Norcent DP300 DVD Player , Silver
Born again
I've used this little thing mostly for sampling CDs (hundreds of them - part of my job). CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, MP-3, not to mention occasional Kodak Photo - it would eat anything.  <br />Multiple speed (2x, 4x, 8x, 16x) with the sound on (even in Reverse - just for the hack of it), constant on-screen status (an expensive Sony goes into a screen saver mode after 15 min.), [Total Remain]-[Single Elapse]-[Single Remain]-[Total Elapse] easy toggle, great sound. <br />I wish it had a panel display, I'd use it in a studio instead of a professional user-unfriendly CD player. <br />It was very good for the movies too. <br />Anyway, few days ago I pulled one CD out of it and popped another one in - and ... nothing happened.  It kept \\"Loading\\" for a few minutes, then said \\"No Disc\\".  Same thing with any other I tried.  I shook it, and knocked it, and cursed it - nothing worked. <br />I went and bought another cheap one, then another, then one more (I just wanted a very basic player) - they all sucked compare to the Norcent, and I took them all back.  <br />In an act of dispare I dissected it and cleaned its lense with eye glasses cleaning things.  That was it!  It's back to life! <br />If it dies some day, I am back to Norcent.