Toshiba SD-3960 DVD Player
Acceptable, but not great
When I bought this I wanted a simple, no frills DVD player.  The store I bought it from had the unit on display, but not the remote. <br /> <br />There are two things about this player that I'm not thrilled with.  The first is the remote.  The arrow keys are in the middle of the remote -- which is fine.  But the play and pause buttons are tiny and hard to find.  The remote itself is pretty small, so the fact that the buttons are small isn't surprising.  But I would have preferred a larger remote.  Or one with a slight redesign to make it easier to use the most common buttons. <br /> <br />The other issue I have with this player is that it freezes.  On perfect, brand new discs with no defects.  It doesn't happen too frequently, but enough to be annoying.  A \\"fast forward\\" followed by a \\"play\\" almost always fixes the freeze.  Or a \\"rewind\\" then play.  And it rarely if ever freezes again in the same spot.  The exact same disc plays perfectly in my computer's DVD drive, so I have to blame the Toshiba player. <br /> <br />For the money, though, this is a decent player.  Aside from the above mentioned quirks, it's been fairly reliable.  I have had the player for a few months, and it has played some discs that I was sure were beyond hope (video rental places don't always have the highest quality discs).  It does take a long time to open the tray after watching a movie (as mentioned in another review) but I've experienced plenty of worse treatment from electronic devices.