Emerson EWD2203 DVD Player / VCR Combo

Pros: In expensive, had the features we needed, easy to use remote
Cons: The DVD side stopped working soon after we purchased it

I am so frustrated. I just hate when we buy products that just don't perform - especially in the Electronics area because they never are cheap! We decided to take the plunge and get a DVD player since our young son was going to be getting a number of ...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Poor build quality, eats tapes, poor image quality, slow and unresponsive

A Highly Over-rated Product I want you to know that Epinions requires me to give a product at least one star. This product doesn't deserve a star. It deserves a warning sign, which at least one retail employee I'm aware of is trying to give it. ...

Pros: Good value
Cons: NO DTS, NO VHS HI-FI

I'm kind of surprised by the negative reviews I've read on this DVD/VCR player. I've had it now for a couple of months and have enjoyed it completely. I bought it on a recommendation from my in laws. They have had theirs for 6 months and have yet to have ...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Common DVD player failure.

We purchased this unit for my son's room and it worked great for 10 months. It was easy to setup and use. It then just stopped reading DVDs. It would just spin and not load the DVD. I called the mfg (Funai Corp) and they told me to unplug the unit ...

Pros: The remote is good to throw at the hubby when he's out of line.
Cons: Doesn't work

I received this hunk o' junk as a gift (some gift). It seemed pretty good because we needed a DVD player, but still have a lot of VHS tapes that my son likes to watch. About 4 DVD's later, the problems began. At first, the unit would freeze up in the ...

Pros: inexpensive
Cons: dvd stops working, remote dies fast

I bought this at Wal-Mart in August of '04 for $118. The dvd player worked for about a year, then stopped reading discs randomly. I tried a laser cleaner, but no such luck. Trouble shooting in the manual didn't help. It's not fixable! Sometimes, if I'm feeling lucky, I can watch a part of a dvd until the player starts to go nuts and eventually just stops working. VHS still works, but the remote died quickly--doesn't work even if you replace the batteries. I ended up buying another cheap dvd player to put on top of the VHS...so basically I'm left with an expensive vcr!

Pros: inexpensive and easy to use. Light weight
Cons: DVD player quit working and no support or customer service

I bought this combo DVD Video cassette recorder at Walmart about 3 months ago. The DVD player quit working even though I hadn't even watched ten movies on it. I tried to take it back to Walmart but it had already been 3 months so they said to deal with the manufacturer. The manual said to contact www.funai-corp.com so I did and they send me an automated response saying someone would respond within one business day and that was days ago.

It is frustrating to purchase a product and then not have any support on it.

Pros: NONE!
Cons: EVERYTHING!

I have had the Emerson EWD2203 for about 3 months i only watched about 5 DVDs and a few VHS tapes and it worked fine. I went to play a DVD on day and it wont work it keeps sayin "DISK ERROR" "MAY NOT BE A READABLE DISK" so i tried some more disks and they dont work either!! This thing in a piece of crap just like everyone else says Walmart and other stores need to check their products before letting people buy them! DONT BUY!

Pros: When it worked it had a good picture.
Cons: Unfortunately, it worked for only 6 months. Big rip-off!

I made the mistake of buying two of these, one for the living room and one for the bedroom. I have had them for around 6 months and they both went bad! The one in the living rooms dvd player won't work and the one in the bedroom the vcr eats tapes and spits them out. What a big rip off! Wal-mart should take these off of their shelves!

Pros: Simple to use
Cons: DVD player stopped working

It works great for the first few months, then the dvd tray decided to just stop working. It keeps opening and refuses to play anything. We haven't contacted customer service yet and after reading reviews here, we may not bother. We did learn though that Wal-mart does not do product testing on their merchandise, which is why ours probably doesn't work.

Pros: No pros.
Cons: Does not play DVDs.

I set this unit up in a guest room and did not get around to testing it for a few months. When I went to try it out so guests could use it I found out it did not play DVDs. Kept giving the message "this type of disk cannot be used" even though I was testing standard DVD Video disks.

Pros: Looks good
Cons: Piece of junk. DVD never worked

I bought this product in Feb 2004 and thought I had used the DVD before. When I just tried to play one I couldn't get the DVD drawer to open, and naturally, figured I hadn't hooked it up properly. WRONG. It just plain does not open. I should have read these reviews before purchasing and I paid OVER a $100 to boot.

Pros: relatively inexpensive, VHS part is OK.
Cons: DVD player is completely defective, sound is horrible, warranty horrible

DVD player on this unit stopped working after 3 months (as soon as labor warranty expired, oddly enough). The VHS part is decent, but recording menu is time consuming and complicated.

Pros: Cheap. That's it.
Cons: see above.

I bought this dvd/vhs player at Wal-mart after christmas 2 years ago because my vhs player was dying and I had never owned a DVD player. It worked fine for a year and a half or so. This past February I tried to play a DVD on it and the player said there was a disc error. I tried several more times, but each time the player would try to read it for a few minutes and then the error message would come up. I thought that maybe it was just me, but I found out that several of my brother's friends had also bought the same product and the EXACT SAME THING happened to them. I would highly recommend not buying this product because it seems that it is VERY FAULTY!!! I have read reviews from other people online who have problems with both the VHS and DVD parts, including subtitle and playback problems. In short, buy something else.

Pros: Does everything it is suppose to
Cons: none

We have had it for about 10 months now and it works great.Plays everything it is suppose to play and remote works fine.We buy Emerson most of the time and hardly ever have a problem.