Magnavox DVD Player (MDV45817) (MDV45817)

Tried many budget brand DVD players (JVC,Samsung,Zenith,etc.)

This is the best VALUE for under $50. It is built solidly, has a quiet transport, and all of the necessary features-zoom, ff up 100x, audio and video fine tuning, coax optical out, progressive scan etc. Also plays anything thrown at it: Mp3's , VCD's, DVD+r and-r, photo jpegs, SVCD, SACD etc.

Buy it! Reason for only 4 out of 5 you might ask? No eject button on the remote.....

We've had this DVD player since 2004, and I only upgraded because I wanted an upconverting player with HDMI.

I used this with my 32" HDTV; the progressive scan and component video looked great. It is just a standard definition player though.

The only downside is that when you lose the remote, setting it up correctly with a Universal is a pain: six or seven codes work, but not all of the codes have all of the features!

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This DVD player played movies fine until it stopped recognizing any DVD after only 7 months. Magnavox said to buy a DVD lens cleaner ($15) which didn't work, then said that their warranty was only for 90 days so offered a 'discounted' replacement at the exact price I bought it for. For their defective product they wanted me to pay more in support than the original purchase after only 7 months. No thanks, I'll avoid Magnavox in the future.

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