Samsung DVD-M301 DVD Player
A decent player if you get one without any bugs. . .
I got a good deal on this player and was rather excited about it. My parents and brother both own Samsungs that perform very well. They may have a slight jerk/pause once or twice a movie, but this easy to look over with how well they perform overall. This player was not so forgiving. Slight scratches and dust all sent this player skipping on me about five or six times in about 5 minutes on most dual-layered discs. This problem did not show up on single-layed discs if they were free of error, but many discs are of the dual-layered format. This problem may have been limited to the player I bought. I slight annoyance not exclusive to mine was the lengthy load time as the player attempted to determine what kind of disc I had inserted. Also, there is no real way to navigate the menus on the player if you loose the remote.<br />On the postive side, picture quality was great and better than some players I've seen. The remote was fairly easy to get used to and included a nice joystick for menu navigation. There is a hookup for headphones for private listening if you so choose. Of course, the player can play CD-Rs and other media which most other players charge a lot more for.<br />If you choose to get this player and it plays your dual-layered discs well, I'd say keep it. If you have problems, well, the choice is yours, but I got a Sony once I took mine back and it hasn't given me a single problem.