Harman Kardon DVD5 5-Disc DVD Player
Harmon is great, but this unit has serious quality issues
Or maybe I'm just cursed with the DVD5.  I'll be on my fifth one now.  The extended warranty was the best part of the purchase.  Harmon has some great stuff and I own 2 AVRs and thought I would get the same bulletproof reliability by spending the extra money for their DVD player.  They know audio, but they have a lot of improvements to make on this unit.  The first one would just freeze up in the middle of a movie or even while in the menu of the DVD.  This required have to completley shut the player off and turn it back on (is the DVD5 running windows?:)  The second one I was given didn't even work out of the box.  It wouldn't even turn on.  The power light would come on, but that's it!  The one after that sounded like a blender grinding ice when it spun at the higher speeds for DVDs and wouldn't even play the DVD (It did play CDs though, again good audio:)  Now the fourth one I thought was going to see me through, but now it too is not turning on also.  Again, the power light is there, but no response from the front controls, remote etc...  Maybe the lemon law covers this.  If this one is unrepairable, I'm going with another brand and paying at least 60% less.  Seriously, don't buy this unit even if you are drooling for it like I was.