Sony DVP-S530D DVD Player
It quits working after a while!!!
I got one as a gift in 1999 (back then it cost $399) and used it ever since, until it quit working. Several months ago I noticed that the player would reject a disc for no reason (either displaying \\"NO DISC\\" or \\"C 13:00\\", which meant the disc was dirty) Reinserting a disc would usually help. But it became worse and worse, and now the player accepts only one disc out of ten! <br />Cleaning the lens was futile. Called, Sony customer service; since the unit is out of its one-year warranty, they will fix it only for a flat fee of $176. That's outrageous and very disappointing. They put a low-quality component into a DVD player that degraded over time, and then they charge you hundreds of dollars to replace it after the warranty has expired. At this point, I can get a decent (not Sony) DVD player for less then $176. But it pisses me off that a practically new piece of equipment has to be trashed. There you go, environment and the consumer culture. <br />As a side-note, one of very first VCRs ever made by GE still is in my living room. Yes, it is very heavy, top-loading, mono, and remoteless -- but it still works! Sony, deserves to have no customers, because their ignorance lead them to believe that they were in charge, not customers.