- Compatibility: iPod nano 3G; iPod classic 3G, 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G; iPod touch
- Watch your favorite iPod videos on your TV; navigate your iPod videos and music on your TV screen with on-screen display
- Charge your iPod while it’s in use
- Play your DVDs, VCDs, MP3 CDs, Audio CDs, JPEG CDs, and Kodak Picture CDs
- Enjoy a full DVD feature set along with 5.1 channel surround sound
Product Description
Slim Desktop 5.1 Channel Progressive Scan Player Compatible With Vcd, Mp3, Audio Cd, Jpeg Cd & Kodak Picture(r) Formats Charges Ipod(r) & Can Be Controlled With Remote Convenient On-screen Display Allows Navigation Of Video Or Music From Connected Ipod(r) Compatible With All Ipod(r) Models With Video Capability Includes A/v Cables, Remote & Ipod(r) Dock AdaptersAmazon.com Product Description–Posted July 7, 2008
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I like this DVD player. I will admit that it does have a few bugs. However, these bugs are not so bad that it takes away from the overall positives of the product. We bought this product so that we could watch what was on our ITouch on any TV in the house. This product is a great way of watching what is on my ITouch/IPod on any of our TV’s rather than buying one TV that is compatible with the ITouch. And it was great on our budget. We are thinking of buying another one.
Rating: 3 / 5
We needed to get a new DVD player when our old one died, and this seemed to fit the bill as I could use the iPod video viewer for the rare occasions I wanted to watch something on TV. I briefly considered an upconverting DVD player, but for the same price, I took a chance on this. The picture quality is very good. I have tried this on a widescreen CRT HDTV as well as a 32″ LCD TV, and I am impressed with the DVD output. I’ve watched a few videos from my iPod nano, and everything has worked for me. I haven’t had any problems or freezes that other people have experienced, and the menu system has worked fine as well. I haven’t used this to listen to my music though. I have another system for that. The design is nice- looks like a Playstation 3, and it’s relatively compact.
Rating: 5 / 5
Purchased this for our teenage son for Xmas and it was a hit. He can watch his iPod videos on his TV or DVDs or his photos. Works great. Would highly recommend this product!
Rating: 5 / 5
Overall – barely adequate. Bought unit about 9 months ago, mostly for DVD play but also to play music through iPod. Frustrating bugs in software require re-setting to home screen while trying to navigate to music on iPod. DVD player now mostly inoperative, despite care and cleaning of DVDs. Appears to be product quickly and cheaply made to flow into the river of iPod-related products. Poorly manufactured components and weak software make this a “purchase with caution” despite cheap price.
Rating: 2 / 5
I received this unit via my company’s Service Award program in September 2009, because I needed a DVD player and this was the only option. As a DVD player, it is useless.
First, on my unit, the sound is virtually inaudible even with the TV turned up full, when using the FL and FR (component sound) outputs. The component video is also unusable, because the Pr composite output channel is not driven at all. Composite and S-Video outputs worked, but are of disappointing low quality. I tested with two different composite cables, three different audio cables, and two different TVs. I continuity-tested all cables with an ohmmeter. The player is definitely the problem.
Customer support responded promptly and offered to check the unit, but only if I paid shipping back to their offices in New York. Since the software on the unit is so bad (see below), it wasn’t even worth that cost to me, but I appreciated their willingness to help.
One software problem is that the unit always powers up in iPod mode, even though we don’t own an iPod. It should remember the previously selected mode, especially since getting to DVD mode is so challenging; the button works sometimes, it fails sometimes. I found myself mentally steeling my patience before trying to watch a movie, not exactly a relaxing diversion.
The software is also incompatible with some mainstream DVDs, which astounded me given the maturity of DVD standards. For example, “The Santa Clause” DVD’s Options menu is blank, although you can still navigate and select the (blank) options. We struggled to turn off sub-titles (on by default on this device only, for some bizarre reason) by picking blank options at random, and ended up stuck with German (I think?) voice-overs before giving up and restarting the player. After finally getting back to DVD mode, we settled for watching with sub-titles on, but that annoyance was the final straw.
I replaced the unit this morning with a Magnavox Blu-ray player, using exactly the same cables as wired, and tested “The Santa Clause” DVD. Everything worked perfectly, leaving this ill-designed unit as the sole culprit and a decidedly uncherished gift.
The software may work well as an iPod player – again, I don’t own an iPod and so couldn’t test that function – but the poor sound quality, problematic video, and general software flakiness makes this product worthless as a DVD player. If you need an iPod player, I’d suggest you get a dedicated unit. This combo is much, much less than the sum of its parts.
Rating: 1 / 5
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