Polaroid 1913-TDXB 19-inch HDTV/ DVD Combo (Refurbished)

I was hesitant to buy a refurbished item so I purchased the Platinum Protection Plan and am very glad I did. The volume did not function correctly from the day this item arrived - I had to turn it way up into the 30's if I played a DVD to hear it. This didn't seem like a major issue so I just let that go, however, a little over a year after I purchased the TV the DVD/CD quit working altogether. Discs started to get stuck or would just spin and not play. Luckily I bought the protection plan. I have called to file a claim and will have to see if my money is refunded as they say it will be. More later...

This stopped working within the first month. My gut feeling is that as it is refurbished nothing was done to fix it when it was returned to the factory. I had a similar experience with a refurbushed iPod. It just isn't worth taking a chance on a refurbished product as factories do not seem interested in fixing whatever is wrong.

Good deal. Bought this TV for my 3 year old son's room.

This television with DVD looked new on arrival despite its refurbished status. It has worked well with the simple antenna setup for broadcast television. The picture is quite good and the 720p/1080i is indistigjuishable from 1080p in a screensize less than 32 inches. Connecting it up to computer and stereo are more challenging but doable. It did require purchase of other cords, etc. as it comes with only simple audio stereo and video (yellow type) RCA type cord set. The audio output must rely on the headphone jack for analog sound to the standard stereo receiver or else you would have to purchase a digital to analog converter for about xxxx to make use of the digital coax output of the television. Overall, this is a good television with a good enough tuner, simple to learn to operate for most purposes, and the DVD player that is built in is a good match to the small screen television.