Zenith DVD-2200 DVD Player
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After reading the other reviews, I thought I would share my experiences with the Zenith 2200.  I bought mine at a local retailer in June of 99. On those movies that played, picture quality with s-video cable was a  knockout, and the sound coupled with a sony pro-logic reciever + 5 speakers  is superb.  This unit sold me on DVD forever. My VHS has cobwebs over the  play button.  The problem that I experienced with this player is that an  average of one in 3 disks would freeze at some point in the last third of  the movie.  Sometimes I could skip ahead, then back and continue viewing,  but more often, I would miss several chapters or the ending entirely. Also,  the &quot;Matrix&quot; bug got me with this Player.  I also experienced  similar problems with &quot;The Wild Wild West&quot;. I am hoping that this  unit was of early manufacture, and that Zenith has erradicated some or all  of these problems.  I have finally said goodbye to my Zenith, and am  probably going to buy one of the new Sony units.  Im tired of missing the  end of the show.  My recomendation....Save a lot of frustration instead of  a few bucks.  Pass this player up.