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VTech V.Smile TV Learning System

MPN: 061220

As low as $39.99 from Target.com Rated out of 34 reviews See Price History

Description: Kids will smile as they play. Parents will smile as their kids learn! V-Smile by VTech is a revolutionary educational learning system that teaches children basic school skills through interactive TV gaming. Like video gaming systems, it connects directly to your TV. Unlike m... read more

Kids will smile as they play. Parents will smile as their kids learn! V-Smile by VTech is a revolutionary educational learning system that teaches children basic school skills through interactive TV gaming. Like video gaming systems, it connects directly to your TV. Unlike most video gaming systems, V-Smile turns the TV into a teaching tool to help 3-7 year olds improve the dexterity of their most important muscle -- their brain! So turn your child's game time into brain time ... with V.Smile! minimize

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e_ohaver

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Feb 2007

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User has 1 Day of experience with this product

Please do not waste your money...

Strengths:

Great concept - educational gaming console geared toward a specific age range.

Weaknesses:

Overall quality of product. Does not include AC Adapter; Power supply is temperamental; Joystick is also temperamental.

Posted Feb 3, 2007 - The overall concept of the gaming console is a brilliant idea however, as we sometimes learn in life, you get what you pay for. A full gaming console geared towards our children for only $50 in comparison to a true gaming system such as XBOX, Playstation, etc. We should only expect that the graphics will not be up to par as in the more expensive consoles however the VSmile does not include an AC Adapter. This is an additional $10-$20 so now the overall price has just become, at most, $70. My son finds that the joystick is temperamental as the gaming system does not necessarily follow his lead and the power button works only when conditions are just so which are very rare. The game cartridge is extremely difficult to remove and in now way can it be removed by a typical child; I can barely remove it myself after extended usage. Needless to say, I am extremely disappointed in this product. It has become more of a hassle than an educational tool at this point. How often do you truly want to spend finding solutions to your problematic gaming console? We have found that we spend more time troubleshooting this system that we actually spend utilizing it for it's intended use.

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honeybee29me...

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Dec 2006

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Waste of Money!!

Strengths:

Music is o.k. Educational

Weaknesses:

Graphics are pathetic, sound is bad, power doesnt work all the time, joystick is too hard to use for a child, does not come with AC adapter

Posted Dec 6, 2006 - I bought this for my son last Christmas. Worked for about 2 weeks. Took it back to Walmart, and got another one. That one worked for like a month. Took that one back, same thing all over again. Power will not turn on. I purchased batteries, but they last for like two days! There is not a wide variety of games to choose from. I DO NOT recommend buying this product. You will end up at the store returning it!! Several people have told me they had the same problems so its not something my son is doing, its the product! SAVE YOUR RECIEPTS!!!! And good luck explaining it to a child that Mommy or Daddy cant fix it!

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jameswsp

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Nov 2006

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User has 1 Year of experience with this product

We love it!

Strengths:

Easy to use, teaches while having fun!

Weaknesses:

I did have to purchase the a/c adapter but it was only ten bucks. The graphics are not that great but my children don't care because they can use it on their own unlike their computer games or PS2.

Posted Nov 27, 2006 - My 4 and 5 year old boys love their V Smile we have ten games two controllers and the handheld pocket they play it almost everyday and we have had it for over a year and it has never had problems. I love it because their learning from it and I don't have to pay a fortune for the games I usually pay fifteen to twenty bucks a game unlike our PS2 where the games vary from thirty to sixty bucks a game and for small children thats too much.

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Dhermans from OH

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Nov 2006

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User has 6 Months of experience with this product

Vsmile It is just junk

Strengths:

If it works well it works what can i say

Weaknesses:

everything Graphics pore wont turn on or if it wants to it will turn on but for how long had to put the games in the freezer to make them work some times. the system just wants to work some times

Posted Nov 18, 2006 - If you push the button Pray that it works If not keep trying for about 6 hours. graphics and sound is terrible. Joystick is crap. now i had to repair that thing 6 times myself with spare parts ordered from v tech. it will quit working every 2 weeks Please do not buy this thing. all it does is give you a frustrated child because the game does not work. Support hmmmm what support that is a joke right ??????????? Will never buy vtech products again in my life. And if my wife will ever come home with vtech stuff it will be back faster then it came in my house. Little tip : if a game does not want to work after 6 hours trying put it in the freezer for 20 minutes i did that with the bob the builder game when i took it out it did work after 12 times trying the power button and take the game out and reinsert it.

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