RCA RC5215 DVD Player

Average customer rating:

Longevity

Okay to watch movies, but that's about it.

Good, but not great.

Don't buy!

does this player play?????????????????????????????????????

RCA RC5215 DVD Player

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

All | DVD Players & Recorders | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
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Product Features:

Dolby Digital and DTS output

Plays music CDs

Optical digital audio output

Scene Again instant replay

Parental rating control

ASIN: B000050MGK

Amazon.com Review

Successfully combining simplicity, performance, and slim good looks is not an easy task, even given today's sophisticated audio-video engineering capabilities. RCA has done this admirably with the RCA RC5215P DVD player. RCA has even gone one step further by pricing this unit affordably enough to make it one of the best all-around bargains on the current DVD market.

We were struck immediately by the ease of setup and the simple clarity of the owner's manual. The user-friendly remote and easily navigable screen menus should give little trouble to even the most inexperienced of DVD viewers. Menu options include multiple repeat and programming functions, parental lock, trilingual display, and even a glossary of DVD terms--a detail usually overlooked by manufacturers who take for granted that all DVD consumers speak their language. Other features include Intelliseek scan modes, Scene Again instant replay, and multiple viewing angle capability.

In addition to a pain-free user experience, this unit offers AV quality and features we have come to expect from DVD players costing significantly more. The RC5215 works with Dolby Digital, Pro Logic, and DTS-compatible receivers, and the incorporated SRS TruSurround technology, when connected to a surround sound home theater system, helps to brilliantly display realism and depth in music and sound effects. Audio CDs also sound great, as 24-bit/96kHz onboard DAC brings better than CD-quality sound.

RCA also knows how to make things easier for the average audiophile, as evidenced in the unit's Dub Assist feature, which helps you record a CD to cassette by ensuring that all the music will fit on one side of a tape. In all, despite the notable drawback in its incompatibility with CD-R and CD-RW discs, this DVD player's audio performance is solid.

Utilizing 10-bit video, the video board provides an exceptionally smooth, detailed picture through its composite, S-video, and component-interlaced video outputs. Images virtually jump off the screen, and colors are sharp and vibrant as any DVD images we have seen. Other functions include frame-by-frame slow motion and fast-forward, smooth still freezes, high-resolution image capability, and many other standard DVD player functions. There's even an auto-start feature that automatically starts up movies as soon as the disc is loaded into the player.

RCA offers a 90-day parts and labor warranty on the RC5215. --Ed Noble

Pros

Easy setup
Easily navigable screen menus
Ergonomic remote
Dolby Digital and DTS output
Slim design

Cons

Holds only one disc
Remote not backlit
No zoom feature

Amazon.com Product Description

The RCA RC5215 provides the amazing sound and video quality that turns your DVD viewing or CD listening into a home-theater experience. It's compatible with DVDs, CDs, and video CDs.

It has 500 lines of horizontal image resolution, a 10-bit digital-to-analog converter, as well as S-video, component video, and analog video outputs. The RC5215 has 10-bit digital-to-analog output offers Dolby Digital and DTS output that can be connected to your stereo system. There is also RCA's own TruSurround that offers simulation surround.

The features RCA thoughtfully includes are a CD-only intro scan, bookmarks, and multiple camera angles. Special advance and playback features include five advance speeds, three rewind speeds, frame advance, freeze frame, instant replay, and A-B playback. The DVD player offers direct track access with the touch of a button. There is also a multilingual display and subtitle compatibility. Using a remote control, parents can restrict unsuitable viewing for children. A TV screen saver automatically extinguishes the screen when the DVD or video CD has stopped playing.

RCA offers a one year warranty for parts and 90 days for labor.

Customer Reviews:

Longevity.......2007-01-19

My wife obtained this DVD player before we got married...back in 1999 or 2000. It finally died this week. 6 or 7 years of continuous use isn't bad in my book. Sure, it was a little noisy and would freeze up every once in a while, but, guess what? If you're watching a movie you can't even tell it's on and if it freezes you just unplug it and it's fine. I'm not sure what everybody else expected from a machine that was relatively inexpensive, but we have been pleasantly satisfied for years.

