Jwin Electronics JD-VD138 Compact 2 Channel Progressive Scan DVD Player

• 2 Channel Progressive Scan DVD Player
• Progressive Scan With Digital Coaxial Audio Output
• Multi Media DVD/SVCD/ VCD/JPEJ/KODAK Picture CD
• Built -In Dolby Digital Decoder
• Video Disc Playback System-NTSC/PAL

I will be returning my Jwin JD-VD138 DVD player. The video is jerky, and the spoken tracks get a bit off from the video at times. This does not make the disks unwatchable, but it is very distracting. For one of the disks I tried, "Head in the Clouds" (ASIN B0006J27WO), the menu cursor did not render although the menu worked if you counted the number of times you pushed the arrows.

These issues were clearly the fault of the DVD player and not the disks or the rest of my set up. I have tried other players with the same disks, TV (a Zenith Z23LZ5R 23" LCD Widescreen, ASIN B0007MGCLM), stereo receiver, and speakers. I always use the component (YCbCr) video and the digitial audio outputs. The Sony DVPNS75H DVD player (ASIN B000EDK8V4) I immediately replaced this Jwin with has none of the problems I just mentioned. Of course the Sony is about $100 (4x) more expensive, so I guess you get what you pay for.

To be fair, my JWIN did "work." It played every disk I tried. I had no problems with it not opening as others have. In the short time I had it, it never skipped. I would give it one star, but given how cheap it is, I give it two. It probably deserves 1.5 stars. Of course, I had it only a day before I replaced it, so I do not know if it would have broken in a month. Maybe it really deserves zero stars.