InteracTV DVD System Compilation In-Pack
by Fisher Price
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Toys and Games Reviews of InteracTV DVD System Compilation In-Pack
Customer Review: InteracTV a bust
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the worst excuse for a toy I have come across in years. My son has been dissapointed for 2 days because we can't get this thing to work with any DVD player we own.
The setup and testing of this device is horrable. Fisher Price has abandoned the code entry for this toy and the alternate sheet of instructions tell you to just go through every code they have to see if one works with your DVD player. What that means is that you have to sit in front of your TV for hours pressing the back button to single step through every known DVD code with no guarantee that one will work.
To put this in perspective I have a palm 5 and 4 universal remotes all of which I can use to operate any TV Home theatre System or DVD player that I own, and the setup took just seconds. Two days after receiveing this Fisher Price toy we still can't get it to work.
We have tried numerous times to contact Fisher Price. None of which has been successful. Several On-line inquiries have also gone unanswered. this only leads me to believe that there are so many dissatisfied calls comming into Fisher Price that they can not handle the volume.
Bottom line they rushed to get tis product out the door in time for Christmas and it is a misserable failure. And the consumer is left with all of the heqadaches as a result of their poor quality control measures.
My suggestion is to learn from my heartache and distance yourself from this toy. There are plenty of other interactive toys for kids. We decided to just go purchase a different interactive toy ourselves so we could end the dissapointment with our little one. If I could rate this toy lower than a 1 I would but 1 is the lowest ranking on this site...
Customer Review: I'd pay double!
Summary: 4 Stars
My almost 3 year old wants so much to play video games with her big brothers but is too little to really manipulate the controllers and buttons to play those games. I saw this system and the Vsmiles system at the store and got this, as it seemed to be more age appropriate. It was worth every penny and knowing how much it's used, I'd seriously pay twice as much if I had to buy it again!
Big highlights-
Familiar characters and shows.
Short game time, many questions but interspersed with snippets of shoes and songs.
Kid friendly controller-big buttons, big handles, sits comfortably in kids lap and stays pointing at the dvd player!
Kid friendly 'pages'- the removable game 'sheets' are durable plastic AND, when removed and replaced with another it does NOT hang the game, the game simply waits for a new sheet and then starts the game that goes with that sheet!
Age appropriate questions and interface- the questions are simple enough for a 2 year old and the control unit matches the screen when it's game time so it's easy for them to decide what bottun to push.
No "enter" keys needed- some kids games require an enter key or some sort of "ok' button be pressed which isn't always obviously to the younger set.
Positive reinforcement- A wrong answer gets the question repeated, or a hint to the right one. No buzzers or other negative feedback. A right answer gets a happy sound and praise.
My daughter will play this game for an hour or more at a time! While a video will keep her busy for 30 minutes or so, it couch potato time, when she's playing this I know she's being challenged and learning and she's talking back and shouting out the answers and not just vegging out!!
Customer Review: Not for those who know their shapes
Summary: 2 Stars
At 2 yr old my son could work the DVD player, he could put his own movie in and get the remote and Know which buttons to push to skip the previews and get right to the movie. Now at 3 years old he has his own Play station 1; that he can play all by himself!! He puts in Winnie the pooh pre-school game and can play the Whole game without any help from me. When I saw the interactv DVD I thought this will be great, since it combines DVD and video game together he'll love this.
I setup it up in less then 5 minutes and hand him the controller, he only played for 10 minutes then turn it off and hasn't touch it for Months. I ask him if he'd like to play it again with me and he said "no it's boring you only match shapes" so I sat down and played it by myself and I agree it is boring. First you have to watch the character do there little talk (same talk every time you put the DVD in) then you have to Match the shape on the pad, to the shape on the TV that is IT!!! Not very challenging to someone who already knows all his letters, numbers and shapes. I also bought him sponge bob, Dora and Elmo plus the DVD that came with it and it's All the Same; Matching Shapes, except Sponge bob you do have to find the patty missing the pickle which of course is Not very hard, I see why my son finds it boring.
He learns a lot more from his play station Winnie the pooh, like finding missing letters, counting numbers, painting, spelling, and Matching that is very challenging. If your child is already playing video games then the interactv is not for them. I agree with the other reviews if your child still doesn't know their shapes or how to match then they'll love interactv, that is until they learn their shapes.
Customer Review: Do not waste your money or time on this toy!
Summary: 1 Stars
We received this toy as a gift for our 3 year old daughter. We never got the thing to work. We were confused about parts of the programming and testing of the controller. The instructions could have been a lot better. After miraculously getting the controller programmed (we think). The dvd sound and audio skipped so bad it was unusable. Upon examination, the dvd was badly scratched. We contacted the toll free service number and were hung up on multiple times due to high call volume. The website was also totally useless for help. We finally reached a service rep through another Fisher Price toll free number we got off the website. The service rep basically confirmed our suspicions that the controller could not be used with certain types of dvd players (like old or cheap ones). We just happened to be have a player which supposedly worked good with the controller (Toshiba). We requested and received another dvd in the mail which skipped just as bad as the first. After contacting the service center again, we received yet another dvd in the mail which (you guessed it) skipped and was unusable. After a few weeks of this aggravation we gave up and took it back to the store. I normally would not take the time to do one of these reviews, but I'm hoping to help others not go through this hassle. If the Fisher Price people are smart, they read these reviews on their products and will start to get the message on this product by how many of us are dissatisfied. I didn't even know about these reviews until after I had trouble with my InteracTV. I won't make that mistake again. Do yourself a favor and go buy a VSmile instead. It works, it's cute and my daughter loves it.Customer Review: Very Disappointed with Toys R Us & Fisher Price
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought this for my son's 4th Birthday. My husband tried to set it up with our DVD player and it wouldn't work with any of the codes in their guide. My husband called Fisher Price who informed him that the controller we bought does not work with our DVD player and that they would have to send us a new one that would work. We received this new controller and it doesn't work either. After spending another hour on the phone with Fisher Price, my husband was told that this product would not work for us and that we needed to send them back the 2nd controller and take the original one back to Toys R Us where we bought it. We were out of luck. Called the Toys R Us that I bought it at and was given a lot of attitude but they finally said that I could exchange it for something else. They wanted me to get another InteracTV, but I had to explain to the guy several times that it wouldn't work. He was very rude and at first told me that it wasn't their problem, it was mine because my DVD player wasn't compatible. I have a Magnavox DVD player, it's not like it is some foreign brand. Anyway, I was told I could exchange it for another electronic product there but they would not give me my money back even though I have my receipt. I will exchange it for VSmile but I think it is wrong that they are selling a product that does not work with everyones DVD player and then if it doesn't work, not give you your money back. My DVD player is only 2 years old, it's not to old and it's not to new. Poor planning on Fisher Prices part and poor customer service on Toys R Us' part.