Okay to watch movies, but that's about it........2003-02-10

This will be quick. This DVD player worked well for me for about 2 years, that is for simply watching movies. The picture quality, and menus were really easy to use, and in my opinion the remote, while simplistic was fun and easy to use also. As time passed, and after the purchase of a MP3/Cd player for my car, and my increasing use of CD-R's, it came to my attention that this unit WOULD NOT PLAY MP3 cd's and it would take a miracle for it to read a regular audio CD-R. That's really my only complaint. With the lowering prices of newer dvd players, and increase of features, we should expect more. Anyways, the story ends with my purchasing of a new DVD player, one which does play MP3/CD-r/DVDr's(which I forgot to mention... ha!).

Good, but not great........2002-12-29

Easy to install, easy to use. User friendly menus, however:1)The player sometimes locks up after you have ejected a disk. The only way to unlock it is to unplug it. 2) The brightness fades in and out as scenes change throughout a movie. Something with the brightness control is not quite right. 3) The remote has now failed after about 2 years of use and we can no longer do anything with the player except play a movie. We can not use the menu at all without the remote, so we cannot view extra features and the like. Overall a decent player, but not reliable in the long run.

Don't buy!.......2002-11-10

I bought this model a little over a year ago. Last week the power supply died; it would cost more to replace it than to buy a new unit.

does this player play?????????????????????????????????????.......2002-02-18

i know this a review forum but i got a quick question does this dvd player play vcds?

Average customer rating:
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Manufacturer: CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

128 MB | USB Flash Drives | Drives & Storage | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
ASIN: B0002ICEGS

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Worst Compnay!

Initial CDS-160 Car DVD Player

What they tell you is not what you get

Initial CDS-160 Car DVD Player (Silver)

Manufacturer: Initial Technology
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Car Accessories | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
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Product Features:

Plays DVD-Video, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD

Audio/video in, multiple-language menu, and frame-by-frame slow motion

Full-function wireless remote control with extra remote sensor eye

Onscreen display of title, chapter, time, subtitle, and angle; multiple angles and subtitles

Does not include an LCD screen--for use with external televisions and monitors, portable or otherwise

ASIN: B0000X85RM

Product Description

Initial creates cutting-edge digital entertainment products with the highest standards of quality and affordability.

Amazon.com Product Description

Ready for hardwire hookup in your RV, Initial's tiny travel DVD and CD player packs a number of compelling features. An LCD screen is not one of them, however--the CDS-160 is strictly for hookup with an outboard television, display, or computer screen. But the player offers a front-panel audio/video inputs for easy connection with a camcorder or gaming console. Little bigger than a stack of three DVD cases, the portable CDS-160 is built rugged, for the road, and handles not just your movies, but your Kodak Picture, CDs, JPEG image CDs, and audio and MP3 CDs, as well.

What's in the Box
DVD player, user's manual, and warranty information.

Customer Reviews:

Worst Compnay!.......2004-12-21

This company has by far the worst customer service I have ever received. The product description states that this unit comes with the AC cord, but when you get the box, it does not. The instruction book states that it is optional, which would lead any moron to think that it is at least available.

When I called the phone number listed right on my registration card, they didn't even know about this model! They argued that the unit must not be made by them. The guy on the phone kept asking me if the unit actually said Initial on it and asked me why I thought they made it! When they figured out that this is indeed their model, they then went on to argue about the AC adapter. They said that it does not come with the adapter. I asked if I could buy the adapter, they said they don't make an adapter. I said it is listed in the manual, they argued again and said they don't make the adapter and did not know what I was talking about.

The guy helping me sounded high or drunk and was horribly rude.
There's much nicer units out there for just as good of price. I would suggest you find a more reputable manufacturer before buying.

