd techincal codes, I accidentally set it to component when I have composite cables (bother, or is it the other way around?) -- the picture vanished. The manual swears that the two most standard connection types are always "on" -- but not so. Based on the pictures of the menus in the manual, I spent ten anxious minutes guess the path through menus "blind" to select the proper cable type. I won't say that luck was on my side, but methodical patience saved the day before my girlfriend came in and saw what a mess I'd made!

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defective dvd player
The Dvd was defective I did not get the chance to see how it plays, however I liked the design. I sent it back in 2 days, I still have not received the refund.

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Save your money and time!
Do not purchase this player. I thought this player was a great deal; it supposedly plays every format under the sun and has lots of outputs in the back. I received the first one and it played my VCDs as I had hoped it would, but it only played 4 out of 9 of the commercial DVDs I tried. The rest gave an error reading the disk or it thought it was some other format (DVD-R, etc.). Amazon was great and paid for my return shipping as I assumed I had a defective product. I got a new one and the same thing happened after 15 minutes of playing a DVD. I tried calling Astar's support during their posted hours and only got messages that no one was there. I'm going to send back the second one also (hoping Amazon pays for that as well). We bought a Sony instead. <
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>Oh, and the CD/DVD tray is REAL flimsy, I was scared I'd break it just putting in the DVD.