RCA RTD255 5-Disc DVD Home Theater System

Rating:
Summary: do not buy this
Review: Everytime I buy RCA, I get burned. Last month it was the wireless headphones that stopped working afetr 2 days, this time it's this horrible piece of garbage. It won't read half of my DVDs. I put in Alf Season One, and it reads it, displays the title on the menu screen, and then says "disc incompatible." Also when switching discs it makes a loud clunking noise and makes you think it's eating your DVDs. RCA needs to go out of business.

Rating:
Summary: More surprising lack of RCA quality
Review: I had RTD250 system that ate the DVD's within a month. After sending for repair, RCA said they would send me a new model and a couple of weeks later the RTD255 arrived.
The systems were very similar, but the drive changer does make a lot of clunky noises. This new unit did lock up, but unplugging it from the wall, and plugging it in again worked.
I never had an compatibility issues with the unit, all the DVD's seem to work fine.
The surprising thing I found is that my RCA VCR when controlled by *any* controller, will switch the theater system back to DVD mode. So RCA have obviously used the same IR code, so it frequently does this!

The sound and picture quality is fine. I output to a RCA 52" HDTV through component and the quality is fine.
The controller isn't programmable.
The unit does work, but seems a lot cheaper than the RTD250 (not that I got a rebate on it!)

If you get it cheap, go for it. If your considering other, read their review.

Have a great day.