We bought this dvd player and used it maybe once a week, it is up and away from the kids so we were very gentle with it... two things have happened first if it was on for a while the picture would turn greenish then I would turn it off then on again to solve that problem, then one day at about 8 month point the motor just stopped... it could never play another DVD again, I tried to contact the people that sold it to me on amazon and asked what they recommend I do and never heard back from them. go figure!if you want a cheap player and are fine with replacing it after 6 or so months then go for it... oh one more thing there is no scanning forward really bc it hard to do and jumps from chapter to chapter which if very annoying if you are trying to find a specific part you will get frustrated!