JVC XVN410BK Progressive-Scan DVD Player , Black
Complete piece of crap
I had always been warned that \\"JVC\\" stood for \\"Junk Video Corporation\\".  Now I know that this is true.  This unit is a complete piece of junk.  After 4 months, the unit started freezing regularly, and wouldn't even power down without unplugging it.  After about two weeks of this, the thing completely died.  Unplugging the unit wouldn't even reset it.  Of course, it has a 1 year warranty on parts but only 90 days on labor.  Labor is the expensive part of a repair, so it isn't worth even trying to get it repaired.  To be honest, I've had problems with optical disk players (both CD and DVD) from other manufacturers as well.  My Sony DVD player died on me as well, but ran well enough for 2-3 years before crapping out.  Seems like a number of these low-end consumer electronics manufacturers are just trying to make the initial sale, and don't care about putting enough quality into the units to keep customers coming back.  I'll never buy another JVC product.  Oh yeah, the other thing is that this unit has the cheesiest looking big blue light that shines out the front of the DVD loading door.  Looks like something from a cheesy 1960s sci-fi special.