Philips DVDQ35AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Philips has a problem - now it's my problem
I purchased the Philips DVDQ35 from Amazon about a 2 months ago. It played photo CDs and regular CDs fine. The problems came when playing DVDs. On EVERY DVD I play, it starts skipping and freezing after about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours into the movie. This even includes brand new DVDs fresh from the box. I called Philips and the said it sounded like a hardware problem to them. They shipped me a brand new unit - new serial and manufacture date. Guess what ... the new unit does the same thing - exactly. I searched the internet for \\"Philips DVD player skipping\\" and have since found out that there are a lot of people that have been junking their Philips DVD players for exactly the same reason - skipping and freezing during DVD playback. It seems Philips will gladly keep sending you new units with the same problem (YOU have to pay for the shipping back to them), but won't refund money or give you a comparable model that works. I guess instead of repeatedly sending back the players, I'll have to eat the loss and junk this one. No more Philips for me.