Initial CDS-160 Car DVD Player.......2004-04-27

This Is Realy a Great DVD Player. Its In a 95 Chev Astro Van. Kids Like it . Plays mp3, Music CD's and DVD's Great and also cd-r. (No Skipping) driving down the road. It is 12 volt only. Great for rv's. Has remote also. Lot's more to it.

What they tell you is not what you get.......2004-03-21

[...] As I had suspected, this is NOT a portable DVD player. It is intended for permanent installation in an RV. That's why there is no battery, no A/C adapter and no D/C adapter. It utilizes a three wire,hard wired power system: One wire for 12 VDC to the battery, one ground and one wire to Accessory on the vehicle fuse box to switch the unit off when the vehicle is off. Also, there are no "feet" on the bottom to allow it to be put on a table etc.
If you are looking for this type player, then this may be the one for you. I've turned it on and I'm impressed with the features. Full function display on the unit front, including chapter and title and full OSD. It seems to be well made, but I haven't played it enough to really ring it out. And if your interested, it will play DVD-R recordable discs. Haven't tried DVD+R. I'm also impressed with the quick response I received from INITIAL. They were extremely helpful and courteous. I'm upgrading from 1 star to 4 stars based on the quick response I received form INITIAL, and my first impressions of the unit.

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For the golf lover.......2002-12-18

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DIVA 2440 ADSL RTR W/O-MICRO FILTER EN FR

Manufacturer: Eicon Technology
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Routers | Wired Networks | Networking & Online Communication | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
ASIN: B00006HTGH

Product Description

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Average customer rating:

by each new language you know, you are a new man

English-Russian-Ukrainian Electronic Talking Dictionary ECTACO Gold Partner ER-V6

Manufacturer: ECTACO
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Foreign Language Dictionaries | Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics
Product Features:

May not be available: CALL FIRST. Advanced Russian and English speech recognition

Phrase bank of 1,000 phrases in 7 European languages

New words recording function will allow you to customize your dictionary

Full Text Translation system

Learning flash cards for more efficient vocabulary learning

ASIN: B0002RLOPQ

Product Description

May not be available: CALL FIRST. This unique model features the largest and most complete Russian-English dictionary (1,000,000 words), thesaurus and an expanded grammar reference section. Advanced English speech synthesis, accent correction function, and specialized terms database will help you communicate with utmost efficiency. Included, is a Full Text Translation system. Additional bidirectional Ukrainian-English dictionary is also provided. Business organizer will allow you to stay in touch with the world by means of advanced communication features. Integration is crucial for modern-day businesspeople. Bilingual interface. English accent correction function for improving your pronunciation. Phrase bank of 1,000 phrases in seven European languages. The award-winning Vector Ultima bilingual spell-checking system. New words recording function will allow you to customize your dictionary. English grammar reference section. TOEFL practice exercises, tests, and instant evaluation. Bilingual personal organizer with fax and e-mail capability, shorthand function, reference system, travel guide; conforms to highest industry standards. Digital voice recorder with 12-minute recording limit. Size: 6.1 x 3.3 x 1.0 in. Weight:9.1 oz

Customer Reviews:

by each new language you know, you are a new man .......2005-08-25

After reading what is available to be read about this item, I think one should know about its dimensions(weight,length and width)just to know if it fits in his pocket or in his handbag,if it is handy or it is not.

Ectaco ER586HT English/Russian Talking Electronic Dictionary

Average customer rating:

Years of practical service
Very useful and fun
It's a legend in both features and price!
ER586HT
Poor quality and terrible support

Ectaco ER586HT English/Russian Talking Electronic Dictionary

Manufacturer: Ectaco, Inc.
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Foreign Language Translators | Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

Foreign Language Dictionaries | Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics

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Accessories:

Learn Russian Now! 8.0

Product Features:

1 million-word vocabulary
Pronounces words in spoken English
Advanced 2 MB organizer with business and personal directories
Send faxes; send and receive e-mail
Automatic translation of e-mail

