JVC XVN512SL DVD Player ( Silver )
Great at first, but then went down....WAY DOWN
I was walking around town Christmas Day looking for a DVD Player, being the day it was, finding one was really hard. Until I stumbled upon the JVC XVN512SL DVD Player for sale at a store that was going out of business. It was brand new and still in the box, I bought it for a very low price and was excited to go home and watch my collection of DVDs.    At first it played my DVDs really well, the picture was great, not too dark and not too bright. The SET UP menus were very organized and easy to navigate through. The on-screen displays weren't annoying or obnoxious. Another thing I really liked was the luminating disc tray and the ability to be able to dim it.    It worked like magic the first six days. But I guess it chose to rest on the seventh day, because it stopped displaying any image on my TV. I tried everything to fix it, but unfortunately, those few days of repeatedly going back and forth between movie chapters, reversing and fast forwarding, and operating a good 3 to 5 hours a day, were too much for this poor DVD Player.    Luckily, the store hadn't closed for good yet, and I was able to exchange it. Even more lucky was the fact that they had no more of these in stock, so they allowed me to exchange it for a display Sony DVP-NS50P, which is also for sale on this site. That DVD Player turned out to be more suited to put up with my frequent usage and style of movie playing.    In conclusion, I will only recommend this DVD Player if you are aiming for VERY light usage. And even then I still wouldn't be sure it will be able to handle it in the long run.    UPDATE - October 2009: The Sony DVD player I replaced this with is still working strong despite all the light abuse it's gotten over the years. I carry it around the rooms in my house, and my father uses it almost everyday as well. The outside is a little dirty, and even though the internals of it have not been cleaned at all, it still works fine.