RCA RC5220P DVD Player
You get what you pay for - or do you?
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. I bought the RCA model for one reason - it was the cheapest model available at the time. I thought that I was getting a good deal; I could watch DVD movies without scraping  too deep into my bank account.    After about four months of concervative  use, my player started to freeze during movies and then shut itself off.  After doing this for a while, the performance degenerated to the point  where it wouldn't even stay on for longer than fifteen seconds after I  turned it on. Customer service was a joke; so I was stuck with a piece of  electronic equipment that didn't do anything.        I gave up on it and  let it sit for a while (back to VHS) and then I decided to plug it in and  see if it would work after its vacation. It does work off and on, but it is  very unpredictable. I couldn't invite guests over to watch a movie because  there would be no certainty that it would work when they arrived.     When  I bought the cheaper model, I expected it to lack some features found in  the more expensive players and maybee not last as long, but a four month  life span for any kind of electronic equipment is rediculous. Incidently, I  have decided to put up with the sporadic perfomance until I can afford one  of those trick hand-held DVD players!