ASIN: B00002JV8P

Product Description

This English-Russian talking dictionary ER586HT contains 1,000,000 words, instant reverse translation. Advanced technologies of high-level English speech reproduction and automatic English <->Russian sentence translation are possible with this model. The section of English language learning includes an electronic English grammar book, an interactive phonetic practice with accent correction, English irregular verbs, a comprehensive TOEFL guide with sample tests, and a personal word list for easy learning. Its resource materials incorporate an enormous amount of information including over 1000 useful phrases arranged by subject-matter. These include checking into a hotel, shopping, visiting a bank and much more. To increase your vocabulary, 200 idioms are included as well as the enjoyable Hangman word-learning game (4 language learning games). Bilingual personal organizer with fax and e-mail capability, and a shorthand function, reference system, travel guide; World time, Local time, Daily alarm, Reminder, calculator, Currency and Metric conversion. Digital voice recorder with 12-minute recording limit. Bilingual bidirectional dictionaries including colloquial expressions and idioms. 1,100 useful phrases grouped into 12 topics for easy navigation. English speech synthesis in all dictionaries. Extensive specialized terminology base. The award-winning Vector Ultima spell-checking system. Full Text Translation system. New words recording function will allow you to customize your dictionary. Graphic touch-screen display 240x128. Size: 6.1 x 3.3 x 1.0 in, 155x85x25 mm. Weight: 4 oz. Battery Type: 2 x AAA batteries, included. Extensive vocabulary, multilingual keyboard support, dialogs for language study, phrase bank will help you communicate with utmost efficiency. Note: the screen does not have the back light. See Ectaco ER-V6 or SpeechGuard TL-2R for English <->Russian electronic talking dictionaries with backlight.

Amazon.com Product Description

The ER586HT English/Russian dictionary features a high-quality English speech synthesizer with pronunciation and accent correcting, an English-Russian and Russian-English dictionary with more than 1 million words, an easy-to-use backlit touch screen, the Socrat translating system, and a data exchange program for use with your PC. (Note that the ER586HT does not pronounce words in Russian.)

The ER586HT lets you send faxes and send and receive e-mail using E-mail Around-the-Globe, and you can translate the e-mail automatically. You can use the digital voice recorder to record personal memos. The tourist phrase book translates up to 10,000 English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Dutch words into Russian. A phone book lists area codes for more than 2,000 cities in Russia, the United States, and other countries.

You can customize the dictionary with new words by typing them on the keyboard or downloading them from your PC. The ER586HT's dictionary offers built-in English grammar rules, a real-time Test of English as a Foreign Language course, English sentence construction, frequently used phrases, 18 sections of specialized reference, and a list of irregular verbs and American idioms.

The built-in organizer includes both business and personal directories, an electronic notepad with one-touch search, and an option for sending documents by e-mail or fax. A scheduler with a memo option also supports data exchange with your PC. You can store a list of important dates and view your calendar. The ER586HT supports a shorthand writing system and a drawing board for sketches--and you can even send your sketches by fax.

Additional options include a traveler's guide, horoscopes, a game center with four popular games, a U.S. citizenship exam, a math and engineering calculator, a personal account manager, a loan calculator, math formulas, currency and metric conversion, a database of English names, clothes and footwear sizes, and an option to upload text files.

Customer Reviews:

Years of practical service.......2002-06-10

There is one negative review commenting on bad buttons/ poor manufacture. This is completely counter to our family's experience. My wife, her mother and sister all have one of these translators and find them to be rugged and problem free. My wife has had hers for what must be 3 years now.

95% of my wife's usage is single word translations and seldom uses full sentence or pronunciation features. Although she is quite fluent, she still uses it often when she comes across odd words in some books, or needs an equivalent of a technical or other very precise term she only knows in Russian. Her mother and sister are less fluent and use sentence translation and pronunciation much more often. Oddly, the men hardly ever use the translator. No one uses the other organizer features on the unit. We favor this unit rather than the 486 model due to its larger dictionary. A side benefit is that looks much nicer with its leather like case and attractive silver styling. The pronunciation is useful for beginning to intermediate speakers, because it gives you an idea of the kind of sound you should try to make. However, it has the typical computer robotic sound to it- do not expect anything like a recording of actual human speakers. It turns out this robotic accent is not important- the big problems I've found for Russians first speaking English would be solved if they listenned to this unit pronouncing the word for them.

