Panasonic DVD-RV31K DVD Player, Black
DO NOT BUY ANY PANASONIC DVD PLAYER!
My first DVD player was a 110a and it lasted about 1 year. It started having a lot of blocking problems and finally failed all together. I thought that it might be because it was in the early days of DVD and the bugs had not worked out. So, stupidly, I bought another Panasonic DVD player, the RV31. Well it too lasted aboout 1 year. I was watching a DVD with friends and it just froze. I tried tuning it on/off, unplugging but nothing helped. Then I got the dreaded \\"H03\\" error code. I just got off the phone with Panasonic customer service and they said try \\"resetting\\" it. This consists of simultaneously holding down the REVERSE + PAUSE + OPEN buttons until you see the words INITIALIZE on the screen. Then turn it off and then back on. Well, it didn't do squat. Same H03 message so they said to ship it in for repair. So if you try this and it doesn't work for you either then plan on getting it repaired. Since DVD players are pretty cheap I am not going to bother with the time and expense of an out-of-warranty repair. I'll just clobber it with a hammer until it gives me back my disc. Then I'll go buy a Toshiba, Sony, Phillips, or whatever I read is reliable. Panasonic is NOT.