DIGITNOW Turntable Player - Unboxing & Review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Time for another unboxing and review! Let’s check out this interesting little device from DIGITNOW!
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It seems like these record players which have the mechanism built into the plinth are universally bad. They somehow found a way to take the already cheap Skywin mechanism and make an even cheaper knockoff of it. Same thing with the knockoffs of the Tanashin cassette mechanism. It's a shame that we've reached the point of cost-cutting where Crosley and Victrola suitcase players are actually superior!
So true.... I thought they would improve over time... but they just keep getting worse..
Oh the irony! 😂😂
Economic depression.
Now that`s what i call a great player....Love the fact the cart drops so fast....means you get to hear your music quicker....And the tape player is awesome....It chews up tapes in stereo...What more could you want...The tight fitting record is good too,because it means if you tip the player upside down,the record will not fall off so easily...and the queing lever catching the side of the dust cover,is just one of those added little bonuses that make this so special....the quiet speakers too,..no complaints from the neighbours...Great review..I want one...
Oh, you are a witty one. ;)
Man, this DIGITNOW! unit is the proverbial Jack of all trades, master of none. I'll never understand why manufacturers release these units upon the world without testing them properly. It's such short-term thinking because they won't get repeat business from dissatisfied customers.
So glad you reviewed this model. I've seen them and glad I passed on it.
3:08 "SCURCE" on the top left button. I presume that's meant to read "SOURCE".
Yup, think I'll add another 90 feet to my ten-foot pole!
Clever Response!
Man i love your channel. It is cool to see turntables that i would never consider buying getting some recognition so people who might get them can know what they are getting!
At this price point, all you get is the basic Sunwin player with a few added features. The Sunwin is a cheap clone of the BSR/Capehart micro player from the 1980s.
My friend got a unit similar to that and the instruction book says "Manuel" instead of "Manual"
Nucky Light will thank your for not destroying his LP.
I think that’s a DigitNO thanks :)
Stay with vintage made in the USA stuff :)
Even vintage stuff made in Japan, Germany, Denmark, and Great Britain are excellent options.
@@TorontoJon
Yes I agree Jon
The rake angle of the needle may be what is causing the damage. Is it me, or is this a few record player fails in a row? Take care...
Although I am not the target audience at all for this product I enjoy watching these reviews and you provide important information for people who might be buying these. This is an example of what happens when you take a low end product and make it even cheaper. This really is junk.
Even Judy Collins doesn't deserve this.
lol
Which format do you need to use for the USB stick, please? I tried exFAT ('REC' just sits there flashing at me), and NTFS (doesn't even attempt to show 'REC' when I press the button). I don't have a FAT32 option on my PC, strangely, but I can find such a formatter if need be. Thanks.
Thank you so much because I was looking at this as an interim of what I'm going to do trying to find my stylus for my Panasonic 94 all-in-one stereo system that I do not want to get rid of. So this is a no-go
Loving the record player reviews back Recordology. Sadly not one I'd buy this one,despite understanding the fact it's an entry level machine.thanks for another great show.great to hear from yoshi a little bit too!
These are not entry level machines. The term I would use is "novelty".
Is the cd together in the box?
Another Chinese piece of jonque! They just keep reinventing this thing. That said, your reviews are quite useful because I think they may be prompting Crosley and others to actually up their game and product line. I certainly hope so. I got a kick out of your comment on the protective film; I had it on a tv screen in my kitchen for two years before I realized it was there!
Does it come with a disposal bag?
That's a scary unit. I'd hate to see a kid get one of them for Christmas. He or She'd be turned off from the hobby in no time.
Regarding the problem with the cassette playing. With age, cassettes dry up a little and the reels don't turn as freely as they once did. Offentimes you can loosen them up a little by gently slapping each side flatly against a table a couple of times.
Take it apart to look at the circuits in side?.
Or put it under a steamroller to see how qompact it can be?.
DigitnOUCH...
The problem with these DIGITNOW! lemons is I feel sorry for parents or younger people buying one of these units and getting all excited to play some records and perhaps cassettes too only to be disappointed straight out of the gate.
Units like this may even turn off a new generation from collecting records in the first place if they've walked away with a very bad first impression. This is yet another way to endanger the vinyl resurgence.
