1 Low quality, no sound
I gave the DV-740U as a gift and am ashamed. After only five months of use, which included playing three DVDs and two CDs, the sound stopped working. The person I gave it to wasn't able to use it enough times to experience the problems others have had, but the lack of sound from either the RCAs or the coaxial digital output has made the DV-740U nothing more than a paperweight.
The best part is that Sharp only covers labor for 90 days, so it'll cost my friend shipping, a deposit of [$$$] and who knows how much more to fix it.
Avoid this DVD player and consider another brand.
2 Faulty Machine
Hey to all you out there that has prob's with the dv740u. I concure also that the machine has some bad problems, But if you contact the sharp help line they will help you out. After having the machine into the shop for three times and finally having the traverse deck replaced. I finally called sharp they told me they would send me another upgraded one to replace this unit. Should be getting it in 10 day's.
Ps. can any-one tell me if they have had any experience with the sharp modle DVS2U.
3 Dv-740U
This is a great unit , one of the best out there. Also has great looks and features. As far as the skipping problems other customers had, I would recommend that they complain to thier rental shop. It is the DVD quality , not the player, that causes these problems. In fact,I have had DVD's skip in other units but not skip in the DV-740U(it has superior laser design). In all the DVD's I have ever rented, About 70% of them skip. DVD's are very fragile when it comes to magnets and electric fields, ect. The info(bits) are easily lost.
4 Sharp DV740U Freezes, locks-up, and stutters.
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I'd rate this unit zero (0) stars if it was allowed!!
I got this unit as gift for XMAS and have little experience with DVDs. Since XMAS almost all DVD titles exhibit some abnormality in playing about an one to 1.5 hours into the movie -- either stuttering, freezing or lock-ups. With some DVDs the playback artifacts are minor and short-lived -- with other DVDs once the player hiccups it keeps it up for the entire movie. And once the player locked-up and had to be powered off/on. Because of my inexperience I thought it was me, or the DVDs; after reading these reviews and an analysis of the problem on anther website I'm sure it's the 740U unit (which is really a .... 611 clone.)
It's been very frustrating!! ...
Thanks to all the people who entered their reviews into this forum, this has been a very frustrating and maddening experience. (And, to Amazon.com for providing this forum.)
In closing, I know one electronics manufacturer who's lost a customer. Most likely I'll order my new DVD player from Amazon!
PS: I still haven't heard from ...., but I talked to the manager of the retailer I bought the Sharp unit from. I explained the problem, showed him the web info I had collected, and he took the 740U back for a store credit. I purchased one of the top rated units shown on Amazon.
5 Peice of junk don't waste your money!
I have nothing good to say about this dvd player. Sharp should be ashamed of this product. The freezing problem drives me crazy. All of these units should be pulled from shelves. If you have one already return it, if you don't have one yet don't buy one. Period.
6 Mine works fine!
picture quality is good and i have no problems with freezing. Just lucky i guess!
7 Low Quality!!!
I'm a big fan of Sharp electronics but this one has nothing to do with the rest of their products. Looks good and the features are awesome, but the quality is extremely poor. I personaly have problems with the disc loader: it only plays audio CDs. Most DVDs and all of CDRs result in "NO DISC" message. Unlike other people I have not experienced freezing picture or stuterring, but I could only play a few DVDs.
8 A Contrary Opinion...
I found this player to be quite good, especially at playing alternate media. I've not suffered the same maladies as the other people posting while playing factory DVDs, but I use this machine in the bedroom as a secondary unit. For a low cost DVD player, you could certainly do a lot worse.
9 freezing picture
Same problem as everyone else picture starts freezing half way through the movie and gets worse as you get towards the end of the movie.
10 Untrustable
This DVD player is not worth the money! Please do not expect a good DVD player. This player not only stalls about an hour into the movie. It ALSO has a problem with brightness. Throughout the film. Everything 30 seconds the movie goes from BRIGHT to DARK!
11 Stutters
I recently received this DVD player as A gift. It was my first player, and it almost made me think this whole DVD thing was a scam! Do all DVD players act like this? Fortunatly I have found out that they do not. No matter what movie I put in the player freezes and stutters after about an hour into it. It's enough to drive you crazy. After talking to some knowledgable people, and doing some research, I have found that this is a common problem with this player. It's to bad, the player has some very nice features, but they are worthless if the player doesn't perform it's basic function...PLAYING A DVD...without stuttering and freezing up. I will definatly be returning it for another brand. ...
12 Skipping problem
I concur with the previous reviewer: the skipping, even on an immaculated DVD, is unacceptable.
13 Freeze
I have had this player for a few weeks and sometimes it works fine and other times it will freeze for no reason in the middle of playback. I plan to return it for a different brand because this is unacceptable for the amount of money it costs. Also, the user interface for MP3 playback is very primitive as compared to most other MP3 compatible DVD players.
14 DO NOT BUY THIS DVD PLAYER. PERIOD.
This is a warning to all of those people who are interest in this Sharp dvd player. I purchase one of this dvd player and it would not work. The problem is that this dvd player only skips and freezes even when it is on the first movie. I exchange it for the second version. Same problem. I exchange it for the third version. Same thing. It only skips and freezes after only playing it for an hour... 95% of Sharp DV740U dvd players need to be refund or exchange. So my advice to you is to not to purchase this dvd player. I just wrote a letter to Sharp Corporation to explain that Sharp should stop selling it to retail store or online until the problem is solve.Other than that this dvd player has cool styling and features for an exceptionally low price.
