Magnavox MDV530VR DVD/VCR Combo
Haha, I got all of you beat.
Too bad the ratings don't go into the negative. OK, I got my father (who lives 1,000 miles away) this DVD/VCR Combo for his birthday in August. He's not technically inclined so it took him a day to set it up and he played his first DVD, Winged Migration (which drives my mom crazy).  <br /> <br />He doesn't use it for a few months and decides he wants to watch it again in November. It's not working, so he calls me up and wants some technical support from me, since I am 1,000 miles away it is rather difficult. I figure he doesn't know how to switch from TV to Video so I square him away on which remotes to use. He tries it and nothing happens. I tell him to get better cables, believing in Magnavox's reputation for being a quality company, I figure better cables will fix the problem.  <br /> <br />He calls back a few days later, after he finally got the new cables. Nothing is working. So today I go to the Magnavox web site to check for a PDF of the manual. The site is just a big empty screen. Nothing is loading. So I decide to see if anyone else has had problems with their machines. I come across this site and my stomach turns sour. I just found out the present I bought my dad for his birthday is a piece of crap.  <br /> <br />I now have to call him and tell him, and with the Maganavox site not loading it feels like a thief has slipped away with my money and disappeared. It's like they won't even face me.  <br /> <br />This product sucks, I will never buy a Magnavox product again and I will make sure no one I know buys one of their products either. <br /> <br />I also learned a valuable lesson, do the research.