The Dessauer March is one of the best german marches. The fact you randomly pull out such an tape is awesome to see..xD Greetings from Germany. :)
What do u do if the power won’t work
what is the best turntable for a kid 10 years old?
i mean... just look at the image of the phone screen on the box.. the tonearm 😂 true professional "turntable player" manufacturer 😜
Mine didnt come w a manual. Where do i get that. Is there a number on your manual i can call?
I like the dust cover ,,to help protect your investment. 🤣
Many thanks once again fir taking the hit on this one so we do not have to.
I hope you receive this record players from the manufacturers for testing... because paying for these crappy stuff is just too much 😌
I am a retired teacher, l purchased this one to try & digitize some old multiplication tables records, l can’t get it to record! Please suggest a good one that l could try! Thank you!
Dude I got it for my bday and I can't get the turntable to start spinning? I followed the advice from the instructions and it just won't spin!!!
I bought one of these, out of curiosity, before watching this video, which, in turn, was before I unboxed it with some trepidation, but mine is fine, other than the undamped cue arm lift - which once you know, is easy to adjust to. Everything works well, including rape player and turntable, although the arm pivot bearings are a little slack. Mine works well, however the sound is somewhat thin, but if you regard this as a digitizing recorder (192kbps?) for multiple source formats, it works well as a secondary device, and I would cautiously recommend it, and at the price I paid (£65) consider it good value and fun.
Mine works for what I paid for, too. But these people are audiophiles and snobs. They think people who can't spend $350+ shouldn't listen to music at all.
That’s gotta be one of the cheapest all in one stereo systems I have ever seen and heard... a turntable should not have that much wow and flutter, nor should a brand new cassette player eat your tapes right out of the gate! Great video as usual, though!!!
Hello..thanks for review. What entry level like this quite acceptable in terms of quality? Waiting for your answer!
Go for an AT-LP60x
@@Recordology Thanks for info!
I would love to see that behind the scenes video you mentioned.
Its in the works.....we did a technical behind the scenes a while back.
I actually have this shit and tbh I like it a lot. Decent player for listening and recording (although SD card recordings could be quite muffled at times).
trackpackofficial...i just ordered mine on clearance over in London...44 pounds..about 50 dollars...they've been out about 3 years and clearing out discontinued end of life old stock...Digitnow M36 is finished...deck is garbage...i'll be modding mine to fit in my chipboard hifi slot...deck will be chopped off and binned...and RCA out wired up to my Amplifier...i might have to mod it with some soldering...i can't figure out what "NO DEU" on display means..maybe the manual will shed some light
HEY OP! What is the weight you used on the needle. I need to get one for sure!
These track 5-6 grams. On the heavier side for sure.
I have one it's awesome
damn. i was either gonna buy this or the one with the cd player and external speakers. glad i went with the latter.
nvm i noticed it was warping my records a little so i replaced it with an AT-LP60X
Gosh, I - like yourself, like to be charitable with budget gear - there's certainly a place for it, and I kinda like the look of it - but dear lord o'mighty - this is just not good enough, just awful!! Many thanks again, always love your channel!
Thank you!
Cant get cassette in mine.
Wow this unit is sad looks like they really cheapen out on this build ,I have seen your other vids on the all in one's they at least performed way better this looks like it was slapped together without any thought the volume seemed to me low you were right not to reomend this unit like I said before I am not a fan of all in one's but the others you have reviewed I would choose those if I had to they were better built than this one Ten -Q for another review love your reviews fantastic as always JRo 📀
I hope that DIGITNOW sent you this...
First off, you do a great review and I enjoy your videos. However, sometimes there's something as too cheap and junkie. This unit qualifies as just that. I was cringing so hard for you cassettes. I'm glad you didn't push it with the tapes. Whew ! If you own a shotgun.Take this unit out to the range and put it out of its misery. Looking forward to more of your entertaining and informative videos. Live long and prosper. 🖖
LLAP
Let me be clear that, like Recordology, I'd like nothing more than to praise this unit and to champion it as a great starter record player to launch novice record collectors into the hobby, but given the ample video evidence here and Recordology's ever-honest reviews, we can all see how this unit fails on every level except aesthetics (It looks cool in its own way, but it can't do anything else properly).
