RCA RC5220P DVD Player

• Limit 1 per customer
• Dolby Digital and DTS output
• Compatible with Music CD's
• Allows programmable and random playback
• English, French, or Spanish on-screen displays; front headphone jack with volume control

After reading the reviews here I was very skeptical about purchasing this unit. I have several RCA components and wanted RCA because their stuff works so well together. Sure enough, we bought the unit, plugged it in, and our existing RCA TV remote started controlling the DVD player without a hitch (of course the remote that comes with the DVD unit also controlled all of our other RCA units without a hitch too). We even rented Bugs life to make sure ours wasn't one of the "bad" units. Everything worked fine, even in wide screen mode!

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I bought one of these for my father after seeing how great my roommate's was but after 2-3 months both of them started flickering and would freeze up from time to time and now my fathers only plays about half the DVDs he owns and my roommates can't get through 20 minutes of a movie without flickering then locking up. I found out from talking to people on the internet that about half of these units have MAJOR hardware issues. Buyer Beware.

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The Good

I must say I love this DVD player. The first one I have owned and it playes great. I use the A/V jacks into a 28 inch Phillips Mag TV and it looks like a movie screen. I'm so spoilled that I don't even rent VHS tapes anymore. I had one problem with a rented DVD (Wag the Dog). But once I cleaned the disk like the manual says it played perfectly. The stero sound is great too. A quick tip though.

If you don't have a receiver and just use your TV for sound, in the system setup choose PCM sound and high compression for the best sound. No compression makes you have to turn the TV up real high in order to hear clearly.

Make sure the sound on your DVD player matches the one on your DVD when watching movies. I bought The Best Man for my lady and the player was set for Dolby while the disk was sending DTS. Result, no sound and 5 minutes of PANIC. Just match them up again and all is fine.

The Bad

Not being able to burn your own Audio CDs is a bit of a moan. But once you play the Matrix for the first time you get over it. I am mad that I can't play burned Video CDs. Wanted to archive my collection of Kung-Fu movies and tapped Saturday morning Cartoons. But in a year I should be able to upgrade my pc and get a second DVD player for the bedroom so I could do that then.

The Ugly

All the reports I have heard about the DVD player had made me kinda scared about my future with the RC5220P. The review seem to be about 65% to 35% in favor. I am almost past the 2 month mark so I will do a follow up if anything happens. But so far I am on happy camper.

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I've had my RCA for 5 months and have no troubles with it. It is true it won't play CD-R. The only trouble with locking up, pixelating, freezing and not starting have all been with rented movies. I keep good care of the DVDs I own and have no problems with them. I have it hooked up to an RCA dolby digital surround reciever. The optical output on the back puts out amazing audio (can't tell real sounds around me from the movie). The matrix works without a flaw on the RCA. Before i bought it the sales man told me that any brand associated with GE, or cheaper would not play the Matrix. I would have to agree with the review about the quality control at RCA though, because all the reviews I've read have either been really good or really bad. I recommend the player.

I bought this DVD player last Christmas from a department store. I always liked RCA. I had no problems with the DVD for a few months and I liked it, it had good features but missed zoom, and the menu screens were easy to get around and the glossry was a nice touch. But then it started making a high pitch noise that sometimes became louder than the movie I was plaing on my Dolby Digital theather system I used. Then the Disk Tray would not come out the whole way and would get stuck. It made noise from the beggining but this noise was crazy. The manufcr. would not do anything for me. I would have to pay for the shipping to get it fixed and for labor. I did not get it fixed and am currently shopping for a new one with a better Rep. I don't recommend shopping for the lowest price. Because the most important thing is not features, but if it works and if the thing breaks, is the warranty going to help you if it is not just a 90 day or one year parts. Look around, Buy smart!