Panasonic DVD-CV52 5-Disc DVD Player
Good value, but a few flaws
I bought this DVD player due to the high number of good reviews. However, I have found one bothersome problem. First, I have the CV52K model, not sure if the K means anything different. <br />Anyway,the player plays movies fine, sound is fine, and I love menu system for the MP3s. One major feature I wanted was the MP3 play capability on a changer and one with a good menu system. It has that, but the playback of Mp3s is where the problem lies. If I downloaded a bunch of MP3s and then burn them to a CD, some play fine others skip or play fast and slow. I thought maybe it was the player itself. Brought it back got a another straight out the box. Played the same disk of MP3s same problem. Turns out the problem is the player won't play certain MP3s ripped with certain software. If I took the same problem MP3s and put them back in WAV format and then converted back to an MP3 with my Musicmatch software these same problem MP3s played fine. I haven't noticed anyone reporting problem, but then maybe everyone else rips there own Mp3s from the actual disk instead of downloading them. (yeah right)<br />Besides that the player overall has been a good buy. Enough of a good buy that I haven't taken it back to get a different brand. However it did embarass me, because when I first got it I had a party and used a disk I had burned of Mp3s for music. Was fine for most the party till it came across those MP3s it couldn't play correctly. No one likes messed up music when they are trying to get their groove on.!! Now I check all disks beforehand.<br />Also another note, if you use XPs built in software to burn your MP3s to disk, you may see directories it can't access. They will show up greyed out on your directory list. Fix for this problem is don't use XP to burn it. Musicmatch burns the same disk of MP3s and all directories are accessible on the menu. (and no this is not a review to plug Musicmatch software, just seems to have been able to correct my issues).<br />Conclusion: If Mp3saren't a big deal, and you don't download those that you burn to disk, then excellent player for the money. However, if Mp3s are a big deal and you do download and burn a few to disk, and you wouldn't want to waste the time to check and re-rip when necessary, this may not be the player for you.