Toshiba SD-3109 DVD Player
3 years and out
I feel fortunate after reading some of the other owners misfortunes with their 3109's.  At least mine gave me 2 good years of service before it started having problems with freezing up every other time I used it.<br />Now that it just hit the 3 year mark I finally have a serious problem...  It ate a dvd and the tray refused to open.  I took it apart and pulled the dvd out but it still will not open the tray door.  I can see the internal tray sliding with the cover off but I don't have a clue how to fix it.<br />I definetly won't take it in for service since I will probably pay more for repairing it than a newer & higher quality unit will cost.<br />It did have some great features, the zoom was a great feature especially with the letterbox movies. The slow play was also a great feature.  If I had to do it all over again I would not have purchased the dual tray system.  It was a headache with more moving parts that eventually broke down in 2-3 years forcing a costly repair or a purchase of a new player.<br />Planned obsolence used to be the bread and butter of the automotive industry but it now appears the electronics industry, at least Toshiba, is capitalizing on this concept.<br />I think I'll try another brand this next time around, perhaps one that will last longer than 3 years and comes with a backlit remote, but I still want one with the zoom and slow play features....