RCA RC5240P DVD Player
For this low a price, it's worth buying
I purchased this unit on November 24, 2001 and, despite what you may read in many other reviews, it's still working and I have only minor complaints.  When I purchased it, the price was about 50% higher; now at such a lowered price, you can take a chance with this unit.  If you get 18 months or more use out of it, you got your money's worth.  I have not experienced the horror stories that some other buyers have reported in their reviews, but that can be attributed to random luck.<br />Almost always, I am able to play any of my DVD's and VCD's.  Occasionally, a disk will not &quot;register&quot; and the player acts like there is no disk present.  I have to unload and reload a few times to get it to work.<br />The most annoying fault is with the remote.  At times, I would press a key and nothing happens.  In a few instances, the action will take place many seconds later, sort of like it wants to think about it first before it will do my bidding.  I think it's a programming error.<br />In my opinion, the remote has too many buttons and I have mistakenly halted the movie when I only wanted to skip ahead at 2x speed.<br />The video quality and audio quality are excellent.  Setup and connection were troublefree. Unit is attractive in black although that makes the buttons and their labels difficult to read (I have the unit on a shelf at knee level).<br />This is not a bare-bones product.  You get the normal composite video lines, and the S-video outputs, and the component outputs.  I don't have the tv that uses the S-video or component outputs, so I can not comment on the quality of those features on this dvd player.  You get fast forward and reverse motion in 2x, 4x, 6x and 8x.  It also does slow forward at 1/2 and 1/4.<br />You can magnify the picture 2x and 4x - and then scroll around.<br />If you have the money available and don't mind spending more, I would not recommend this to you.  If you want a unit that works most of the time and are willing to risk having to replace this dvd player within a year or two, I can say go ahead and give it a try.