Also do not have super high expectations for the sentence translator. It is not a fault of Ectaco- Machine translation is a very hard problem and no one has a translator you can trust completely. The translator is very handy and can be used to give someone some hints about what you are trying to communicate. But don't expect to get it right more than 70% of the time. Some checks you can do to verify the translation is to try translating the english words back into russian and see if most of the meanings are the one you intended. If the word has too many different or possibly disasterous meanings, obviously it might be a good idea to substitute a russian synonym to get an english word translation with less chance of creating confusion. Obviously this is a lot of work, and it is probably unnecessary to go to this much trouble in typical situations. Just to give you an idea, my mother in law regularly went into the city to go shopping and at that time knew only a few english phrases. Armed with this translator (and a cell phone for emergencies)- she found it easy to complete all her tasks. She only had to call us once to explain some complicated detail to a salesperson.

We bought the accessories for this (that allow you to hook to a computer) but I'd suggest that you hold off and buy them only if you really think you would use them. We tried them but never got much value from them.

We strongly suggest using NIMH (nickel metal hydride) rechargeable batteries. This will save you huge amounts of money if you use the translator a lot. Radio shack has good quality ones. We have tried other generic brands, but they most failed after several charges.

Hope these notes help.

Very useful and fun.......2001-09-19

I found this dictionary very useful to learn English words. I often play in different word games on it to enlarge my vocabulary. What I really adore about this dictionary is the touch-sensitive display, it's fun to send emails and do everything with a small stylus!
I have specially chosen this dictionary to have the TOEFL listening comprehension and all the other tests as well as grammar reference.
The dialogues for every day situations have often helped me when I had no idea how to say something in English.
My dictionary translates all the words and even common phrases and idioms. And the most important for me is that it not only pronounces clearly everything, but records my pronunciation, so I can always compare them and speak better. English pronunciation is so different from the Russian one ...
Thanks to this dictionary, I speak English much better now. :)

It's a legend in both features and price!.......2001-04-13

I bought this product two weeks ago, my product is Arabic -English dictionary. It's a legend electronic dictionary with English-Arabic, Arabic-English, English-English dictionaries and Arabic & English speller. Data base of vocublary, dialog, grammer, proverbs, abbreviation, travel & country information, cities, languages, airports, airlines, temperature, telephone id's. Organizer with business tel., personal tel., memo, schedule, user dictionary, calender(Gregory & Higri), local & world time, anniversity and voice memo. Calculations with simple & scientific calculator, loan calculator, account mangement, currency conversion, metric conversion. Games of word, brick, title 5 & master mind game. Communication with pc link, fax machine built in, email(send & recieve). All these features and it's english talking with male true voice and it has back light touch screen and the its memory is 2MB. These features are the shiny side of this product where the other side appear in its exaggerated price and its short life of the best batteries in this product.

ER586HT.......2001-04-04

Perfect tool, great features and fulfilling vocabulary. But the manual needs to be written in a simpler manner. Too many technical terms that are not easy to understand for people who are not familiar with these terms. I think it should be more so-to-speak "housewife friendly". -- I give it four stars.

Poor quality and terrible support.......2000-12-20

I bought ER586HT English/Russian from Ectaco and it was inoperable out of the box. Some buttons did not work at all. The store only had 7 days return policy so I had to bring it to the Ectaco store in Queens, NY. I was told they would call me within 2 weeks. It took me 5 weeks and multiple calls to get a replacement which... had the same problem. Now it has been 3 weeks again, no word from Ectaco.

Summary: good product idea, very poor implementation, absolutely the worst warranty and customer service I have ever seen.

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