Toshiba SD4700 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Very Good DVD Player, But ...       30 April 2002
This player performed very well for the first 100 days.  We were very pleased with the picture and digital sound. Without the failure I would have rated it 4-stars. <br />However, after 3-months of operation playing about four DVD/week the unit started stalling on scenes.  Shortly thereafter, it would load a dvd or CD (even new ones) then give the message &quot;insert disk&quot;.  <br />Apparently the player is unable to detect that the disk is already loaded.  The unit appears to be fully operational except that it will not recgonize the disk just loaded.  <br />Initially, we managed to get the disk playing after opening and closing the tray repeatly four or five times.  About 5-days later it refused to recgonize any DVD or CD that had been loaded into the tray and no amount of cycling the tray door helped.  The message &quot;insert disk&quot; was all we could get out of the unit.<br />At this time, I haven't seen anyone else who has encountered this problem.  (Perhaps this is a case where the extended warrany might be justified?)