Toshiba SD-3960 DVD Player
Price is right...but not very reliable
I bought the Costco's version of this Toshiba model.  The price is almost in the throw away zone because repair costs would probably equal its' value. We replaced our Panasonic player because of the dreaded \\"H07\\" error message...that wouldn't go away.  The Toshiba worked great for about 3 months and then started skipping, freezing and stalling while playing.  This is sometimes to be expected with rental or library dvds but even on good discs and  when the discs were cleaned it would still freeze.  The picture quality and sound were comparable to any dvd player, but when watching an exciting movie, it is really annoying to have everything come to a halt.  This makes the natives..'children'..very restless.  Not to say the adults.  That was the only problems with the player.  I didn't try a lens cleaning kit so not sure if that would have resolved the stalling, freezing issues.<br /><br />Returned and purchased a Sony player, DVP-NS41P.  So far much better but time will tell.  There wasn't a great price difference, so it would appear that most manufacturers have their basic dvd players in the same ballpark.<br /><br />Toshiba isn't a bad manufactured product..our Toshiba VHS player has worked without any problems. This is a basic plug and play dvd player with nothing special. It can be installed in a matter of minutes. Just plug, throw the batteries in the remote and watch away.  It really would make a good kids room dvd player.  One that you wouldn't worry too much about.  Just watch out for them when they come hunting you to fix the freezing of their favorite movie.