Panasonic DVD-CV52 5-Disc DVD Player
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Good - Great price for a well-rounded set of functions. This is my first DVD player, hooked up to an older television, so I can't speak to the audio and picture quality. Seems just fine to me.<br />The Bad - Not user-friendly. I had hoped for more intuitive interactive controls. The instruction book is hard to follow with the vague on-screen icons.<br />The Ugly - Not for older eyes. The remote has miniscule buttons that are hard to read...with or without reading glasses, especially without a light. Worse, the on-screen icons all look alike, if you can see them at all!<br />I'm the electronics and computer guru in my family and I chose the Panasonic CV52 player based on reviews from Amazon, Consumer Reports and a few other audio/video sites. <br />I blew off the warnings that this unit was not user-friendly thinking, \\"C'mon, how difficult can it be\\". Well, lesson learned for me. The reviews were all correct and I wholeheartedly agree that the problems with the remote and on-screen icons makes it a challenge to enjoy actually watching a DVD movie.<br />Then again, I love a challenge and have resolved to overcome these mechanical difficulties. The greater challenge will be to then teach my husband (the NON-technophile in the family) how to start using it!