Toshiba SD-3960 DVD Player
A piece of garbage - don't waste your money
I am so completely disappointed with this product.  I bought the Toshiba SD-3960 DVD player with \\"progressive scan\\" technology two years ago in an attempt to upgrade from my old Sony DVD player.  I then foolishly gave my old reliable Sony DVD player to my sister as a gift, and I kept the new Toshiba for myself.  What a huge mistake!  2 years later and the unit has never worked correctly.   <br /> <br />Meanwhile, my sister watches more DVDs than I do and she's still using that same old Sony player I gave her when I foolishly attempted to upgrade to the Toshiba with \\"progressive scan.\\"  The Sony DVD player is three years older than the Toshiba, and it worked perfectly from day one.  It still works perfectly to this day, and I am sitting here with this piece of junk Toshiba player that I can't even use anymore.  This DVD player is total garbage.  I am so tired of struggling to get this thing to work.   <br /> <br />The most common problem I have with this player is that it will play about 3/4 of the DVD with only the occasional picture glitch or temporary freeze up, annoying but not a total deal breaker, but then after about the 3/4 point, it just keeps getting worse and worse until towards the end of the disc it won't even play at all.  It constantly skips and freezes up, the sound starts making a digital helicopter noise, all distorted and choppy, the picture turns to pixels and finally it freezes and stops playing altogether.  Then I just sit there while I listen to the disc drive inside trying to spin and then stopping, spinning then stopping, over and over again while the picture stays completely frozen and pixelated.  If I try to replay the scene, it just does the same thing again.  If I try to clean the lens with my DVD lens cleaning disc, there is no improvement.  This machine is useless through and through.  I am so disappointed in this product.  I will never buy another piece of electronic equipment from Toshiba ever again.  I should have known the $80 pricetag was too good to be true.  I should have stuck with a brand I trusted, good old reliable Sony.  I will never buy a Toshiba product ever again. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />