Toshiba SD2805 5-Disc Carousel DVD and CD Player
Dead on Arrival
The package came in a little wet - appeared to be crumpled here and there. The player looked to be in good shape - no visible damages. Waited for a day for the player to reach room temperature (It was freezing when I took delivery from UPS). Plugged the player - got the welcome screen and Toshiba logo on TV. That and the screen saver were the only pictures I got out of this player. The player would not read any disc put in it - tried DVDs, VCDs, CDs - (original and the ones I burnt), MP3 discs.     Incidentally the same thing happened when I bought a Toshioba dual disc player from UBID about 3 years ago! At that time I was told that the reading lens was misaligned on a bunch of units! (but someone at Toshiba decided to ship them anyway!)  Will keep my fingers crossed - I am about to get another one from Amazon.com any time now. Hopefully the next one will work.   In the meantime I am going to retreive my trusted 3 yr old Panasonic A120 from the basement.        PROS:  Good looks  Silent, smooth tray mechanism    CONS:  Apparent poor QC at Toshiba  Remote is not illuminated, small buttons    Update.... got a new piece later on from Amazon. Knock on wood, working great till today...