Kenwood 5-Disc DVD Player
Great sound and picture, but......
After researching many DVD players I decided on this one. The deciding factor was the ability to play all types of CD's and MP3. I have a Kenwood VR 517 home theater system that I also bought to complete my listening experience. When I had the whole system connected there was a loud hum in the subwoofer and a soft hum in all of the surrounding speakers. After a process of elimination I discovered that when the Video Output was unplugged from the DVD player the hum stopped. I exchanged the DVD player for another DVD 505, and guess what. This one had the same annoying hum!! <br />I called the Kenwood company and the tech talked me through a number of connection variations, with the same results. When we explained that we had the same problem with both players he came to the conclusion that there must have been a bad batch produced. Now I have to return this player for the second time!! And I've had to drive 25 miles each way to do this! Since I don't want to take the chance of receiving another one from the same batch I've decided to go with another brand. The search begins again!!