Think of the Acoustic Research AR-XA turntable back in its day that was one of the most affordable units of its time (only $58 in 1961 dollars; well below its competition and only $90 even by 1972) and yet that gorgeous, well-built, very basic turntable is heralded to this day for its excellent engineering, rugged durability, and great sound performance which makes it all the more frustrating when so few low-priced turntables and all-in-one units can accomplish that feat today.
So, like Recordology, I'm still hoping for some up-and-coming record player manufacturer to knock our socks off with an incredibly well-made unit to give the much pricier competition a run for their money. :)
geez, cant anyone manufacture a quality entry level record player, i know the chinese manufactured units always had quality issues, but you would think that some electronic company, preferably in the u.s. (if there are any left) would put a little more pride and consideration when making these. i am sure cost has everything to do with it but i would not be opposed to paying more for a really decent constructed all in one record player, thanks for sharing this review and i am definitley crossing this one off the list! take care
Kind of a lousy product, as that cassette chewer is a disgrace right out of the box. And the hydraulic-less tonearm lifter which slams the tonearm onto the record like a ton of bricks is just as bad. But it was another fun unboxing just the same, Record-ology! You always make it fun! BTW, the one you were referring to (who took 3 years to realize that the clear plastic strip had to come off of the Cuisinart slow cooker read-out window) 'twas me. You're right -- they never tell you that stuff.
It should be named the "Caveat Emptor" player.
Well this has made me very nervous now that I purchased this ahah. I don't even want to put my records on it
my mom bought me this for christmas and idk how i’m supposed to buy a new one without hurting her feelings bc its so bad 💔
I wouldn't say this is entry-level. This is "Open the entrance, take a peek inside, say 'Nope!', turn around and go to the Mp3 store across the street" level.
"The mp3 store" lolololololololo
Is it possible you got a bad model? I've seen such good reviews of this model but your the only one that doesnt approve?
For best performance, remove from box and put straight in the garbage.
(Actually, please recycle)
Thanks for the review. No way will I put any of my records I bought in the 70's and 80's, that have never so much as had a finger print, on one of these.
I’ve seen it for £12. Should I get it?
It’s a fun little device.
@@Recordology I’ve decided to save up for something better. I think I’d still regret buying it
How much is that sir new here
5:18 What the heck? There's already a scratch in the plastic on the righthand side despite the careful bagging and packaging. Grrrrrr.
I don't get why people would buy something like this when you could buy a cheap 80's-90's receiver and a used Audio-Technica AT-LP60 for less than $125 and have something actually useful. Also, 80's Technics semi-automatic, belt-driven turntables, (and varients of such), are plentiful and plenty cheap.
The mp3 recordings were too quiet and lacked any bass.
Definitely not a good stereo. When it chews your tapes and digs into your records bad. The cantilever is definitely bent too far down which may be your record wear issue. Also the arm needs tightened and straightened. Thank you for your reviews.
Kudos for pulling out that scale. That was a great investment. This product on the other hand def wouldn't buy. I'm very leery about putting my old cassettes into anything I can't watch it move. Let alone without Dolby. Poor things sound awful without it. Could start a new segment how awful can Judy sound look forward to the next dollar store record player with her.
lolololol
Aren't you sure that the company's name isn't
Dig It Now? A little throwback slang? Trying to incorporate into modern-day life?
Hey look! It's a DIG-IT-NOW product!... no I would not prefer to DIG-IT-NOW or anytime EVER!🤣🤣
Dig it now! Can ya dig it?
I'd dig it a big hole and bury it. Mind you, I'd probably have to clobber that record player in the head first so there was no chance of it coming back as a zombie record player. ;)
lololol
Mine broke as soon as I unboxed it
I get that there's an appeal to reviewing these "novelty" record players. I've watched a number of your reviews, and these novelty players all seem to have a recurring theme of serious design flaws. I would not consider these entry level by any means, especially when they are the cost of 2 or 3 new albums. It would be nice to see some manufacturers come out with some halfway decent "entry level" (and not "novelty" or junk) all in one systems like back in the day in the 70's (I'm dating myself).
Oh wow I believe this must be the worst one yet. It really did look like it was chewing up that record!
Just ordered this product before looking at many reviews 😂 bad mistake i guess
Happy Birthday To Me!
