My first impression of the Coby Under-The-Cabinet TV/DVD player is that it is flimsy and cheap. The screen is a bit loose and just doesn't feel like it's put together all that well. I'm afraid that one of these days when I'm putting the screen up or down that it's going to break so I have to be very gentle with it.
Now with that said, it has a pretty good picture when watching TV and an "OK" picture when watching a DVD. Don't know why it would be different, but it does seem to be. Maybe it's the DVD's optics. The sound is GREAT when watching TV, but I had to crank up the volume all of the way when I was watching a DVD. Oh, and there's no headphone jack on this. Yes, where I have this mounted I would like a headphone jack even though MOST people who buy one of these really wouldn't care.
OH, and it's REALLY a 10.2 inch, not 10. Amazon needs to change the description.
All in all it's a pretty decent unit. I'd recommend it. Coby KTFDVD1093SVR 10.2-Inch Under-the-Cabinet DVD/CD Player with Digital TV and Radio, Silver
I ordered this TV for my newly renovated kitchen and have used it for a month. So far I love it -- have not used the radio or DVD yet. The only thing I will say negative is that they did not supply any plastic mounting spacers that go between the TV and the underside of the cabinet to keep the TV mounted under the edge of the cabinet. I cut some 3/4" thick wood pieces to take us this space and it worked fine. Picture qulaity is very good using Verizon Fios cable.
After doing a lot of research on under cabinet TVs, the Coby 10.2 seemed to make sense. The company claimed to improve the technology with an ATSC tuner for homes with digital cable, however they did not resolve an ongoing problem that dates back two years, that I only learned of after buying this, running coax cable to the kitchen, installing it, and having the product fail. I will not explain it in detail, but warn buyers that if you plan to use this in LCD TV/DVD player ONLY for or as an AV in only source, it works well, So you can send an RCA cable output from your cable box in the other room to this device through it's AV inputs and watch only what the cable box is playing. If you want to use it to also tune in stations, even basic cable stations and you have digital or HDTV channels, the Coby TV is prone to failure. It gives you one shot to auto tune the channels. After it finds available channels, which it did well, if you power off the device and unplug, it will give you a "no database" error message and no longer display the channels. Once this error code appears, according to Coby, it can not be undone and the device's internal chip cannot re-tune channels. Restoring the device to factory settings fails. There is nothing in the manual about this problem, or warnings about it, and they just claim returning it is only option. They claim its a problem with the manufacturing. If you search the internet for this problem with the Coby LCD TV, you will find many postings about it. Buyers beware.
I liked the size of the screen, however adjusting the sound and color contrast are a problem. If the volume is at 2 it is too low, however if it is at a 3, then it is too loud. I tried adjusting the color contrast, but there didn't seem to be a happy medium. I also would prefer to have a separate button for TV, Radio, or CD/DVD player. I had never purchased a Coby product before, and I think before I purchase one in the future, I would do some research through Consumer Reports first. The price is affordable, but the quality was disappointing.
I love this little under the counter TV. It is connected to cable and operates fine. The radio isn't working very well only because I do not have the antenna high enough in the room. Hard to do in the cupboard.
With an antenna the picture would be good, then start to show a type of wavering in the background. Hard to explain the picture problem. Maybe it was just a defective set. Radio played very well, though. Returned this TV. Purchased the Venture from Amazon and it works great.
I love our new Coby undercabinet tv. It was easily installed in the kitchen with no problems. It is compact, convenient and the picture quality is excellent.
We previously owned a smaller screen, but the 10.2 is much better.
It's also a big plus to have the DVD/CD player included.
COBY undercabinet TV models are terrible quality. Pic is only viewable head-on.....speaker quality is so muddled it is hard to decipher words.....remote ONLY WORKS head-on......remote response is sometimes uncontrolable (channels selections are difficult to enter - may take up to 3 or 4 attempts).....clock is a joke!! Finally, features are very difficult to set-up.
We got so disgusted we threw our 1-year old product in the trash!!!
Due to family illness, we were not able to install the Coby 10" DVD/CD/FM/AM TV immediately. When we did, the tv didn't work at all. We tried different cable hook-ups, calling customer service, etc. Bottom line-we were told that it was an "internal" problem with the tv hook-up and there was nothing that could be done. We were told to enjoy the DVD and CD player-sorry about the tv problem!
Choose another brand if wanting an under-the counter tv and look closely at the 90 day warranty. It is very misleading-read the fine print! - Under Counter Tv - Undercabinet Tv - Drop Down Tv - Kitchen Tv'
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