Magnavox MDV530VR DVD/VCR Combo
DITTO!  DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM.
Same old story.  We bought ours around Christmas '03.  The back of our player notes that is was manufactured in October '03.  It worked fine for about a year.  One day it was fine, the next it gave us problems.   <br /> <br />FIRST it accepted a disk, but read \\"DISK ERROR\\".  We ejected, checked the disk, and tried to play again, but the DVD screen just reads that it is trying to read the disk.  It continued with the \\"reading disk\\" icon (a spinning CD logo in the upper right corner) even after we took the disc out, tried others, and closed the drive w/o a disk in it. <br /> <br />Of course, these things happen, once in a while.  But I'm seeing over three dozen complaints, and only one \\"ok\\" rating.  And what has Magnovox Support done?  NOTHING.  After staying on the phone tonight for over 45 minutes attempting to use their voice-activated menu-selection support line, I still haven't reached a live person.  I hope we can get a suit filed, but until then, I say BOMBARD THEM WITH CALLS AND EMAILS.  You can reach this crappy automated system at: Telephone Magnavox 1-800-705-2000.  You can also email them your complaint by going to [...] and clicking on Support Center at the top of your screen, then selecting Contact Support on the right. <br /> <br />Maybe with enough calls, we can get some cash back on this piece of junk.   <br />