Happy Birthday!
Could be the cassette put in try another cassette
I don't get why people would consider buying a turntable like this its just a toy but you can buy a real turntable for not much more,
The quality issues with the DIGITNOW (the cuing lever scraping against the dust cover, the record touching the plastic, the loose headshell, lack of dampening on the cuing lever, and the cassette player not working correctly) can tell you that's not a very good product even compared to the cheap Crosley or Victrola suitcase players.
As a rule of thumb, anything from Amazon that's made by a no-name/unrecognizable company is usually guaranteed to be junk whatever it's a turntable, cassette player, boombox, TV antenna, Wi-Fi adapter, webcam, camera, AA batteries, "gaming" keyboard/mouse, headset, and even computers. They usually tend to have poor build quality, tend to have interior specs, likely not built to last, and in the case of rechargeable mice, usually have low capacity/poor quality batteries that have inferior battery life compared to mice using AA batteries (my Logitech K400 Plus and G602 lasts longer than this). Lastly, I've seen cheap no-name cassette boomboxes/players which tend to mono and/or use inferior components (knock-off Tanashin cassette mechanisms and counterfeit motors).
It Sounds Good I Like It
Sorry for my honest review but in my opinion very bad products turntable slows down when you get your email replied to get asked did I have the deck on the correct speed sent mine back and got proper system lot more expensive but worth every penny
I hope you didn’t throw away the receipt. Take that thing back for a refund. That’s not “entry level” by any means. More like enter then take the stairs to the basement and it’s over there in the corner. Someone would be better off going onto eBay and buying an old Fisher Price or Vanity Fair player from the 70’s or 80’s and giving that as a gift to a kid or record beginner.
It's "Digit 👎 Now". Ya don't have to be 😕 confused with the capital letter on 👎"Now". It clearly depicts 33, 45, and 78 on the 📦 box. I 😔 wonder if the cartridge is ceramic or magnetic. I also 👍 like the plastic lid. Does it also do Bluetooth? It would be neat if ya also got into transcription records, but you'd need a record player that has an extra speed for them. It also looks 👍 like this record player has a cassette player on the side. Only if this is a 👍 good machine, play cassettes on it. I wanted to comment ya about this 👍 yesterday, but had to go to work. Also wanted to last 🌙 night, but fell asleep 😴. Had to get my zzz's 😴 instead. Your friend, Jeff.
Yes the old record players are better
I’d just stay away from DIGITNOW overall.
It looks like it should be pronounced Dig It Now. A little bit of 60's lingo. Far out dude!
I would pronounce it 'Dig a Hole For It Now and Bury It Forever'.
lol
Looks like a mediocre unit all around, but I'll give it 10 bonus points for initially trying to keep you from playing the Judy Collins LP.
Return it for a refund
It looks like a pos
Poor performance as it used the same actual turntable that is used across the board that costs $5.00. using something that costs as low as that says it all. Cheap and Nasty. Such a shame that people don't spend not much more and get a Audio Technica LP60 instead.
Looks like this one is pretty much a piece of junk right out the box. I don't care for cheap entry level electronics. In my opinion entry level is not a good value but as long as the various features of an all in one system work as intended then all is OK. The one you reviewed for to most part lacks any redeeming qualities. Build quality on this one is so bad nothing works as it should. I'm not planning to buy any new electronic
products in the entry level. field. It's good that you can tell uninformed consumers about very low quality electronics so they will stay away from buying them. In that sense you are performing a very valuable service to inexperienced buyers.
So basically not worth buying
Hope noone wastes their money on this junk.
Ordered it and im extremely disappointed. Scratched records really bad and overall awful. Waste of $60
wow that's the worst lol
This screams CHINA more than covid.
Good grief. This is just awful.
The build quality of this cheap little unit from 1 to 10...🗑️🚮 Lol
Rubbish products
Man, we had better stuff in the 1970's than this junk. C'mon!
This product destroyed my records and the sound is horrible do not buy
Do not buy this!!! Everything broken
Qu’elle belle arnaque honteuse. Déjà le produit n’est pas neuf mais d’occasion il suffit de le regader attentivement pour comprendre merci pour cette vidéo constructive je vais l’acheter pour
le mettre dans mon feu de foyer.
Hi