Pioneer DV-434 DVD Player
Standard Panasonic Quality?  Apparently so...
I unfortunately purchased one of these units.  Unlike my Creative Labs PC-DVD player the unit had some serious flaws.  The unit emits mechanical noise during playback.  Usually this is mediocre, but when playing some DVDs (such as Godfather part 2) the motor assembly emits an extremely loud whining sound.  This seems par for the course with Panasonic products, as a CD player I owned by them had the same problem with some CDs.<br />Additionally the unit puts a fuzzy light colored vertical bar along the right side of the television set.  This flaw is quite obvious when the scene on screen is composed of whiter colors.<br />This DVD player would be a 4 star product if it werent for these glaring flaws.  Loud mechanically generated noise during playback is unforgiveable in a modern product.   The display glitch can also be quite distracting once you notice it.