Toshiba SD-V391 Progressive Scan DVD-VCR Combo , Silver
Globalization: You get what you pay for (and deserve)
Like cheap prices on products made in China? Do you actually expect them to work like Japanese electronics manufactured in the 1980's just because the Japanese brand is printed on the cabinet? Get real. There's no such a thing as a free-lunch.  DVD margins are too low.  So is quality. Period.<br />If your unit is misbehaving, try to cool it off.  I have two of these gizmos (one upstairs and one downstairs), and I when I re-arranged my cabinets to give them more air and when I run them with the cabinet doors open, they behave.  When they warm up, they stop running properly. Both units suffer from a heat-related transient defect that probably comes from mediocre manufacturing quality and components.<br />All this delight derives from paying employees $400 per year and keeping them in working conditions that would scare an American coal miner during the 1890's.